# Make it vertical for Reels

Canonical URL: https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/make-it-vertical-for-reels
Last updated: 2026-10-08

> TL;DR: Type "Make it vertical for Reels" and Vidiyo switches the project to 9:16, reframes each speaker shot so your face stays in frame, lays out screen recordings so nothing important is cropped, and moves captions and titles clear of the Reels, TikTok and Shorts buttons. Quality checks then flag any cropped face.

## What to say

> Make it vertical for Reels

Category: Layout

## What Vidiyo does

1. Switches the project to 9:16 at 1080 by 1920.
2. Pans each speaker clip on your measured face so it stays centred and uncropped.
3. Re-lays screen recordings and product shots so their content fits, for example above you in a split.
4. Moves captions and titles out of the platform's button and caption areas.
5. Runs checks for cropped faces, empty frames and captions under the interface, and fixes them.

Most people record landscape and post vertical. Changing the shape of a video is easy. Keeping every face, screen and caption readable after the change is the real work, and that's what this prompt does.

## What does Vidiyo do when you say this?

Vidiyo switches the project to 9:16 and reframes each speaker shot on your measured face position, so you stay centred and uncropped. Screen recordings and product shots aren't simply cropped. They're laid out so the content fits, for example in a box above you. Captions and titles move out of the areas Reels, TikTok and Shorts cover with buttons and text.

Then it checks the result: cropped faces, frames with no picture, captions under the platform interface. It fixes what the checks find before it reports back. If a shot had a punch-in or a motion graphic designed for landscape, the assistant adjusts it for the new frame too.

## How do you phrase it?

Name the platform, or the shape:

- "Make it vertical for Reels"
- "Make a 9:16 version for TikTok and Shorts"
- "Make it square for the feed"
- "Vertical, with the screen recording on top and me below"
- "Vertical, keep me on the left third"

Square and landscape work the same way. Saying where you want the screen or the speaker sets the layout instead of leaving it to the assistant.

## How would you do this by hand?

By hand, you'd change the sequence to 9:16, then go shot by shot to scale and position each clip so the face sits right, add keyframes where you move, rebuild any split or picture-in-picture, and drag every caption and title into a safe area. Some editors have an auto-reframe that follows motion. The caption and layout work is still yours afterwards.

## What should you check afterwards?

Watch on your phone or a phone-sized preview. Look for shots where you lean out of frame or gesture at something that's now cropped. Check that on-screen text from the original, like a slide or a website, is still readable at vertical size. If a section works better as a split, ask for "screen on top, me below" for that part only.

## Honest limits

- Output is 1080p at 30 fps.
- Cropping a landscape shot to vertical uses part of the frame, so it can look softer than the original.

## Frequently asked questions

### Will my face get cut off?

The assistant pans each shot on your measured face position, and a quality check flags any frame where a face is cropped, so it can fix it before reporting back.

### What happens to screen recordings when I go vertical?

Cropping a screen to 9:16 would cut off most of it, so the assistant shows the whole screen in a box, usually above you, rather than cropping it.

### Can I keep both a landscape and a vertical version?

One project holds one timeline in one shape. Export the landscape version first, then ask for vertical. The landscape export stays in your Exports tab.

## Related

- [Edit video by chatting](https://getvidiyo.app/features/chat-video-editing)
- [Aspect ratio](https://getvidiyo.app/glossary/aspect-ratio)
- [Vertical video](https://getvidiyo.app/glossary/vertical-video)
- [Video aspect ratios for social media](https://getvidiyo.app/blog/video-aspect-ratios-for-social-media)
- [Keep the captions clear of my face and the Reels buttons](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/keep-captions-off-my-face)

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