How to Resize a Video to Right Aspect Ratio and Size

1. Choose Project Aspect Ratio

When you open Filmora, from the Start interface, you are allowed to choose the project aspect ratio, you can choose from 16:9 (widescreen), 4:3 (standard), 1:1 (Instagram), 9:16 (portrait). Choose the one you want and get started by clicking the Full Feature Mode.

2. Set a New Project Aspect Ratio

If you are already in the editing panel, you can change the aspect ratio of your project by going File >New Project> Choose an aspect ratio. Choose the one you like, for example, if you import a 16:9 video file into Filmora, and set it to 1:1 aspect ratio then, the final output file will be 1:1, which is the perfect aspect ratio for Instagram story.

3. Save your video

After that, hit "Export" to save your video. Here you can go to the "Format" tab to save your video in different formats. Or go to the "Device" tab if you want to play the video on mobile devices like iPhone, iPad, iPod, etc. On top of that, you can also directly upload your video to YouTube and Facebook or burn to a DVD collection.

1.Import the video to the program

Firstly import your video files to the program through the "Import" button on the primary windows, or simply drag and drop the video files from Windows File Explorer to the User's Album. Then, drag videos from the User's Album to the video track of the Timeline.

2. Crop the video

By cropping videos, you can focus on certain part of the video and resize the display size of your video. To crop a video, right click the added video on Timeline, a "Crop and Zoom" button will appear in the option menu. Click it to bring up the editing window to crop videos.

As the image shown, on the left is the preview windows of original video; on the right, it's the video to be cropped. Just move and resize the marquee to decide how to crop the original video. When cropping video, you have 3 options at the bottom to help you: manually select the marquee, keep the marquee in 16:9 or 4:3 aspect radio.

1.Import the video to the program

Click the "Import" button on the primary windows to load your video, or simply drag and drop the video files from your computer to the User's Album. After that, place the videos to the video track of the Timeline.

2. Cut the video (optional)

If necessary, cut the video length to make the video have a smaller size. Click the video to highlight it on the Timeline, place the red Time Indicator to the where you want to cut the video, and then click the Scissor button. Then move the red marker to the end of the scene, and repeat this again to cut the video into several fragments. Right click the video and choose "Delete" to cut off the unwanted parts.

3. Adjust the settings and save your video

Click the "Export" button on the right side to export video. You can change the video settings while exporting video to different devices and formats. By clicking the little triangle button, a variety of video options will appear, including resolution, frame rate, bit rate, encoder, sample rate, etc. Here taking FLV for example, by changing the resolution to 320x240 resolution, and reduce the video frame rate 15 fps, a video of about 3 minutes will be exported to an 18MB FLV file. Not compressed enough? You can also lower the bit rate and/or frame rate to get a smaller output file if your source video is long.