Convert Landscape Videos to Portrait with AI

Today’s audiences scroll on mobile. Platforms like TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts prioritize 9:16 vertical video, making it the default format for discovery. Traditional horizontal (16:9) videos not only appear smaller but often get lower engagement on these platforms.

If you’re only creating content in a landscape, you’re likely missing:

• Full-screen impact on mobile
• Organic reach on mobile-first platforms
• Audience attention that favors vertical-first storytelling

Instead of re-editing everything manually or creating new vertical cuts, Luma AI helps you convert and repurpose with intelligent AI automation.

AI reframing is a smart, automated process that analyzes your existing video and crops it into a new aspect ratio, like 9:16 or 4:5, without losing the focus of your scene.

Unlike manual cropping tools, Luma AI detects faces, motion, and key subjects, dynamically adjusting the crop frame as the video plays. The result: your portrait video looks natural and professional, even though it came from a horizontal source.

You retain the emotional depth, the focus of your shot, and the timing just in a vertical format that mobile platforms love.

Converting landscape videos to portrait is simple with Luma AI:

• Upload Your Landscape Video - Drop your 16:9 footage into the Luma AI interface.
• Select Output Format
• Choose the vertical ratio you want - 9:16 for TikTok, 4:5 for Instagram, or even 1:1.
• Let the AI Work - Luma AI tracks faces, actions, and key points of interest to generate a perfectly reframed video.
• Download and Share - Export your new vertical video ready for immediate publishing.

There’s no need for timeline scrubbing, masking, or guesswork. The AI does the heavy lifting for you intelligently and fast.

Content creators can reuse YouTube or podcast footage for Instagram Reels without editing anything.

• Marketing teams can quickly turn product walkthroughs into portrait ad assets.
• Educators can reformat lectures into mobile learning snippets.
• Agencies can reframe large libraries of client videos into multiple social-ready formats.
• Media publishers can quickly repurpose interviews and news content for Shorts and TikTok.

If you work with video and publish online, Luma AI reframing helps you get more from your existing content in less time.

Without reframing, cropping a landscape video to vertical often means cutting out important parts of the frame, losing faces, gestures, or visual context.

With Luma AI reframe:

• Subjects are always centered
• Camera motion feels natural
• Transitions stay smooth
• Your content looks professionally edited, without manual work

This results in more polished mobile-ready videos, better user retention, and improved engagement on vertical-first platforms.

Luma AI gives you a massive edge over traditional workflows:

• No need for editing software or skills
• No timeline cutting or keyframing required
• Reframe hours of footage in minutes
• Keep all important content in view
• Format once, and use across all vertical platforms

Manual editing is time-consuming and error-prone. With Luma AI, reframing is automatic, accurate, and fast, built for modern content demands.

Don’t let your horizontal footage go underused. Luma AI reframe makes it easy to adapt, scale, and publish videos for today’s mobile-first world. Upload once, reframe in seconds, and reach new audiences where they scroll most.

Try it now and convert your landscape videos into stunning vertical content, powered by Luma AI.