Convert video to vertical 9:16
Short answer
Converting wide video to 9:16 without cutting off faces or text.
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Black bars on a video: crop it, pad it or export 9:16
Bars mean the file's shape does not match the player. The pixel arithmetic, the ffmpeg pad and crop filters, and why YouTube asks you not to bake bars in.
- How-to
How to change aspect ratio in CapCut (9:16, 1:1, 16:9)
Change the aspect ratio in CapCut with the Ratio control on desktop or in the mobile toolbar. Choose 9:16 for TikTok, Reels and Shorts and fill the frame.
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Turn a landscape video into a vertical short
Turn a 16:9 recording into a 9:16 vertical short, and choose on purpose between cropping, which fills the screen, and padding, which keeps everything.
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How to make a vertical 9:16 video in DaVinci Resolve
Timeline Settings: turn off Use Project Settings and set 1080 × 1920, or tick Use vertical resolution. Resolve switches to a vertical UI layout automatically.
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How to make a vertical 9:16 video in Premiere Pro
Auto Reframe Sequence makes a 9:16 copy of your edit and keeps the action in frame. Or build a 1080 × 1920 sequence by hand. Motion presets explained.
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Turn a square video into a vertical short
Take a 1:1 square video to a 9:16 vertical frame. The loss profile is completely different from a landscape source, which changes the right answer.
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Talking head / selfie → Vertical short
Take a talking head / selfie to a vertical short. A workflow decides the cut, the safe-zone, the captions, and the export preset - not just the format.