# Export a video

> Press **Export** at the top of your video, pick what you take away and, for a video, its quality: Montage makes the file at your video's full size.

## What you can export

| Choice | What you get | For |
|---|---|---|
| **Video** | An MP4 file, sound and picture | Posting, sending, keeping |
| **Sound only** | A WAV file of the sound alone | A podcast, a voice-over |
| **For Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve** | A ZIP with the cut as a timeline, and a video of each title and effect Montage drew. Your footage is not inside: your editor asks where it is. | Finishing the edit there |

## Export, step by step

1. Open your video and press **Export**, at the top, beside **Share**.
1. Pick **Video**, **Sound only** or **For Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve**.
1. For a video, pick the quality: **Smaller file**, **Standard** or **Best**. Each one shows about how big the file will be. [What each one means](/docs/export/quality).
1. Press **Export**. On the Free plan, a window first offers a plan without the mark, or **Export with the mark**.
1. In Chrome, Edge or Brave, your browser asks where to save the video. Elsewhere, the file goes to your Downloads. The window shows how far it is.

## On the web, or with the Mac app

|  | On the web | Mac app |
|---|---|---|
| Who makes the file | Chrome, Edge or Brave on a computer make it themselves. In Safari, Firefox and on a phone, Montage makes it and gives you the file. | Your computer, with its video chip, from your original files |
| Formats | MP4 (H.264) | MP4 or MOV: H.264, H.265 or ProRes |
| HDR | No, normal colours | Yes, when your footage was filmed in HDR |
| Presets | Smaller file, Standard, Best | Standard, Smaller file, Best, Master for editing, plus your own |

> **Your AI can export too.** Connected to Montage, it can export on Montage or on your computer. [Connect it](/docs/agents)

## Questions

### Why does my export stay at 100 %?

When Montage makes the file, it joins its parts and checks the file before giving it to you. If it stays there, press Export again, or contact support: we are told of every failed export.

### Does the export have a watermark?

On the Free plan, a video carries a small Montage mark, bottom right. Every paid plan exports without it.

### Can I close the tab while it exports?

In Chrome, Edge or Brave on a computer, no: your browser makes the file, so keep the page open until it's done. In Safari, Firefox or on a phone, yes: Montage makes it, and your video will be there when you open it again.