Media tasks · Social and creator video

Choose between cropping and outpainting a vertical video

Estimate what a 9:16 delivery removes or invents before selecting a reframing method.

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1. Locate the subject, titles and important actions in the source; choose delivery dimensions and safe placements.
2. Compare a crop or manual reframe against outpainting. Calculate retained and added area, then identify what must remain faithful.
3. Check motion and edge continuity through the complete clip, including titles and captions at the actual delivery size.

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• For 16:9 to 9:16 (or reverse), when should I crop and reframe versus outpaint, what do video outpainting tools document, and how do headroom and lead room constrain it?

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What remains uncertain

Area calculations do not measure visual quality. Outpainting invents content and may change details; a centered crop is not automatically a good composition.

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Report a reproducible framing failure or a measured crop tradeoff with authorized source material.

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