Export

Export

Sizes, frame rates and shapes.

Format

MP4 (H.264 video, AAC audio) in 720p, 1080p, 1440p or 4K, at 24, 30 or 60 fps. Quality Studio, High or Web. Under More › Codec you can pick HEVC instead of H.264: up to a third smaller at the same sharpness (Get link and Quick share stay H.264). Free exports go up to 1080p with a small Made with Dolly logo in the corner; Pro and Lifetime remove the logo and add 1440p and 4K at 60 fps. With Pro or Lifetime you can also export a GIF at 480, 720 or 1080 px wide, with your own frame rate and looping; Dolly estimates the file size first.

Shape

Keep the original (Auto) or export 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 4:5, 3:4 or 9:16. Tall and square shapes follow the action: see Vertical videos.

Where it goes

⌘E opens Export; press it again to export with what the panel shows. ⇧⌘E renders and copies the video to your clipboard in one go, ready to paste into Slack, Mail or X. Or save a file and show it in Finder.

Loudness

Every export plays at streaming loudness (-16 LUFS, the level YouTube, Slack and Loom play at), with a clean peak limiter, so a quiet laptop microphone sounds as loud as the next video. Switch off Audio › Even out loudness to keep the level as recorded. The preview still plays the recording's own level.

After recording

In Settings, After recording decides what Stop does: open the editor, Quick share, or Get link. You can also pick from the recording pill's stop menu.

Quick share

With Quick share, Dolly renders a 1080p, 30 fps web MP4 when you stop and puts it on your clipboard: ⌘V pastes the video itself into Slack, Mail, Notion or Messages. A small card shows the progress, then lets you drag the file, open it in the editor, show it in Finder or use the macOS share sheet. Nothing is uploaded. Want a link with views and comments instead? Use Get link.

Speed

Dolly encodes on your Mac's media engine, so nothing waits in a queue and nothing is uploaded.