A wedding highlight reel that runs over 90 seconds loses social audiences and overruns vCredit budgets. By the end of this lesson you have a planned cut, a known vCredit spend, and a delivered MP4 the couple can post the next day.
How to do it
Plan the cut on paper first: 6 hero clips × 15 seconds = 90 seconds. Pick the shot order before opening Evoto Video.
Drop only those 6 clips on the timeline. Resist the urge to bring the whole shoot in "just in case".
Run AI Color Match on the off-look clips against your wedding reference frame (see the previous lesson).
Apply portrait retouching only on the close-up clips that actually show faces. Wide shots rarely need it.
Click Apply Effects per clip. Watch the vCredit indicator after each apply — if you are halfway through and have spent 70% of the budget, your clip choices are too dense.
Use Segment Export, MP4, source frame rate, only the 90 seconds. Open the file outside Evoto Video before sending to the couple.
Try it
On a real wedding, pick six 15-second clips and export a 90-second highlight using Segment Export. Note the actual vCredit cost and compare it to your estimate. Calibrate the next quote off the real number.
Watch out for
Applying effects to a 30-minute timeline before cutting. That spends vCredits on footage the couple will never see.
Exporting at MOV when MP4 is the social deliverable. MP4 plays everywhere; MOV needs the editor or the right device.
Source: Export Settings · AI Color Adjustments