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Convert Landscape Video to Portrait Without Cropping

1080 × 1920 · 9:16 · Keep whole video · Blur

Keep both speakers, the full view, and every edge of your original video. Fit a horizontal clip into a vertical canvas and fill the extra space with a background.

Preserve every edge of the source frame
Keep people and objects in proportion
Fill extra space with your chosen background

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1080 × 1920 · 9:16 · Keep whole video · Blur

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How to use the landscape to portrait without cropping

Step 1
Upload the wide scene you want to preserve
Choose a horizontal video and trim it if you only need part of the recording. Keep whole video and a 9:16 output are already selected, so the full width stays visible.
Step 2
See where the extra space comes from
A 16:9 clip fitted into a 1080 × 1920 canvas is roughly 1080 × 608 pixels high within that canvas. The rest is background above and below. Keeping the entire picture means the original scene occupies a smaller area.
Step 3
Adjust the fill around the original video
Blur uses a moving copy of your video behind the sharp full frame. A solid color is quieter for presentations; gradients, designs, and uploaded photos offer other looks. Edge softening blends the boundary into the fill.
Step 4
Play back, then download
Check that small text remains legible and that the background feels comfortable in motion. Convert and download your watermark-free MP4. You can change the output ratio while keeping fit mode selected.

Ways to use your landscape to portrait without cropping

Two-person podcast clips

Keep both speakers and microphones visible when they sit at opposite sides of a wide shot. No fixed crop has to choose one speaker over the other.

Property walkthroughs

Retain the edges of a room and the relationship between doors, windows, and furniture. The vertical canvas presents the full wide view with a background.

Group performances and events

Keep people near both edges of a stage or group shot. Review faces at phone size because preserving the complete scene makes them smaller.

Landscape to portrait without cropping questions

Can I make a horizontal video vertical without losing any picture?

Yes. Fit the full picture inside a vertical canvas using Keep whole video. Extra space remains above and below the wide picture and is filled with your selected background.

Can I fill a vertical screen with no crop, no background, and no distortion?

Only if the source already has the same aspect ratio. When the ratios differ, preserving the whole frame and its proportions requires extra space. Crop removes content; stretch changes proportions.

Does this use AI to extend the video background?

No. Blur repeats and blurs the existing video, while colors, gradients, designs, and photos fill the unused canvas. These options do not invent scenery outside the original frame or remove a moving background.

Why does my wide video look smaller after making it vertical?

The video is scaled to fit within the narrow width of the portrait canvas. The complete scene remains, but it takes up less of the screen. Use a crop if a larger subject is more important than keeping every edge.

Explore every ratio in the portrait and landscape video converter, or resize a still image with the landscape to portrait photo converter.

What you can do with Portrait & Landscape Video Converter

Review the main capabilities before you begin.

Convert portrait video to landscape or landscape video to portrait
Keep the complete video with a blurred, colored, or designed background
Choose portrait, landscape, square, widescreen, or custom dimensions
Position and zoom a fixed crop with a playback preview
Trim each video and preserve or mute its audio for MP4 export
Convert a batch with a paid plan or active pass
Download videos individually or as a ZIP up to 1 GB
Download free MP4 videos without an added watermark

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Settings reference

Available controls for Portrait & Landscape Video Converter.

Size

Output sizePresets: Choose an aspect-ratio preset or enter custom pixel dimensions.Options: Use PresetUse Custom
Aspect ratioPresets: Choose portrait, landscape, square, widescreen, or another output ratio.Options: Portrait (3:4)Vertical Portrait (4:5)Classic Movie Poster (2:3)ISO A-Series (1:1.414)Landscape (4:3)Square (1:1)Horizontal Landscape (1.91:1)Wide (16:9)Productivity Widescreen (16:10)Ultrawide (21:9)Panoramic (5:2 / 2.5:1)Tall (9:16)
WidthNumber inputRange: 16–4096px · Default: 1920px: Even pixel width; the total output must be 8.8 megapixels or smaller.
HeightNumber inputRange: 16–4096px · Default: 1080px: Even pixel height; the total output must be 8.8 megapixels or smaller.

Background

Background stylePresets: Fill the space around a fitted video. AI extension and background removal are not included.Options: BlurColorGradientDesignsPhoto
Blur intensitySliderRange: 0–100 · Default: 49: Blur a moving copy of the same video behind the original.
Background colorColor picker: Choose the solid background color.
Gradient colorsColor picker: Add, edit, or remove between two and six gradient colors.
Gradient directionDropdown: Choose the direction of the color blend.Options: VerticalHorizontalDiagonal
DesignsGallery: Browse background designs. Designs marked Premium require a paid plan.
Upload a background imageFile input: Use a JPEG, PNG, or WebP image up to 10 MB behind the video.
Edge softeningSliderRange: 0–100 · Default: 0: Blend only the padded edges of the video into the background.

Crop

How should it fit?Presets: Preserve the full frame with a background, crop to fill, or explicitly stretch the picture.Options: Keep whole videoCrop to frameStretch to exact size
Horizontal positionSliderRange: 0–100 · Default: 50: Move the fixed crop horizontally. You can also drag the preview.
Vertical positionSliderRange: 0–100 · Default: 50: Move the fixed crop vertically.
Crop zoomSliderRange: 1–3 · Default: 1: Zoom the crop from 1× to 3×. This does not track moving subjects.

Trim

Start time (seconds)Number input: Choose where the exported clip starts.
End time (seconds)Number input: Choose where it ends, or leave empty to keep the remainder. The selected clip must fit your plan’s duration limit.

Output

Export qualitySliderRange: 1–100 · Default: 80: Balance MP4 quality and file size. Exports use H.264 and up to 30 fps.
Mute audioOn / Off: Remove the audio track. Otherwise the source audio is retained as AAC.
Batch conversionFile input: With a paid plan or active pass, upload up to five videos within your per-file size limit. Convert sequentially with the same settings, then download individually or as a ZIP.

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