Every export from ReelWorkshop is a vertical 9:16 MP4 at either 1080x1920 or 720x1280. If your source clips were shot landscape, they get fit into that vertical frame as part of rendering — there's no separate manual crop or reframe tool to hand-place a subject inside the frame beat by beat.
Import your landscape clips as usual
Landscape footage imports the same way as any other clip: drag and drop or use the file picker, up to 100 clips per project. It gets fingerprinted and quality-scored like vertical footage.
Preview to check the framing
Because landscape source doesn't naturally fill a vertical frame, use the live preview before rendering to check how each scene looks once placed in 9:16. This is the point to catch a subject getting cropped awkwardly or important action landing outside the visible area.
Choose your resolution
| Resolution | When it fits |
|---|---|
| 1080x1920 | Sharper output, larger file size, better for platforms that display at full HD |
| 720x1280 | Smaller file size, faster render and export, fine when sharpness matters less |
Trim to the strongest part of the frame
If a landscape clip has your subject centered for only part of its duration, trim the range down to that part rather than keeping a longer range where framing drifts. Since there's no manual crop control, trimming to the best-framed section is your main tool for controlling what ends up visible.
ReelWorkshop doesn't offer keyframed pan-and-scan or a manual crop box to reposition a subject frame by frame. If a specific shot absolutely needs a hand-placed crop to keep the subject centered, reframe that clip in a general editor first, then import the reframed file.
Mistakes to avoid
- Skipping preview and only noticing bad framing after rendering, which costs you export minutes.
- Assuming vertical output means your landscape footage will be automatically cropped exactly how you'd choose by hand.
- Mixing heavily off-center landscape clips with well-framed vertical ones without previewing the combined pacing and framing together.
When this isn't enough
If most of your footage is landscape and needs deliberate, shot-by-shot reframing to look intentional in a vertical frame, do that reframing pass in a general editor first. Bring the reframed clips into ReelWorkshop afterward for the compilation build.