Resolution & Asp Ratio: not resetting & can't change aspect ratio resolution?

[canuckfanatic79]

Greetings

This is hard to describe but here are the main problems:

1. I am trying to change the resolution of a video I made for Youtube & Facebook shorts/reels to 1080x1920 aspect ratio 16:9
2. When I try to change the resolution and AR it outputs incorrectly!
3. This did not happen with other videos
4. The export configuration defaults to the attached image I attached here.
5. I tried hitting " reset " in the export menu with NO Luck.
6. Any idea here?
   
   

[Hudson555x]

@canuckfanatic79

I am trying to change the resolution of a video I made for Youtube & Facebook shorts/reels to 1080x1920 aspect ratio 16:9

1080x1920 has an aspect ratio of 9:16
Example:

1920x1080 has an aspect ratio of 16:9
Example:

If you want to export a video at 1080x1920, it starts with setting the correct Video Mode. That would be step #1.
Setting → Video Mode → Non-Broadcast → Vertical HD

When exporting, stay out of Advanced. Export will fully adhere to the Video Mode set.

Another example would be 1080x1080 with a 1:1 aspect ratio.

If your source video is wide, and you want to make it narrow, you’ll need to decide what to cut off the ends or have black letterboxing at the top and bottom. That would be done using one of the Crop filters applied to the clip(s) needed.

Additional resource to help better visualize how Resolution and Aspect ratios work. This link is set to 1080x1920.

Aspect ratio calculator

[canuckfanatic79]

That seems To have worked, BUT:

1. The video is cutt off when ONLY on YOUTUBE Shorts, but totally fine in Facebook Reels.
2. Why would it be different looking – cutting off left and right of video – on youtube shorts, but NOT On Facebook reels?

[Hudson555x]

I suggest you start over with a new project with the correct Video Mode and work from there.

Try this sample project I made.

test sample.mlt (5.0 KB)
Change nothing in Export → Advanced, and you’ll get a good sample to test with in both Facebook and YouTube.

From reading what you said in 1 & 2, you are probably experiencing the result of mismatched video resolution & aspect ratio to video export settings.

If you are attempting to fix/change from a 1920x1080 Video Mode project, perhaps someone else can offer assistance.

[canuckfanatic79]

Greetings

Thanks for reply, but pronlems:
1.The original video starts in 1920x720 for the full version.
2. I make the shorts/reels from the full video.
IS there a better way to do this?

[Hudson555x]

@canuckfanatic79

1.The original video starts in 1920x720 for the full version.

This is where you decide what to leave in your video and what to cut out.

I created a sample image of 1920x720, and used the Vertical Video Mode as needed for YouTube Shorts and Facebook Reels.

The first track I made a yellow color to indicate where video would be black.

Applying any filter to force the height beyond 720, going to 1920 will result in distorted video. You would have to decide what portion of the original video would be visible.

Here is an example I made from this image.
This is just for comparison to the video resolution you want, to what you are working with.

To edit a different resolution to a Vertical Video Mode, you will need the filter
Size, Position & Rotate. I did try Crop: Source with Center selected, but it left thin letterboxing at the top and bottom.

You could limit the size to 720 with Size, Position & Rotate for no distortion. Then decide which of the left & right would be visible.

An alternative would be using the filter Blur: Pad

Many different options in Shotcut to make a video.