How to reframe a podcast video for shorts clipping
- Step 1Drop your landscape video — Drop your widescreen video
- Step 2Select output aspect ratio — Pick output ratio (9:16, 1:1, 4:5)
- Step 3Export the reframed clip — JAD crops with motion-aware centring and re-encodes via hardware
Frequently asked questions
How does auto-reframe decide where to crop each frame?+
JAD uses a saliency detection model that identifies visually prominent regions per frame — faces, high-contrast objects, motion areas. The crop window is centred on the highest-saliency region, with smoothing applied to prevent jarring jumps between frames. The crop trajectory is more like a cameraman follow-pan than a jump-cut between detection positions.
What aspect ratios does auto-reframe support?+
The primary use case is 16:9 landscape to 9:16 portrait (TikTok, Reels, Shorts). JAD also supports 16:9 to 1:1 (Instagram square), 16:9 to 4:5 (Instagram feed portrait), and custom aspect ratio input. Wide cinema (2.39:1) to 9:16 is also supported, requiring aggressive cropping of the sides.
Will auto-reframe work well on footage with multiple subjects?+
Multi-subject scenes are handled by selecting the highest-prominence region — typically the subject with the most visual weight (size, central position, motion). If two subjects are of equal importance and far apart in frame, the crop may choose one or track inconsistently between them. For two-shot content, centre-crop mode (placing crop at the geometric centre between subjects) may produce more stable results.
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