Vertical Video Maker

Reframe any video to 9:16, 1:1, 4:5, or 16:9 for Reels, Shorts, and TikTok, with a blurred background so nothing is cropped.

How Vertical Video Maker works

Vertical video is the shape that Reels, Shorts, and TikTok are built around, a tall 9:16 frame that fills a phone screen. The trouble is that most footage is shot wide, in 16:9, so when you post it the platform either crops off the sides and cuts people out of frame or slaps ugly bars around it. This tool reframes any video to the shape you need and fills the empty space with a blurred version of your own footage, so nothing important gets cropped and the result looks intentional.

To use it, drop a video onto the page or click to choose one, pick your target shape from 9:16 for Reels and Shorts and TikTok, 4:5 for the Instagram feed, 1:1 square, or 16:9 landscape, then run it. The tool scales your video to fit inside that frame without cutting anything, then places a softly blurred, zoomed copy of the same footage behind it to fill the gaps. You download the finished MP4 when it is done.

The blurred backdrop is the key idea. Instead of black bars, the tool takes your footage, enlarges it to cover the whole frame, blurs it heavily, and lays your full, uncropped video centered on top. Because the background is your own colors and movement, the video feels designed for vertical rather than awkwardly letterboxed. Everything is re-encoded to H.264 with a fast-start layout so it plays and uploads smoothly, and the output lands at a clean 1080-wide resolution.

Choose this approach when your whole frame matters and a hard crop would lose something, like a wide shot with people or text across the width. If your subject sits dead center with room to spare, a plain crop to vertical can work too and shows the subject larger. The blurred-background method wins whenever cutting the edges would ruin the shot.

People use it to turn landscape phone clips into Reels or Shorts, to fit a widescreen interview or gameplay clip into a vertical feed, to make a square post for Instagram without cropping heads off, and to reshape footage for several platforms from one source file.

The reframing runs entirely in your browser, so your video is never uploaded and stays on your device. The first run downloads a small in-browser media engine of about 32 MB, which is then cached, and there is no sign-up. The only real limit is your device's memory, since the whole encode happens locally on your own hardware.

Frequently asked questions

Will any part of my original video get cropped?

No. Your full frame is scaled to fit entirely inside the new shape, so nothing is cut off. The leftover space is filled by the blurred background rather than by trimming your footage, which is the whole point of this approach.

Which ratio should I pick for TikTok or Reels?

Choose 9:16, the full-height vertical shape those platforms are built for. Use 4:5 for a taller Instagram feed post, 1:1 for a square, and 16:9 if you actually want to keep a landscape frame with the blurred fill.

Where does the blurred background come from?

It is made from your own video. The tool enlarges a copy of your footage to cover the whole frame, blurs it heavily, and centers your sharp, full clip on top, so the backdrop always matches the colors and motion of the shot.

Does the audio stay in the reframed video?

Yes. If your source has an audio track it is carried through and re-encoded to AAC in the MP4, so your sound stays intact. Silent clips simply come out silent.

What resolution and format is the output?

You get an MP4 with H.264 video at a 1080-wide standard size for the shape you chose, such as 1080 by 1920 for 9:16. It is written with a fast-start layout so it uploads and previews smoothly on social platforms.

How long can the video be?

There is no fixed limit, but the entire clip is encoded in your browser, so your device's memory sets the ceiling. Short social clips process comfortably, while a long or high-resolution source can be slow on a device with little free memory.

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