Turn horizontal videos into vertical Shorts.
Transform standard horizontal widescreen videos into vertical 9:16 aspect ratio YouTube Shorts in seconds. Choose between smart crop overlays or padding options to perfectly compose your content.
Enhance your Shorts with multiple draggable text layers. Personalize your typography with system fonts, custom sizing, alignments, weights, and snap centering guides directly inside the video canvas.
Your privacy is fully protected. All processing and rendering is executed directly in your browser using high-performance WebCodecs and WebAssembly (FFmpeg). Your video files are never sent to external servers.
Learn when to crop vs pad, how to place headline-style text, and how to prep widescreen footage for Shorts on the tutorials page.
Simply upload your horizontal video, select either "Crop to fill" or "Keep horizontal video" (which adds top/bottom padding), add any draggable text overlays, and hit "Export" to download your vertical MP4.
"Crop to fill" scales your video to cover the entire vertical 9:16 frame. "Keep horizontal video" fits the full wide landscape frame inside the vertical viewport and adds solid black or custom-colored padding at the top and bottom.
No. The entire rendering pipeline runs completely client-side inside your browser using WebCodecs and WebAssembly. Your videos never leave your computer or phone, guaranteeing absolute privacy.
Yes! You can add multiple draggable text layers, customize their sizing, fonts, colors, weights, and alignments, and position them anywhere with smart snap centering lines.
The converter exports a fully rendered high-definition MP4 file at standard 60 FPS, ready to be immediately uploaded to YouTube Shorts, TikTok, or Instagram Reels.