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Convert Video to Vertical

Turn landscape video into 9:16 vertical with a blurred background — no cropping. Run the preset directly on this page or call the same agent-ready endpoint from your product.

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Run video to vertical
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BEFORE / AFTER

See what the tool changes.

A real example: the after side is the unedited output of a KinoPipe job. Run the live form above to generate the same result from your own media.

BeforeLandscape source
16:9
AfterVertical video
Ready
9:16 · blurred background

Demo footage: public-domain timelapses (Bureau of Land Management, Oregon · NASA SVS). Processed by the same pipeline the API and MCP tools call.

BUILT FOR AUTOMATION

Useful defaults, typed options.

The tool slug stays stable while your agent supplies named media inputs and a narrow set of documented options.

  • The standard vertical social look
  • Nothing is cropped out
  • Blur or black background
What this preset does
  1. 01Scale a blurred copy to fill 9:16
  2. 02Fit the original inside the frame
  3. 03Compose both layers
  4. 04Encode a 1080x1920 MP4
Stable endpointPOST /api/v1/tools/video-to-vertical
Live API request
{
  "inputs": [{ "id": "main", "url": "https://example.com/video.mp4" }],
  "options": { "background": "blur" }
}
Successful output example
{
  "result": {
    "output": {
      "filename": "video-to-vertical-output.mp4",
      "contentType": "video/mp4",
      "byteSize": 437021,
      "downloadUrl": "https://cdn.kinopipe.com/…"
    }
  }
}
CONSTRAINTS

Know the boundaries before you run.

Output is 1080x1920 MP4
Use crop-video instead when you want to fill the frame
FAQ

About video to vertical

How is this different from cropping to 9:16?

Cropping cuts the sides off to fill the vertical frame. This tool keeps the full picture and fills the empty space with a blurred copy of the video, like TikTok and Reels do.

Can the background be plain instead of blurred?

Yes. Set background to black for solid bars instead of the blurred fill.

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