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3:2 Video Cropper

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Crop a video to 3:2, the 35mm still frame. It is the shape of most mirrorless and DSLR sensors and of a 6x4 inch print, but almost no camera records video at it.

A stills ratio applied to motion

Camera video modes output 16:9 regardless of sensor shape, so a 3:2 clip is a crop rather than a recording. That makes this the ratio to reach for when moving footage has to sit beside stills from the same shoot without a visible change of frame.

The crop is light. A 1920x1080 frame keeps 1620x1080 at 3:2, so 84% of the width survives and most compositions hold.

3:2 also matches standard photo print sizes and a lot of editorial layout. When a clip is destined for a poster frame, a contact sheet, or a print-derived grid, matching the surrounding stills is usually worth more than keeping the extra 300 px of width.

Keeping the full frame

Fit with bars puts the whole 1920x1080 picture 1920x1080 into a 1920x1280 frame, with 100 px of background above and below. At this ratio the bars are thin enough that black reads as an intentional border rather than a letterbox.

Frequently Asked Questions

It is the 35mm still frame, so it is the native ratio of most mirrorless and DSLR sensors and of standard photo prints at 6x4 inches.

A 1920x1080 source gives 1920x1280. The ratio is applied at the source's long edge and the picture is never scaled up.

Cropping 1920x1080 to 3:2 keeps 1620x1080, which is 84% of the width. It is the mildest of the common landscape crops.

Camera video modes record 16:9 even on 3:2 sensors, so 3:2 video is almost always a deliberate crop rather than a native recording.

Crop video to a specific aspect ratio

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