Video Aspect Ratio Explained - How Different Aspect Ratios Affect Your Video Style
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- Опубліковано 16 січ 2019
- Aspect Ratios can be tricky at first but there are a few main ones (16:9, 21:9, & 4:3) to know of and how using them will affect the style of your videos. This Camber Motion tutorial shows examples of various aspect ratios and times when it would be appropriate to use each.
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Not only are there many different aspect ratios to use for film, there are also different ways of labeling them. The common ones are 16:9 (also 1.78:1), 21:9 (also 2.35:1), and 4:3 (also 1.33:1), and a brief history of each is shown in this video to help you better understand times when it may be appropriate to use each of them. This video focuses on aspect ratio explained and shows how aspect ratio and resolution are different from each other. With various aspect ratio comparisons, you can see how the aspect ratio DSLR video settings can be changed to to get a more cinematic aspect ratio using aspect ratio bars in editing such as pillarboxes or letterboxes. In this aspect ratio tutorial, you will learn how to use these various aspect ratio overlays in order to know how to change the aspect ratio of your video for a cinematic look or other style. I hope this video was helpful!
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What aspect ratio do you prefer? Let me know! 👇🏻
16:9
PUBJESUS 👍🏽 same here
Sometimes I use 16:9 and 21:9
KasualKev, same here. I usually use 21:9 for my short films and 16:9 for my tutorials (obviously) & vlogs.
Since the beginning of my UA-cam channel I’ve used 16:9.
This guy is great--excellent communicator that he kept it simple enough for avg people like me can get it--instead of trying to impress movie expert snobs. I subscribed just now because I have a feeling he'd be the best teacher I could have to learn how to make decent vids. Thank you!
Awesome to hear! Thanks so much 👍🏾
Excellent Camber. I've watched 10 videos on this subject and this is the one that helped me over the top and get it. Very Good.
Great to hear! Glad it helped. 👍
It’s crazy you made this 5 yrs ago and talked about vertical video being unlikely and now I’m literally watching this to learn how to make vertical video for TikTok lol
😂 A bit ironic!
You did a great job in your explanation of aspect ratio's, etc., made it very easy to understand. You should get into teaching!
Thanks so much, mark holmes! 👍🏽 Hopefully that’ll help me out with future videos! 📸
I started making videos of some of my DIY projects, had no idea what aspect ratio was until now. I am sure it will improve my videos. I will definitely check out some of your other videos. Thanks
Thanks, Dennis. Glad to help!
Me to I didn't have a clue now I know 😅😅😅
I love how you made an example out of your explainer video. Very creative. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks, redleome 👍🏽 I'm glad it helped!
Thank you for this explanation. The way you explain things is pretty good and articulate! I'm keeping this video in my resources definitely.
Thx! 👍 and glad to help. 😉
Absolutely loved the presentation of this video, one of the best I have come across regarding the subject…
Excellent work…
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Thx!
Thanks camber, you make good vids mate. Easy to understand & learning lots. Keep up the good work.
Thanks so much! 👍🏼 I'm glad to hear its helpful!
Awesome job man! Your channel is def gonna blow up. Solid video with a "NoNonsense" vibe to it! I mistakenly shot a video on my GoPro in 4:3 and now im torn if I should post it or re shoot. Thanks for the great info. Just subbed. Where you from? Anywhere near the Philly area?
Thanks so much, I really appreciate that! I know what you mean by shooting the wrong aspect ratio by mistake! I'd just post what you have and keep on making more footage. Unless it's something that needs to go into a larger project that is all in a different aspect ratio.
I just wish in 2019 a 4K film would actually fill the screen and not leave me watching through a letterbox.
It can if people actually do the math and use custom dimensions settings on their video projects. I would do it that way, but I've found that UA-cam doesn't recognize aspect ratios over 18:9. It'll still let you upload them and display them, but a lot of functions like end screens, info cards, etc. won't be available. I hear ya though!
Sony Xperia 1 Mark 2. It fills the entire screen because it's 21:9 and it's beautiful
You could always get a widescreen monitor
Nice.
Very true, Kakashi.
Nice video. Also your eyes match your shirt like almost perfectly 😂
Thanks Kylee 👍🏼I'll have to wear that shirt more often!
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Holy damn, here I was for about a week or so... wondering and going crazy over aspect ratio... and it's literally just bars. Loved the video, thank you so much! When u said "You could just crop in the black bars", I was so relieved. I thought I shot my whole footage completely wrong. Which... well wouldn't have been the worst, since I'm only starting rn but anyway, thanks!!
Yeah, most cameras only shoots 16:9 so you have to crop to whatever aspect ratio you want to use if other than 16:9 in post. Glad I was able to make sense of it for you!
as always, GREAT back-to-basics video!! freakin' loved it!!
You’re welcome! 👍
Thank you for explaining that clearly in a way that's easy to understand.
You're welcome!
Very informative and straight to the point. Loved it, thanks man!
You're welcome, MotoTrist 👍🏽 Glad to help!
For some people vertical video might be great for their iPhones and somewhat, but it never look good on television and I hate seeing it on my TV. If anyone going to provide footage for the news, please for the love of God hold your phone horizontally before hitting record!
Agreed!
Thank you bro!i am new to the channel, great tutorial! I just can't decide if go for the classic 16:9 or try a cinematic look for my last prject. I think I m gonna do both and decide wich one will look better later.
Hey man, glad that it was helpful! Sounds like a good plan. That's the great thing about 16:9. You can go either way in the end. What kind of project is it?
Thanks Camber . Im sure ill be back here many times till i got it memorized , ill make sure to check out a few of your other videos and give a shout out on my channel . Getting ready for a relaunch and wanna have better videos. Thx
Awesome! ZaiZoe's Clashing 👍🏽. Let me know if you have any questions!
amazing explanation and perfect examples provided through the editing
Thanks!
Wow, your videos are amazing at teaching people. I love the picture examples when you speak. Great for slow learners like me lol. Thank you😁
Glad to help! 😉
Excellent video! Thank you for being clear and without any fluff
Glad to help! 👍
The nice thing about longer screens on newer some newer phones like the note 9 (my new fav phone) is that either there is black edges for things that don't fit the full long screen in full screen or it is like in netflix were it is croped to fit but not super croped in which is fine for me and I think that is nice instead of things being streached which would look not as good to me. You could also go into split screen mode on note 9s which I think I'd cool sometimes. Yes Aspect Ratio is the size of the screen and resolution is the quality. Thanks for the video.
Harrison Crutcher, I didn’t know about the split screen mode. That sounds pretty sweet! Nothing like that on the iPhone...📱
Thank you, exactly what I needed to know!
You’re welcome, Project Energy 👍🏽 Glad it helped!
You really have a good UA-cam channel.congratulations.i have learnt so many things.
Thanks so much! Glad to hear the channel has helped you. 👍
I used an option from NCH video editor (thats the software I have in my computer) It converted into vertical, alright but the problem is, the video is in the center and up and down portion is black. How can I get rid of this problem. Please help. Thanks.
I'm not sure how to help you, Ghazal, because I've never used that type of editor.
Hi first thanks for the video, it’s great specially when you talked about vertical filming as I’m one big fan of vertical filming, I use 9:16 ratio and it’s so confusing how some of my fans like it and how some others don’t.
I liked and subscribed to your channel keep posting stuff about filming videos and editing please.
Thanks 😊
Thanks so much, Suzy 👍🏾 Glad to heat it was helpful! There’s a lot more on the way
Hi Suzy and wow a verified youtuber just subscribe, tiktok today has made this vertical view famous
Yep, that’s for sure!
Lemuel Madridejos aww thank you , I only started YouTubing in February 2019.
That’s great news about the vertical view 🤗
@@CamberFilmSchool How do some dvds give you the option to watch at either fullscreen or wide screen? Like how can they have a version that's 2 different aspect ratios?
Great video! Extremely helpful. Thank you
You’re welcome, Knight's Armory 👍🏽 Glad it helped!
This is what I was looking for, thanks man!
You're welcome 👍🏼 I'm glad to help!
Thank you for this... it was awesome. As a new content creator, I really needed this.
You're welcome, Pam 👍🏼 Glad it was helpful!
Helpful video! However, I'm still a little confused as to how to fill the screen. I've tried using 16:9 and even tried custom dimensions but I keep getting the letter box. Any tips?
It depends on the screen you're watching on. A phone screen has different dimensions from a computer monitor or a laptop screen. Different devices will display the same aspect ratio with different size letter boxes depending on the screen size.
Omg thank u so much my teacher explaining really confusing but I know it all from u now I’ll get a A on my test 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃
That’s awesome! So glad it helped, and good luck on your test!
Amazing explaination .. simple, deep , benificial. Love it man.
Awesome to hear and glad it helped!
Thank you! Very informative, thorough, and easy to understand. Yaaaaay!
Awesome, LindiMoo 👍🏽 Glad to heat that. Thanks!
This Is A Great Channel And I Found You From Looking Up,
Aspect Size for UA-cam SHORTS.
Thank You For Making Good Videos !
Glad to help! 😉
I know now a days 4:3 aspect ratio is not used anymore but its my most favourite of all time.
It is a good one for those of use who grew up with it!
Yeah, exactly
Actually, I am searching for explanation for why 1:1 ratio becomes popular nowadays especially in social medias. The closest I find it is because Instagram in early days force you to upload videos and pics in 1:1 ratio and I think that's why it becomes popular. Video with 1:1 usually has caption in the top and bottom of the video.
Yea, I’m pretty sure it’s because of IG. And since Facebook owns it, Facebook started doing a lot of the same.
I really need help with something. I have a Galaxy A10 and its screen ratio is 19:9. I used to upload screen recorded gaming videos to UA-cam with my old Galaxy S5 which was a perfect 16:9 screen. Now before I got my new Galaxy A10 I had no clue about aspect ratio until now and whenever I upload videos that are recorded on my A10 it keeps showing horizontal black bars whenever I edit the video to be 16:9. Is there a way to get it to be 16:9 without the black bars?
The only way to get rid of it in a 16:9 ratio is to zoom in on your footage until the bars are gone while editing.
Though the video is 3 years old, aspect ratios havent changed in 2023, so it still applies. Good intro.
Thx!
I became obsessed with movie with the 4:3 aspect ratio, I don’t know why.
It is good for certain types of films.
the best, well explained, well presented video about aspect ratios and resolutions, one like and one sub from me :)
Thanks so much, Ubosh 👍🏽 I appreciate that!
what an effective explanation gentlemen you need something bigger than this....!!
Thanks!
bro
how do you put your CAMBER MOTION channel logo on the right corner out of the video display in Final Cut Pro??when I do like you and it cropped in vertical on the sides.would you help a little tip??
I don’t put my logo there. That’s a UA-cam setting where you upload your logo, and it automatically adds it on top of all my videos.
I prefer to watch in 16:9 ratio only coz it fills the complete TV screen, the total money spent on TV display will be used properly (not with black borders), i feel obligated to watch movies with borders.
correct me if am wrong (sorry for my bad english)
Yea. Most tv shows will be in 16:9 and fill the whole thing screen but most movies will have the black bars.
Thank you! This video has completely saved me, I'm uploading an animation today and almost made it in 4:3 😅
Great to hear, Confetti Koala 👍🏼GLad to help!
GREAT INFO!!!! Thanks, Camber! 👌
You’re welcome!
Awesome!!! We always learn something NEW every time we your videos! But i have a quick question and i really can't find the answer anywhere...maybe its under my nose but JUST cant see the answer??? By chance do you know what is the best aspect ratio RESOLUTION for UA-cam shorts??? i know if your filming for Tiktok its best to film in aspect ratio of @ (Portrait) in 480x852 reg or 720x480 high resolution and in frame rate of 29.99 but does this apply with youtube shorts? Sometimes my UA-cam shorts come out a little grainy.
I’ve been using 1080x1920 for FHD vertical resolutions for my UA-cam shorts.
Insane you have replied to every single comment.
Trying to keep it real, bro! 👍🏽
2:44 Well you know, my tablet that I got a *few years ago* its screen is 16cm by 12cm which simplifies to 4:3
Cool!
But what happens if you combine footage that is wide screen and standard width in the same timeline and video? I have my timeline open on my Adobe Elements video editing software, and I can’t get how my 1440x1080 footage looks the same as my 1920x1080 footage. I’m experimenting now because I am shooting a family wedding and want to use multiple cameras for different angles and B roll. But one of my cameras only shoots in 1440x1080. Should I not use it?
I would set your timeline to whatever the wider footage is. Then you’ll just ha e some black bars on the sides for the footage that isn’t as wide. Your 1440 footage is probably automatically being increased so that it fills up the empty space on the sides. It’s cutting off the top and bottom of that footage a bit.
Great video - question - I used my Iphone 13 to shoot video clips. I brought them into a video editing program. It wanted me to choose 4:3 or 16:9. I didn't know what to choose. I uploaded it to UA-cam and it had black bars on the top and bottom of the video. So what did I do wrong? Please help. Thank you so much - John
Sounds like the phone records wider than 16:9 so it automatically sized itself to fit the entire image in 16:9 leaving black bars on top & bottom. What editing software?
4:3 aspect ratio makes me feel nostalgic lol ;')
I hear ya!
I hate hate hate 4:3
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But why tho
Synthh me neither. I’m sticking to watch every old and new movies nowadays on 21:9 in letterbox widescreen.
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My favourite is 16:9, my second favourite is 4:3, my third favourite is 21:9, and my least favourite is 9:16 because it just looks weird and cruddy.
Sounds good!
Great video. Extremely helpful. Thanks man.
You're welcome, Gary 👍🏼 Glad to help!
Thank u. I would love to learn more from you and become famous in the future.
No problem! 👍 Good luck.
My favourite aspect ratio is 16:9. But I do like 21:9 too.
Cool!
Yeah, I don't like how TV treats one aspect ratio as a 'One Size Fits All' aspect ratio without realising that different shows have different needs.
Yea.
Converting old vhs tapes to digital, what will be the best ratio 4:3 or 16:9? I’m up’s calling to 1080. Does it matters if later putting on DVD? Thanks for your help.
Really depends on if you want to expand the footage (and therefore cut a lot of the top and bottom off) to make it fill the entire 16:9 frame.
thank you! this did help a lot!
Glad to help! 👍
I can't be the only one who gets annoyed by the term 21:9. It should be 7:3. If it's 4:3 and not 12:9, it should be 7:3.
You know, I've never really thought about it that way! THat's a good point.
Hahaha you are the only one! But you are absolutely correct, i've never though of it that way either. I prefer 16:9, which is why i bought an old smart phone just week ago instead of a new one with stupid cinematic ratio.
Imu Lippo cool!
Think it as this way-
4:3
4²:3² = 16:9
4³:3³=64:27 which is actually 21:9
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Obrigado! 👍🏾
Thank you for such a good and straightforward explanation.
You're welcome, jcmena84 👍🏼 I try to keep it short and to the point!
how do I change vertical video aspect to 16:9 format o phone? how to change tge settings? is it possible to change once it is shot on phone?
If it’s vertical then you would have to stretch it out really far and cut off most of your video to make it fill up a 16:9 frame. Or what most people do is have two copies of the footage layered on top of each other and then expand the bottom layer until it fills the whole screen. Then put a blur on the bottom layer.
Vertical video shows that the cameraman is inept. Every time I see any youtube video shot that way I yell at the monitor, "Idiot, hold the phone horizontally, you fool". If two videos of the same historic event show up in a newsroom, one vertical and the other horizontal, which one do you think is going on air? Here's a clue, the correct answer starts with the letter "H". This is so far from rocket science, that what can you say. Maybe we need TVs that auto-rotate. Practice doing this right, you'll get the hang of it.
😂 I hear ya!
21:9 - Theater
4:3 - Crap Vid
9:16 - “Portrait”
16:9 - “Landscape”
KasualKev, sounds about right! 👍🏽
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Sweet, KasualKev ! 🎉 Happy Birthday!!
Thanks :)
What about 20:9 ???? Hahaha
Very helpful breakdown 👨🏻🏫
Glad to help! 👍
Hello I recorded a video
in 1280x736 that's not 4:3
In Premiere by setting the ratio to square pixels 1.0 a resolution like
1280x960 or 1024x768
Will that make it look 4:3?
Yes, each of those would be 4:3
Love your clear explanation, thank you very much! ❤
You’re welcome! 👍
Great video! Subscribed
Thanks, Fen! 👍🏾
Super informative video to the point! Thanks man 🙏🏼
You’re welcome! 😉
hi how are you? i have a question. my 21:9 looks the same as yours and other movies, in full screen on youtube. but when i exit full screen mode on youtube, it fills the screen still, and it doesnt have the black bars on the side. At 2:00 on your video, if i put it full screen , my 21:9 is the same as yours , but when in normal view mode, its not like yours with black bars on the side. cant understand why but i really wanted to see like how yours appears to let the video breathe in normal mode and not be filling the whole screen. can you help understand this please? hug :))
Can you send me a link to your video?
@@CamberFilmSchool im sorry for taking your time. i figured out that if i export 3840 x 1646 its different than adding the black bars. full screen is the same, but in normal view, it doesnt fill the screen
Yep. That’ll do it! 👍
16:9 only and forever vs. portrait. I cannot stand to view a still portrait let alone a portrait video, even when I turn my head horizontal. No problem with old pictures that 126 film made square. We used what we had. Thank you for the easy explanation Camber Motion.👍👍👍
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Thanks man, much appreciated. Well explained
No problem, deepthoughts 👍🏼 Glad to help!
is there some type of projector that can switch their aspect ratio values? like go from 16:9 to 9:16 without having to rotate the projector itself 90deg?
I don't know. I've never used a projector.
Thanks for explaing that aspect ratio isn't physical size exactly the answer I was looking for 😄
No problem. 👍
What aspect ratio is used on classic TVs and do you know if anybody is still making them like that these days? I have some plug-and-plays I like to play but I don't think they look right on the new TVs because the aspect ratio and the type of screen.
Classic TVs should be 4:3
Very informative! Subscribed!👍
Thanks so much, JonChan 👍🏽 Glad it was helpful!
fantastic video! many thanks :)
You’re welcome!
It really helps! Thank you!
You’re welcome! 👍
Thanks for this tutorial - I am a newbie trying to learn the ropes with Filmora 9.5.
You’re welcome! 👍🏾
This was awesome! thanks 🙏
You’re welcome!
How well will be display quality for the 16:9 ratio be if an user is watching a youtube video with his smartphone holding it in potrait mode or vertically?
The aspect ratio doesn’t affect the video quality at all. The resolution is what makes a difference in quality. HD, FHD, 4K, & 8K all can be 16:9 but will have different quality.
thanks for this info its very helpful!
You’re welcome 👍🏾
Thanks for the video. What did you use to downgrade the footage you shot to make it look like SD?
I just shrank it to 11% of the original size of the 4K clip.
Helpful, dude. Thanks for the vid.
You're welcome 👍🏽 Glad to help!
Hi...It is possible to have a 9:1 video playing on youtube without black up and down??
You can upload the aspect ratio that you want, but if you watch on a 16:9 screen there will be black bars because 9:1 doesn’t conform to 16:9. You have to have a screen that’s 9:1 for it to not have bars. UA-cam doesn’t show a 16:9 screen, it shows whatever aspect ratio the video was uploaded with.
Thank you this was very clear and helpful
You’re welcome!
heyy, How can you add that bars on sony camera?? My Sony is 6400. Thank youu
I’ve never used the a6400 so I’m not sure. It should be under “marker” settings if there is an option for it.
how to fix the ratio of gif (image exceeds aspected ratio limit. Upload an image with an aspect ratio between 2:5 and 5:2.) ?????
I need more info to help you out. Upload to where? What kind of file? What are you using to edit?
Well thats what I was looking for really informative thank you ..
Great 👍🏼Glad it helped!
Hey. Is it possible to change the size via smartphone watching youtube?
You can zoom in when watching on an iPhone but it’s going to cut some of the video off on the top and bottom.
I am looking to invest in a new video camera but it’s talking about recording in 2:4:1 ratio, which sounds very similar to the 2:35:1 ratio. is there a true difference?
Tobalase Ajiboye, it’s pretty much the same.
Thank you, this is one of my exam questions. You explained it very well. Greetings from Turkey :)
Glad to help, Muhammed! 👍
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Thank you Mate, it is very helpful
You’re welcome! 👍🏾
How do you get the 4:3 guidlines for video on the sony a7iv?
Look in the menu for “marker display” and working that menu “aspect display”.
I have full ,aspect , and 1:1 on my acer monitor I play a lot of call of duty on console which is best for me to use?
Depends on which look you like better.
Thank you for this fantastic video I learned a lot
Glad to help! 👍
Hi Dude clip was informative. My Question my camera shoots photos only in 4x3 and I want to display them in 16.9 how do I change this ? I can't do this in camera so can software do this? I need images for social media at 16.9
Ade
You can just take your picture with a little extra room on top and bottom (cause it will get cut off in editing). Then open it in photoshop (or whatever program you use) and crop it to a 16:9 ratio which will cut the extra space on the top and bottom off.
Watched your vid and everything was explained very well. But I have a question what aspect ratio suits for Instagram (IGTV) especially if I was working on a Montage (iPad)
1:1 is the best for IG since it automatically makes everything square.