Video Crop
Reframe your footage for Reels, Shorts, feeds and YouTube.
Crop any video to a perfect 1:1 square, 9:16 portrait or 16:9 landscape with a precise center crop, powered by FFmpeg in WebAssembly. Ideal for turning one clip into every social format — processed privately on your device.
- No watermark
- No signup
- 100% private
Drop your video here
MP4, WebM, or MOV files up to 100MB are supported for optimal browser processing.
Everything in the Video Crop tool
Purpose-built controls that make the job fast, precise and effortless.
Social-ready ratios
One-tap presets for 1:1, 9:16 and 16:9 cover every major platform.
Smart center crop
Automatically crops from the center to keep your subject in frame.
Local FFmpeg engine
All cropping and re-encoding happens in your browser via WebAssembly.
Private by design
Nothing is uploaded — your footage stays entirely on your machine.
Three simple steps
Get from file to finished video crop result in seconds.
Upload a video
Drop in your clip — a live crop overlay shows the target frame.
Choose an aspect ratio
Pick square, portrait or landscape for the platform you're targeting.
Crop & download
Re-encode locally and save your reframed MP4 instantly.
Why you'll love it
- Turn a single landscape video into vertical Reels and Shorts.
- Center-crop logic keeps the important action in view.
- Re-encoded with x264 for clean, compatible MP4 output.
- No accounts, no watermarks and no server round-trips.
Supported formats
Input
Output
Frequently asked questions
Square (1:1) for feeds, portrait (9:16) for Reels/Shorts/TikTok, and landscape (16:9) for YouTube.
The current version applies a smart center crop, which keeps centered subjects perfectly framed for most clips.
Re-encoding uses a high-quality CRF of 23, so the result stays visually sharp while remaining compatible.
No. FFmpeg runs in your browser via WebAssembly — your video never leaves your device.
Suggested tools
Pair this with another tool to finish the job.
Ready to use Video Crop?
Free, private and watermark-free. No signup required — just upload and go.