Making and exporting a Reel

From your photos to a video on your phone

What can I make a Reel from?

Open the Create tab and choose where your stops come from:

You can mix them: start from a Google Maps route and add your photos to it.

How do I make a Reel?

Open the Create tab and tap Import photos (or import a link or a file): Travellar puts your stops on the map. Check them, then tap Preview to watch the Reel as it will look. Tap Customize to change the map, music, camera and format, then tap Download.

Where did my unsaved Reel go?

Travellar keeps the activity you were working on, photos included, on your device. Open the Create tab again and tap Continue your draft. It keeps one draft of each kind, and a draft you started signed out moves to your account when you sign in.

Why isn't my photo or video in my Reel?

It has no location, usually because location was off in the camera, or the app you saved it from removed it. Travellar can't tell which stop it belongs to, so it waits in the Not in your reel yet group in Media. Drag it onto a stop to add it to your Reel. If you have no stops yet, add a place first.

Why does my video show as a still photo in my Reel?

Some devices can't draw videos into a Reel, so they show each video as a still photo. When that happens, the Videos option in Media reads "Videos (shown as photos)".

How do I save my Reel to my phone?

Tap Download. On iPhone, the Reel is saved to your Photos; in a browser, it downloads as an MP4 file. From there you can post it on Instagram, TikTok or anywhere else.

My Reel export stopped or failed. What can I do?

If it keeps failing, send us your diagnostics log (see How do I send feedback or report a bug?).

Why does exporting a Reel take a while?

Travellar draws your Reel frame by frame on your phone, so it looks the same as the preview whatever your connection. A longer Reel, a higher resolution or 60 fps takes longer.

Why can't I export above 1080p on my iPhone?

Larger sizes need more memory than an iPhone gives a single app, so the iPhone app goes up to 1080p. On a computer, Premium exports at up to 1440p.

How long will my Reel be?

The length shows on the preview. It comes from the intro, the time at each stop and each photo, the travel between stops and the outro. Change them where each one is: travel times between the stops in Places (under the transport), photo time in Media, label time in Route, intro and outro in Camera. Or slide Travel speed under the preview.

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