Video Crop
Crop your videos online to remove unwanted areas or create a specific aspect ratio. Focus on what matters by cutting out edges and borders in seconds.
How to Crop a Video Online?
Our free online video cropping tool makes it easy to remove unwanted areas from your videos and focus on what matters. Whether you need to crop out distracting elements, create a specific aspect ratio, or enhance the composition of your footage, our tool handles it all without requiring any video editing software.
Common Reasons to Crop Videos
- Remove unwanted objects or people from the edges
- Fix badly framed footage by adjusting the composition
- Create videos for different social media platforms (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube)
- Remove black bars from videos (letterboxing/pillarboxing)
- Convert videos to different aspect ratios (16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 9:16)
- Focus on a specific subject in a wide shot
- Improve the visual storytelling by removing distractions
- Create a cinematic feel with custom framing
Popular Aspect Ratios and Their Uses
| Aspect Ratio | Common Name | Best For |
|---|---|---|
| 16:9 | Widescreen | YouTube, standard HD videos, TV, presentations |
| 4:3 | Standard | Older TV content, some tablets and presentations |
| 1:1 | Square | Instagram posts, album covers, profile pictures |
| 9:16 | Portrait | TikTok, Instagram Stories, Snapchat, mobile viewing |
| 21:9 | Ultrawide | Cinematic videos, movies, dramatic landscapes |
Will Cropping Affect Video Quality?
Cropping a video doesn't typically degrade the quality of the visible portion of the video. However, keep in mind that:
- Cropping reduces the total resolution of your video, but the pixels that remain will maintain their original quality.
- Excessive cropping to a very small portion of the original might make the video appear less detailed when played at larger sizes.
- Our tool automatically optimizes the encoding to maintain the best possible quality after cropping.
Our video cropping tool is designed to be intuitive, allowing you to see exactly what the final result will look like before processing. This way, you can make precise adjustments to get exactly the framing you want for your video.