Turn a full video into a TikTok-style vertical video

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In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to change the aspect ratio from 16:9 to 9:16, perfect for TikTok and other vertical video platforms.

Change Aspect Ratio In Shotcut Video Editor Reframe

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Reframe or reframing is a way to crop a video or editing project in order to export it to a different aspect ratio. For example, you made a video project in 16:9 aspect ratio landscape/horizontal orientation but now want to make a 9:16 portrait/vertical orientation video for social media. Other forms of cropping are used primarily within a composition to remove bad edges (Crop: Source), zoom in to fill the frame (Size, Position & Rotate), add colored borders (Crop: Rectangle), or clip an overlay (Crop: Rectangle).

[WillZ]

Nice tutorial. Thanks.

Is it possible to have some kind of batch processing when we already have a full editing in 16:9 and want to turn it in 9:16 ?

I know I can take my export of the whole video and use one of theses methods, but it won’t allow me to reframe each shoot for an optimal view. I wish I could avoid it to put a filter or to resize manually each shoot of my editing.Thanks.

[WillZ]

I can’t find the “reframe” filter. Has it been removed ?

[jonray]

Hi @WillZ you can only apply the reframe filter to the OUTPUT of your video. It won’t appear if you select a clip. You need to select the “output” first. I’ll send a screenshot shortly if you don’t know how to select it….

[jonray]

Here you go: how to select the “output”. Note, you will get a warning alert when you try to apply a fliter to the output asking if that’s what you want.

[WillZ]

Yes, that’s great. I should have guessed reframe should apply to the whole video.

Thanks for the screenshot. It was not necessary, but it may help other ones.