How to turn a horizontal video vertical
Three steps, all on this page. The video never leaves your device.
- Drop your video Any wide video: a podcast, a talk, a lesson, a game.
- Pick the look and the part Crop, fit on blur or fit on black. Keep up to 3 minutes.
- Save the MP4 9:16, ready for Shorts, TikTok and Reels. No watermark.
Crop, fit or blur: which one?
A wide video and a tall screen don’t match, so something has to give: either the sides of the picture, or the empty space above and below it. Pick by what matters in your shot.
| Look | Best for | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|
| Crop | One person talking, close shots | Someone at the edge gets cut: slide the frame or zoom |
| Fit + blur | Slides, screens, wide scenes, two people far apart | The picture is small; zoom in a little to fill more |
| Fit + black | A clean, simple look | Lots of empty black above and below |
The right size for Shorts, TikTok and Reels
All three apps play tall video best at 9:16, and 1080 × 1920 pixels is the usual size. This tool saves exactly that (or 720 × 1280 if you want it faster and smaller).
Every size and limit, app by app, is in the short video size guide.
Free · Tool Safe zone checker Check that the app’s buttons won’t cover faces or captions in your new vertical video.Private by design
The conversion runs inside your browser, using your device’s own video encoder. Your file isn’t uploaded anywhere, so it stays private and there’s nothing to wait for but your device. Recent Chrome, Edge and Safari work best; on phones, shorter parts finish faster.
Want it done for a whole video?
This free tool
- One part of one video at a time
- You choose the part and the frame
- No captions
distillfy
- The whole video at once
- AI finds the best moments and follows the speaker
- Word-perfect captions and a hook on each short
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