Crop any video to TikTok's vertical format

Why crop instead of adding bars

A 16:9 video shown on a 9:16 screen uses only about a third of the screen's height. Cropping to 9:16 fills the full screen, making faces bigger and text easier to read. It's what viewers expect in a vertical feed.

Crop a video for TikTok

1. 1Open your video. Drag it onto the editor or choose it from your computer. It's read straight from your disk.
2. 2Pick the moment. Drag the in and out handles on the timeline, or play the video and press “Set to playhead”.
3. 3Choose 9:16. The output is 1080 × 1920, the standard vertical HD size.
4. 4Frame the subject. Drag the vertical frame onto the person or action, and zoom in if they're small in the shot.
5. 5Add captions, or skip. Import an SRT/VTT file, type them yourself, or leave them off.
6. 6Preview and export. Watch the exact result, then download the MP4.

Getting the crop right

• Drag the frame onto the subject and zoom in (up to 400% on large videos) for a closer shot.
• The output preview beside the video updates live, so you see exactly what TikTok viewers will see.
• Clipumo uses one crop position for the whole clip. If your subject moves across the frame, export shorter clips with a different framing for each.
• If the crop is enlarged a lot, Clipumo tells you. Higher-resolution sources give sharper results.

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