Reframe Videos With AI for TikTok, Reels & YouTube (2026)
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Create your first videoYou filmed one good clip. TikTok wants it vertical, your YouTube channel wants it wide, and a square version can suit a feed. The slow way is re-editing the same footage for each shape and hoping the crop doesn't slice off someone's forehead or half a product label. AI reframing is one alternative. This guide covers how it works in Viralance, what it costs, and when a plain crop is the better choice.
What does it mean to reframe a video?
Reframing changes a clip's aspect ratio. A traditional crop discards whatever doesn't fit, so a wide 16:9 interview squeezed into 9:16 loses the left and right of the frame. AI reframing takes a different route: it keeps your original footage and generates the newly exposed areas, a process called outpainting. The result fills the new frame without letterbox bars.
Think of it as the video equivalent of image outpainting. Where outpaint expands a still photo (Viralance's Edit Image → Expand does that for images), reframing expands a moving clip across every frame so the added regions stay consistent as the shot plays.
Related questions: Is reframing the same as cropping? Can AI fill in missing parts of a video frame?
Why repurpose one video into 9:16, 16:9 and 1:1?
Each platform has a native shape:
- 9:16 vertical: TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts — fills a phone screen.
- 1:1 square: feed posts, where a square takes more vertical space than landscape as someone scrolls.
- 16:9 widescreen: YouTube long-form, website embeds and presentations.
Reframing one shoot into several shapes lets you publish natively on each platform without re-shooting.
Related questions: What aspect ratio is best for TikTok? Why do my videos show black bars?
How do I reframe a video in Viralance?
- Open Edit Video in the dashboard and choose the Reframe card (or go straight to /dashboard/edit?tool=reframe).
- Upload a source clip under Source Video, or use Choose from My Videos to pick one you generated in Viralance. Reframe accepts inputs up to 10 seconds — the model provider rejects longer clips, so trim first.
- Under Target Aspect Ratio, choose Portrait 9:16 (TikTok / Reels / Shorts), Landscape 16:9 (YouTube), Square 1:1 (feed posts), Classic 4:3 or Vertical 3:4.
- Press Reframe to [ratio]. The job runs in the background and the result appears in your videos library.
- Download the result, then repeat for the next ratio.
Reframe runs video-to-video, so your original clip is never overwritten — each ratio is a separate video.
Related questions: How do I change a video's aspect ratio online? How long can a reframed clip be?
What does reframing cost?
Reframe is priced by the length of the source video: 2 credits per second, minimum 6 credits, measured on the server from the actual file.
| Source length | Credits per ratio | Three ratios (e.g. 9:16, 1:1, 16:9) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 seconds or less | 6 | 18 |
| 5 seconds | 10 | 30 |
| 10 seconds (maximum) | 20 | 60 |
For scale: 60 credits is about $15.82 at the Starter pack rate ($29 for 110 credits) or about $10.87 at the Business rate ($299 for 1,650). Packs are one-time, credits never expire, and failed jobs are refunded automatically.
Because each run is billed on the source length, reframe the final cut, not raw takes.
Related questions: How much does it cost to repurpose one video? Is reframing billed per second?
How does AI reframing fill the new edges?
Luma Ray 2's reframe endpoint takes your video and a target ratio and generates plausible pixels for the areas the original camera never recorded — the floor below a portrait, or the wall beside a seated speaker. The generated areas are invented, not recovered, so check them before publishing:
- Edges: look for smearing, repeated patterns or objects that appear and vanish.
- Text and logos: outpainted areas can produce garbled signage.
- Faces and hands near the border: anything partly out of frame in the source may be completed incorrectly.
For the cleanest output, use footage where the subject is reasonably centered and well lit. Fast whip pans and several subjects crossing the frame are the hardest cases.
Related questions: Will reframing distort my subject? What footage reframes best?
When should you crop instead?
AI reframing isn't always the right tool:
- Going from wide to vertical when the subject already fits in the center third — a plain crop in your editor is free and keeps every pixel real.
- Clips longer than 10 seconds — you'd need to split and reframe each segment, and the generated edges may not match across cuts.
- Product or brand shots where every visible detail must be real — generated background areas may not be acceptable.
Reframing earns its cost when a crop would cut off something important, such as a product held at arm's length or two people side by side.
What's the smartest way to plan a multi-platform shoot?
- Shoot with safe margins. Keep your subject and any on-screen text away from the extreme edges so they survive every ratio.
- Keep takes short. With a 10-second input limit, plan clips as short segments.
- Reframe first, caption second. Add captions after reframing so text never sits in an outpainted zone. Viralance's Subtitles tool on the same page burns in captions for 3 credits.
How does Viralance fit a repurposing workflow?
Inside Viralance you can generate the original clip with one of 20+ video models, reframe it into each format, and add burned-in subtitles — all from one credit balance. When the assets are ready, download them and upload them yourself to TikTok, Reels or Shorts; Viralance does not post or schedule for you.
Quick FAQ
Does reframing work on any video? Clips up to 10 seconds. For longer footage, split it into segments first, or crop instead.
Will I lose resolution? Reframing doesn't zoom into a small crop the way a tight crop does, but the new areas are generated and the provider sets the output resolution — check the downloaded file before relying on it for a large display.
Can I batch all three ratios? Run the tool once per target ratio. Each run is billed separately on the source length.
Open Edit Video → Reframe and turn a short clip into the shapes you need.
Related questions: Can AI reframe long videos? How do I export multiple aspect ratios from one clip?
