Key takeaways
- Fitting 1920 × 1080 into a 1080 × 1920 canvas gives 1080 × 608 with 656 px top and bottom, and the picture fills 31.6% of the canvas of the canvas.
- Fit keeps the whole picture; the cost is empty bars. The crop calculator is the other choice.
Fit or fill?
Fitting scales the whole picture to the largest size that fits inside the canvas and leaves bars on the other sides. The share of the canvas the picture fills tells you how much of it is empty.
A picture that fills under half the canvas looks lost; consider cropping, or fill the bars with a blurred copy of the picture.
Scenarios
| Scenario | Bar type | Scaled content | Bar thickness | Content fills |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1080p into 9:16 | letterbox (bars top and bottom) | 1080 × 608 | 656 px top and bottom | 31.6% of the canvas |
| 1080p into 1:1 | letterbox (bars top and bottom) | 1080 × 608 | 236 px top and bottom | 56.3% of the canvas |
| 1080p into 4:5 | letterbox (bars top and bottom) | 1080 × 608 | 371 px top and bottom | 45.0% of the canvas |
| Vertical into 16:9 | pillarbox (bars left and right) | 608 × 1080 | 656 px each side | 31.6% of the canvas |
| Square into 16:9 | pillarbox (bars left and right) | 1080 × 1080 | 420 px each side | 56.3% of the canvas |
| 4:3 into 9:16 | letterbox (bars top and bottom) | 1080 × 810 | 555 px top and bottom | 42.2% of the canvas |
How much of the canvas the picture fills
| Source | 9:16 canvas | 1:1 canvas | 4:5 canvas | 16:9 canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16:9 (1920 × 1080) | 31.6% of the canvas | 56.3% of the canvas | 45.0% of the canvas | 100.0% of the canvas |
| 4:3 (1440 × 1080) | 42.2% of the canvas | 75.0% of the canvas | 60.0% of the canvas | 75.0% of the canvas |
| 9:16 (1080 × 1920) | 100.0% of the canvas | 56.3% of the canvas | 70.3% of the canvas | 31.6% of the canvas |
| 1:1 (1080 × 1080) | 56.3% of the canvas | 100.0% of the canvas | 80.0% of the canvas | 56.3% of the canvas |