Images, animations and video export

1. 1Load the data you want and set up the map: zoom, layers, legend and any headers.
2. 2Click Download board on the toolbar. A 1920-pixel-wide PNG of the board downloads.
3. 3Let the time bar load its frames, then click Export animation. The Customize Animation dialog opens with 20 frames already picked: the newest 20 for radar and other observed data, or the first 20 of a model run.
4. 4Click Generate MP4 and keep the window open while it works.
5. 5When MP4 ready appears, click Save to keep the file or Share to send it to another app.

1. 1Set the time bar to the frame you want. Any open popups and pinned readouts are included.
2. 2To save a file, click Download board or press Ctrl + Shift + D. The board shows Saving image... while it works.
3. 3To paste it somewhere, press Ctrl + Shift + C or right-click the map and choose Copy image, then paste.
4. 4To send it, click Share board. The Image ready sheet shows a preview, the file name and its size. Click Share to pick an app, or Save to keep a copy.

Every export includes:

Exports leave out:

Turning off the watermark (Layout tab → Watermark → Show watermark) needs Commercial. On other plans, unchecking it opens Commercial feature with an Email us button.

1. 1Click Settings on the toolbar and choose Media export.
2. 2Scroll to Images and pick a Format, Resolution, Quality and File size.
3. 3Check the line under the controls for the output size and an estimated file size.

1. 1Load the data and wait until the time bar has its frames. With no frames, the app says No data available for GIF creation.
2. 2Click Export animation, press Ctrl + Shift + G, or right-click the map and choose Generate video.
3. 3Under Time range, pick the Start and End frames.
4. 4Drag Frame step to use every frame (1) or skip some (2 = every other frame).
5. 5Check the Format, Resolution, Quality, File size and Playback settings, and the estimate at the bottom.
6. 6Click Generate MP4 (or Generate GIF). A progress bar shows each frame being captured. Keep the window open.
7. 7On the MP4 ready or GIF ready screen, click Save or Share. Done closes it without saving.

Length = (frames − 1) × Frame delay + Last frame hold. Twenty frames at the defaults run about 7 seconds. The estimate at the bottom of the dialog shows the length.

1. 1Set the zoom and bearing you want; the camera keeps them as it moves.
2. 2Click Export animation and set the time range.
3. 3Under Camera, choose A → B or Each frame. The button changes to Set camera · MP4 (or Set camera · GIF).
4. 4Click Set camera · MP4. The dialog hides and a bar at the top of the screen guides you.
5. 5For A → B, press on the map where the camera should start and drag to where it should end, then release. Or pan the map and press Enter to use its center.
6. 6For Each frame, the map steps through your frames. Click the map to set each frame’s center, or use Use current center and Same as last.
7. 7The export starts as soon as the path is set.

The Camera row is hidden in Compare view and when the controls are popped out into their own window, because the path is set on the live map.

1. 1Open Settings → Media export. Under Map canvas, click a shape under Canvas aspect, such as 16:9.
2. 2The map shrinks to that shape with bars around it. The line under the controls shows the live canvas size.
3. 3For OBS or another capture tool, pick a Resolution lock such as 1080p to pin the canvas to exact pixels.
4. 4Click Off to let the map fill the window again.

The estimate at the bottom of the animation and scene export dialogs reads like “About 20 frames · ~6.2 MB · 1920×1080 · 7.0s”. “(held to your limit)” after the size means the File size cap is holding it down. It’s an estimate; the real size shows next to the file name when the file is ready.

A warning appears under the estimate when the file is likely to be too big:

1. 1Save the bundle, workflow or map style with Private Bundle?, Private Workflow? or Private map style? turned off.
2. 2Click Copy share link in the save dialog, or right-click the bundle or workflow in the sidebar list and choose Copy bundle link or Copy workflow link.
3. 3For a map style, right-click it in the Map style menu and choose Copy map style link.
4. 4The button reads Copied link. Paste the link into a message, post or email.

A bundle link loads the bundle on the recipient’s active panel with everything you saved in it: layers and styles, plus the map, viewpoint, alerts, name markers or layout if you chose to save them. A workflow link loads the whole workflow: every board, panel and bundle. A map style link applies your saved basemap and map customizations; custom overlays are never shared.

In a browser, the link first offers Open in desktop app or Continue in browser. Recipients must be signed in; if they aren’t, they go to the sign-in page and come back to the link after. Workflow links need Professional or higher on the recipient’s account, and so do map styles with a custom Mapbox style or custom overlays; otherwise the recipient sees an upgrade window.

If the item is private, deleted or out of reach, the recipient sees “This bundle is not available. It may be private, was deleted, or you do not have access.” (or the same for a workflow or map style).

Scene and tour exports use Format, Resolution, Quality and File size from these settings, but record in real time: MP4 at 30 frames per second and GIF at 20. Frame delay and Last frame hold don’t apply. The file downloads straight away, named after the scene or tour.

1. 1Load a radar bundle and set the time bar’s loop length to 2 hours. Zoom to the storms and pin any readouts you want shown.
2. 2Open Settings → Media export. Under Videos, pick MP4, 1080p, High and 8 MB. Set Frame delay to 0.15 s and Last frame hold to 1.50 s.
3. 3Click Export animation. The range already ends at the newest scan. Leave Frame step at 1.
4. 4Check the estimate at the bottom. If it says “(held to your limit)” and you want more sharpness, switch to 720p or raise Frame step to 2.
5. 5Click Generate MP4, then Share on the MP4 ready screen, or Save and upload the file.

1. 1In Settings → Media export → Map canvas, click 9:16. The map becomes a tall frame in the middle of the window.
2. 2Pan and zoom so the area you’re covering fills the tall frame. Leave room at the top and bottom for the platform’s captions and buttons.
3. 3Under Videos, pick MP4 and Custom, then type 1080 for Width. The height follows the 9:16 frame (1920).
4. 4Click Export animation, set the range and Frame delay, and click Generate MP4.
5. 5Set Canvas aspect back to Off when you’re done.

1. 1Load a HAFS, HWRF or HMON bundle for the storm and zoom in to the inner core. Tilt or rotate the map if you like.
2. 2Click Export animation. Camera shows Follow nest selected, as long as Hurricane nests in Settings → Media export is on Follow nest (the default).
3. 3Set Start and End to the hours you want. Raise Frame step to skip hours on a long run.
4. 4Click Generate MP4. Each frame pans to that hour’s nest center.