One 9:16 shape for three apps
TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts all use the same vertical 9:16 frame, so one crop works everywhere. Each app sets its own length limit. If your clip runs too long, trim it before or after cropping.
Crop a video for TikTok
Crop video for TikTok to a vertical 9:16 frame that fills the phone screen, and use the same file for Reels and Shorts. Your clip stays yours: we never receive or store it.
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How it works
- Choose a videoOpen a horizontal or square video. The 9:16 Story frame appears on it.
- Move the frame onto the actionDrag it to the person or object that matters, then press Preview.
- Save and postSave the vertical video and upload it to TikTok, Reels or Shorts.
How to make a horizontal video vertical
A horizontal video posted as it is shows up as a thin strip with empty space above and below. Cropping it to 9:16 fills the screen. From a wide shot the slice keeps only about a third of the picture, so where you put the frame matters most.
What to keep in the frame
- Keep faces and hands inside. The edges of the scene are what you lose.
- Leave room at the top and bottom, and along the right edge: the apps put captions and buttons there.
- If the subject walks across the shot, find the spot where it stays in view longest.
- Use the arrow keys for small moves. Hold Shift to move faster.
TikTok video size you get
Cropping keeps the original pixels and never stretches them. A 1920×1080 video becomes about 608×1080, and a 4K one about 1216×2160. The apps scale it up to the screen: fine on a phone, a little softer than footage filmed upright.
A lighter file
Only the part inside the frame is saved, and the bitrate shrinks with it. A vertical slice of a wide video usually comes out at a third of the original size or less, so it uploads faster on mobile data.
Already vertical or square?
Phone videos filmed upright are usually 9:16 already and need no crop. A square video loses less than a wide one: 9:16 keeps a bit over half its width.
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Open the page and start. No account, no email, no password.
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Nothing to upload and no queue: a video opens in a second, a simple trim saves in seconds.
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We set none. A file can be as big as your device can handle.
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Questions
1080×1920, a vertical 9:16 frame. Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts use the same shape, so one crop serves all three.
The app fits a wide video inside the tall screen, with empty space above and below. Crop it to 9:16 and it fills the screen.
Open this page in your phone’s browser, pick the video, drag the frame with a finger and save. Then upload it in TikTok from the gallery or Files.
It keeps the original pixels, so it is as sharp as before, just narrower. TikTok scales it up to the screen, which softens it slightly.
Not on this page: it crops. To keep the whole picture with bars above and below, open Resize video, pick Vertical and choose Fit.
The frame stays in one place for the whole clip. Split the video into parts and crop each one with its own frame.
Yes. It is copied as it is when the format allows, otherwise saved at 128 kbps. The format stays the same as the original; choose MP4 under Format if an app refuses the file.