- I'm gonna tell you the best export settings
for YouTube in Adobe Premier Pro in 2022,
this will probably last until 2023.
Let's go ahead and get started
so you can make the crispiest footage possible.
In Adobe Premier, you're gonna wanna hit command + M on Mac,
you wanna hit control + M on Windows
and this is going to pull up your export prompt
for Adobe Premier Pro.
Now you do need to know that YouTube tells us
exactly what settings we need,
based on the quality of our footage
and what resolution we have.
I shoot video in 4k, but don't worry,
I'll tell you exactly what you need to do
for crispy 1080p HD footage.
Let's start with your format.
Use the H265 codec, this is HVEC, H-V-E-C,
it's just more efficient,
and remember, YouTube is going to compress your video,
so don't worry about saving file size,
we want the highest quality video content possible.
I don't recommend using
the existing YouTube preset in Premier Pro.
We're going to use match high bitrate to start,
and we're gonna make our own custom preset
for high quality video.
Go to video settings, here you're going to use
match source to match your sequence settings
for the resolution and the frame rate.
You also can scale down if you want from 4k to 1080p,
but do not try to scale up.
Resolution can come down, but it's not gonna be good
if you wanna try to go up.
You wanna check maximum bit depth
for the best quality.
I shoot in 10 bit video on my Sony cameras,
most of you are probably shooting in 8 bit color,
So just understand that the maximum bit depth
is something that's gonna give you higher quality footage,
but it can't make up for what you originally shot in.
Change your video profile to high,
and then next you want to go down to the bitrate,
this is what we're gonna really use to control our quality.
If you shot at a low bitrate in your camera,
moving the number up higher than what you shot at,
will not help improve the footage.
Typically, I shoot in 50 to 100 Mpbs,
you can find that in your camera settings
and know what you are shooting at.
In Adobe, we want the hardware acceleration,
we're gonna choose VBR variable bit rate,
and this is gonna help Adobe to dedicate more bitrate
to higher detailed scenes,
and less to lower detailed scenes
and this is gonna be important.
You can use 2 pass VBR and this will give you
the highest quality overall possible,
but it will take longer for you to render.
For 4k video, I set my bitrate to about 30 to 50 Mbps,
and I'm not too worried about the file size,
I'm just worried about the quality.
For standard HD 1080 video,
you could use 12 to 24 Mbps,
and that will help you when it comes to getting good quality
and not having as much of YouTube compressing your video,
and it looking well, not so great.
Next go to audio and set the bitrate to 320,
make sure you're checking off maximum render quality,
and from here, you can click either export,
and start rendering your video,
or you can send it to the queue in Adobe Media Encoder
and then render it that way
if you wanna do this in batches,
or if you want to try to reformat multiple versions
of the video for any reason.
And there you go, the best export settings
for YouTube in Adobe Premier Pro 2022,
and again, probably still good for you in 2023.
If you enjoy this video, make sure you're checking out
my playlist on video editing,
and this video on how to be consistent
in YouTube as a content creator.
As always, thank you so much for watching and don't forget
go out there and create something awesome today.
Take care.