Adobe premiere square video how to#
Adobe premiere square video movie#
Adobe premiere square video pro#

Adobe premiere square video movie#

Drag your movie file into the media section of your project.

Adobe premiere square video pro#

Start a new project in Premiere Pro like you normally would.Note: technically you can edit while in “square mode” in Premier BUT I like to just work with the finished product when converting to a square. Keep in mind that if you’re converting the entire video into a square (as in, there’ll be no blank space at the top or the bottom of the square, it’ll all be covered by your movie), you’ll need to make sure nothing will be cut off when we turn it into a square (refer to the video for more info on what I mean here). Edit your movie like normal in Premiere.The steps below are text-only, for an exact run-through of what to do, watch the video below. The problem is, I’ve seen the question, “um, how do I make my video a square like you do?” more times than I can count so here’s my EXACT method. Think about it, have you ever been scrolling and saw a video – which catches your eye more, the one that’s smaller and horizontal or a bigger, square video? Why? Because when someone is scrolling the ol’ ‘book on their phones, a square video takes up way more “real estate” on the screen than a horizontal video does (and the same with vertical, of course).

Adobe premiere square video how to#

How to make a square video in Premiere Proįun fact: Square and vertical videos have a better viewing and retention rate on Facebook.

Need a deeper tutorial? Check out our beginner's guide for creating short, vertical videos on YouTube.Last week I taught you how to make a square video in iMovie but TODAY, today I’m showing you my favorite way to make a square video and that’s with Premiere Pro. You will automatically use the correct aspect ratio and completely avoid the 'technical' stuff. The most important thing to know? Shooting a vertical video with your phone (as intended) is the easiest way to make YouTube Shorts. To see all of our YouTube Shorts testing – and view what might be the skinniest video on Earth – check out the explainer below: We created a video with a resolution of 360 pixels by 1920 pixels, and while people can view it on YouTube, it didn’t make it to the Shorts shelf. Here’s another rule to follow: Don’t make a video skinnier than what you’d shoot on a smartphone. If the video is wider than it is tall, it won't be considered a YouTube Short. Now we know the widest YouTube Short you can make is a square video. That's an area YouTube auto-populates, so the results are clear: Our video was not a YouTube Short. YouTube Shorts: Can They Be ‘Wider’ Than Perfect Squares?įor our next YouTube Shorts test, we wanted to see if we could make one wider than a square. So we uploaded a video that was just 10 pixels wider than it was tall, and as we expected, the video didn't appear in our featured Shorts section.

Pro: Square videos leave the bottom of the screen empty, and viewers can easily see your channel name, the video's title, and the subscribe button.

Con: The video will have an unsightly black bar at the top and bottom of the frame.

Here's the test video we used to confirm the results:Įven still, there are advantages and disadvantages to making square YouTube Shorts.

A large percentage of video views came from the YouTube Shorts traffic source.

Our test video (a square) made it to the Shorts shelf, which only displays YouTube Shorts.We know square videos can become YouTube Shorts because:

Of course, we tested all of this on the vidIQ Shorts channel to be safe. Vertical videos (right) fill the enter mobile screen. That extra bit of artificial 'length' is what helps the video qualify (probably) as a YouTube Short. When a YouTube Short is square (left), you'll see black bars above and below the video frame. Those videos will look like perfect squares – so technically not vertical at all – but YouTube will categorize them as Shorts.Ĭheck out the square format versus the vertical format below. That means you can create Shorts with a 1:1 aspect ratio and dimensions of 1080 pixels by 1080 pixels. Apparently, YouTube Shorts don't have to be vertical as long as they're at least square. There's a tiny caveat to YouTube's rule around vertical videos.

Resolution: 1920 pixels by 1080 pixels (standard length by width ratio for vertical content).

Aspect ratio: 9:16 (creates the vertical format).

Here are the basic technical requirements to make a Short: How to Get the Right Size for YouTube Shorts