One of the fastest-growing industries in today's times is digital content creation. With the growing competition, to keep the audience engaged and increase the viewership of our content the videos must be clear, crisp, and to the point. To make your content more concentrated, you may need to crop the videos.
Are you an iPhone user and looking for a way to crop videos? In this article, we will show several ways to crop a video on an iPhone to perfection.
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3 Ways to Crop Videos on iPhone
Method 1: Cropping Videos on iPhone Using Photos App
Step 1: Open the Photos App and select the video that you wish to trim.
Step 2: Click on Edit at the top right corner of the video.
Step 3: Select the crop tool at the bottom of the video. You can now crop the video in two ways. Either crop the video manually by adjusting it. Or you can use a particular aspect ratio from the preset options such as square, 16:9, 5:4, or others.
Step 4: Click Done after finishing cropping.
Method 2: Cropping Videos on iPhone Using iMovie
iMovie is another free video editing app that comes free for all Apple devices. Here are the steps:
Step 1: Open the iMovie app and click on Start New Project.
Step 2: Select the Movie option. Tap the video clip that you need to crop and click on Create Movie.
Step 3: There is no option available that can help you crop the video directly. However, you can pinch and zoom the video in a manner that the desired result can be achieved.
Step 4: Tap on done to preview the cropped video. If the result is as per your requirement you can click on Share and export it to your required destination.
Related article: Know how to crop videos on iMovie as well.
Method 3: Cropping and Editing iPhone Videos Using Third-Party Software
Cropping videos on iPhone is quite easy with the Photos app, however, there are some limitations as well. For example, if you want to crop the videos into a special shape, the photos app doesn't support that. Or if you want to make further edits such as adding background music, you may need to look for another solution. That's why Wondershare Filmora comes!
With more than 10 years of experience in video editing, it has become a powerful and famous video editor in the market. When comes to cropping videos, Filmora offers several ways to achieve that. You can crop videos from the preset aspect ratios, customize the cropping area, create a mask, or use auto reframe to automatically resize the videos.
With Filmora, you will be able to edit and crop the video to the exact point without distorting the quality of the video. In addition to that, you can enhance the quality of the video by using its other editing tools and AI tools. Let us explore how to crop the video using Wondershare Filmora.
- Download and install Wondershare Filmora on your PC.
- Open the Filmora app and click on Start New Project to begin a new project.
- Import the video and drag it to the timeline. (If you want to import videos from a phone directly, you can select import from a camera or a phone option.)
- Right-click the video and navigate to the Crop and Zoom feature.
- Choose the aspect ratio from the dropdown list or adjust the rectangular according to your requirements.
- Finally, click Apply to finish the cropping process, and export the video if you are satisfied.
Bonus Tip: How to Crop Videos Using AI?
Some people crop videos to remove unwanted objects, or to make it meet the aspect ratio requirements for the special social media platforms. However, some others may want to ensure the main action or object of the video is always in the frame. Do you want to make sure the frame is always focusing on you when sporting or dancing? Let's know how to achieve that by Wondershare Filmora's AI-powered Auto Reframe.
- Launch Wondershare Filmora and import the video.
- Right-click the video and select Auto Reframe.
- Select the aspect ratio in the popping-up box. It offers multiple aspect ratio templates available such as square (1:1), vertical (9:16), standard (4:3), widescreen (16:9), and cinema (21:9).
- Adjust the speed according to your needs. You can keep it at Auto, Fast, or Slow in the dropdown list.
- Tap Analyze and preview the results.
- Export the video if you are satisfied.
Conclusion
We have discussed several ways to crop videos on iPhone, you can crop them by using the photos app or the built-in app iMovie. If you are also interested in resizing the videos automatically to keep the main action in the frames, try Wondershare Filmora.
