# Horizontal to Vertical YouTube Short Converter

> Browser-based tool for converting horizontal videos into vertical YouTube Shorts.

## Primary URL
- https://horizontal2vertical.com/

## What the tool does
- Converts a landscape or horizontal video into a vertical 9:16 video.
- Offers two framing modes: crop to fill, or keep horizontal video with top and bottom padding.
- Supports multiple text overlays that can be positioned by dragging in the preview.
- Exports the finished result as an MP4 file.

## Key behavior
- The live preview is the main preview surface.
- Text overlays are optional and off until enabled or used.
- Multiple text elements can be added.
- New text elements inherit the style settings of the currently selected text element.
- Dragging text supports vertical and horizontal snap alignment.

## Output details
- Default output: 1080 x 1920.
- Alternate output: 720 x 1280.
- Export format: MP4.

## Typical user tasks
- Turn a YouTube video clip into a vertical Short.
- Keep the full horizontal frame and add black or custom top and bottom padding.
- Crop the video to fill the full 9:16 canvas.
- Add headline-style text overlays on top of the video.

## Privacy and processing
- Video rendering is done client-side in the browser with FFmpeg WebAssembly.
- Uploaded videos are not sent to an application backend by this project.

## Machine-readable discovery
- Markdown homepage: https://horizontal2vertical.com/index.md
- LLM index: https://horizontal2vertical.com/llms.txt
- Sitemap: https://horizontal2vertical.com/sitemap.xml
- Robots: https://horizontal2vertical.com/robots.txt

## Agent notes
- The best page to cite for product description is the homepage.
- For structured machine-readable context, use `index.md`, `llms.txt`, and `llms-full.txt`.