shortened and cropped video export file size larger than original video?

[A New Earth]

Hi folks.

I have a 3.2 Mb video (MP4, landscape, 1.5 minutes long, 640 x 358 pixels). I shortened it to 60 seconds, and cropped it to landscape (200 x 358 pixels), but exported video size is 7.2 mb. Why is this?

I chose Format: H.264

Preset: Match Source - High Bit Rate

What settings should I use so that the exported video size is less than the original?

Thanks in advance.

[Sami Succar · Accepted solution]

You need to lower the bit rate. You can do that manually until you reach the desired file size estimate.