Resize Video for YouTube Shorts
Turn a clip from a landscape YouTube video into a vertical 1080×1920 Short without opening an editor.
Your file stays on your device. Nothing is uploaded.
A vertical Short in three steps
Drop your video
A clip from a landscape video, up to 500 MB.
Choose the fit
Blurred background, fill (crop) or black bars.
Resize and download
A 1080×1920 MP4 for Shorts.
Turning long videos into Shorts
Shorts are vertical (9:16) or square, up to 3 minutes. Most channels make them from clips of their landscape videos, so the clip needs a new shape.
For one speaker in the middle, crop to fill the frame. For gameplay, screen recordings or anything with detail at the edges, use the blurred background so nothing is cut off, and put captions in the space above or below.
Trim the clip to the moment first: it's faster to resize a 40 second clip than a whole episode.
Frequently
Asked Questions
What size is a YouTube Short?
1080×1920 pixels (9:16), or square. Up to 3 minutes long.
How do I turn part of a long video into a Short?
Trim the part you want with the trim tool, then resize it here.
Will YouTube count it as a Short?
A vertical or square video up to 3 minutes is treated as a Short.
Is my file uploaded?
No. It's processed in your browser, on your own device, and never leaves it.