diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/editor/export-button.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/editor/export-button.tsx
index e738fb68..651549dd 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/editor/export-button.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/editor/export-button.tsx
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import {
 	SectionTitle,
 } from "@/components/section";
 import { useEditor } from "@/editor/use-editor";
-import { DEFAULT_EXPORT_OPTIONS } from "@/export/defaults";
+import { getDefaultExportOptions } from "@/export/defaults";
 
 function isExportFormat(value: string): value is ExportFormat {
 	return EXPORT_FORMAT_VALUES.some((formatValue) => formatValue === value);
@@ -101,14 +101,13 @@ function ExportPopover({
 	const activeProject = useEditor((e) => e.project.getActive());
 	const exportState = useEditor((e) => e.project.getExportState());
 	const { isExporting, progress, result: exportResult } = exportState;
-	const [format, setFormat] = useState<ExportFormat>(
-		DEFAULT_EXPORT_OPTIONS.format,
-	);
-	const [quality, setQuality] = useState<ExportQuality>(
-		DEFAULT_EXPORT_OPTIONS.quality,
-	);
+	const initialOptions = getDefaultExportOptions({
+		projectType: activeProject?.metadata?.projectType,
+	});
+	const [format, setFormat] = useState<ExportFormat>(initialOptions.format);
+	const [quality, setQuality] = useState<ExportQuality>(initialOptions.quality);
 	const [shouldIncludeAudio, setShouldIncludeAudio] = useState<boolean>(
-		DEFAULT_EXPORT_OPTIONS.includeAudio ?? true,
+		initialOptions.includeAudio ?? true,
 	);
 
 	const handleExport = async () => {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/export/__tests__/presets.test.ts b/apps/web/src/export/__tests__/presets.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f694424e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/export/__tests__/presets.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import {
+	EXPORT_PRESETS,
+	EXPORT_PRESET_IDS,
+	YOUTUBE_SHORTS_EXPORT_PRESET,
+	getExportPresetById,
+} from "@/export";
+import {
+	DEFAULT_EXPORT_OPTIONS,
+	getDefaultExportOptions,
+} from "@/export/defaults";
+
+describe("YOUTUBE_SHORTS_EXPORT_PRESET", () => {
+	test("has the expected encoding shape", () => {
+		expect(YOUTUBE_SHORTS_EXPORT_PRESET.options).toMatchObject({
+			format: "mp4",
+			quality: "very_high",
+			includeAudio: true,
+		});
+	});
+
+	test("has descriptive label and description", () => {
+		expect(YOUTUBE_SHORTS_EXPORT_PRESET.label).toMatch(/\S/);
+		expect(YOUTUBE_SHORTS_EXPORT_PRESET.description).toMatch(/\S/);
+	});
+});
+
+describe("EXPORT_PRESETS registry", () => {
+	test("contains youtube-shorts", () => {
+		const ids = EXPORT_PRESETS.map((p) => p.id);
+		expect(ids).toContain("youtube-shorts");
+	});
+
+	test("every registered preset's id is in EXPORT_PRESET_IDS", () => {
+		for (const preset of EXPORT_PRESETS) {
+			expect(EXPORT_PRESET_IDS).toContain(preset.id);
+		}
+	});
+
+	test("getExportPresetById resolves youtube-shorts", () => {
+		const preset = getExportPresetById({ id: "youtube-shorts" });
+		expect(preset).toBeDefined();
+		expect(preset?.id).toBe("youtube-shorts");
+	});
+
+
+});
+
+describe("getDefaultExportOptions", () => {
+	test("returns Shorts preset options when projectType is shorts", () => {
+		const opts = getDefaultExportOptions({ projectType: "shorts" });
+		expect(opts).toEqual(YOUTUBE_SHORTS_EXPORT_PRESET.options);
+	});
+
+	test("returns DEFAULT_EXPORT_OPTIONS when projectType is standard", () => {
+		const opts = getDefaultExportOptions({ projectType: "standard" });
+		expect(opts).toEqual(DEFAULT_EXPORT_OPTIONS);
+	});
+
+	test("returns DEFAULT_EXPORT_OPTIONS when projectType is undefined", () => {
+		const opts = getDefaultExportOptions({});
+		expect(opts).toEqual(DEFAULT_EXPORT_OPTIONS);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/apps/web/src/export/defaults.ts b/apps/web/src/export/defaults.ts
index 0247f8a8..97a336b6 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/export/defaults.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/export/defaults.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,26 @@
-import type { ExportOptions } from "./index";
+import type { TProjectType } from "@/project/types";
+import { YOUTUBE_SHORTS_EXPORT_PRESET, type ExportOptions } from "./index";
 
 export const DEFAULT_EXPORT_OPTIONS = {
 	format: "mp4",
 	quality: "high",
 	includeAudio: true,
 } satisfies ExportOptions;
+
+/**
+ * Resolve the export options that should be pre-filled when opening
+ * the export dialog for a given project. Projects with intent === "shorts"
+ * get the YouTube Shorts preset's options; everything else uses
+ * DEFAULT_EXPORT_OPTIONS. Undefined projectType (back-compat for older
+ * stored projects) is treated as "standard".
+ */
+export function getDefaultExportOptions({
+	projectType,
+}: {
+	projectType?: TProjectType;
+}): ExportOptions {
+	if (projectType === "shorts") {
+		return { ...YOUTUBE_SHORTS_EXPORT_PRESET.options };
+	}
+	return { ...DEFAULT_EXPORT_OPTIONS };
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/export/index.ts b/apps/web/src/export/index.ts
index c5c522b3..5ff0624c 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/export/index.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/export/index.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,54 @@ export interface ExportOptions {
 	includeAudio?: boolean;
 }
 
+// ─── Export presets ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+export const EXPORT_PRESET_IDS = ["youtube-shorts"] as const;
+
+/**
+ * Discriminator for export presets. "youtube-shorts" applies the
+ * YouTube-recommended encoding shape for 1080×1920 vertical short videos.
+ * New presets will be added here as their UI surface lands.
+ */
+export type TExportPresetId = (typeof EXPORT_PRESET_IDS)[number];
+
+export interface TExportPreset {
+	id: TExportPresetId;
+	label: string;
+	description: string;
+	options: ExportOptions;
+}
+
+/**
+ * YouTube Shorts encoding preset. Targets YouTube's recommended
+ * encoding shape: H.264 MP4, very_high quality (the bitrate mapping
+ * lives downstream in the renderer/WASM layer), audio included.
+ * FPS is intentionally not set — projects keep their own FPS, which
+ * for Shorts is typically 30 or 60.
+ */
+export const YOUTUBE_SHORTS_EXPORT_PRESET: TExportPreset = {
+	id: "youtube-shorts",
+	label: "YouTube Shorts",
+	description: "1080×1920 vertical, H.264 MP4 at very_high quality, AAC audio",
+	options: {
+		format: "mp4",
+		quality: "very_high",
+		includeAudio: true,
+	},
+};
+
+export const EXPORT_PRESETS: readonly TExportPreset[] = [
+	YOUTUBE_SHORTS_EXPORT_PRESET,
+];
+
+export function getExportPresetById({
+	id,
+}: {
+	id: TExportPresetId;
+}): TExportPreset | undefined {
+	return EXPORT_PRESETS.find((p) => p.id === id);
+}
+
 export interface ExportResult {
 	success: boolean;
 	buffer?: ArrayBuffer;