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Reframe landscape video into vertical clips for Shorts, Reels, TikTok, and other 9:16 channels.
The Convert to Vertical node is an editing action that changes the visual composition of incoming video or clips. Use it when your workflow starts with landscape footage and should produce vertical output before export.

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Schema

  • Input: Video or clips from an earlier workflow node
  • Output: Vertically reframed clips

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Add the node

Open Workflows from the left sidebar and click New to open the workflow builder. Add a trigger first, such as Manual Trigger or New YouTube Video. In the Editing stage, choose Convert to Vertical. Overlap adds the action node to the canvas and connects it to the workflow path. Click the Convert to Vertical node on the canvas whenever you need to reopen its settings on the right side.
Convert to Vertical node settings panel

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Choose a model

Use Model to decide how Overlap should build the vertical composition.
  • Content-Aware Reframing: extracts and highlights the most important content in the video. This is the default model.
  • Static Reframing: creates a centered static reframe for scenes where a fixed composition is enough.

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Configure the reframe

When Content-Aware Reframing is selected, set How do you film? to match the source footage:
  • In-Person Studio: use this for filmed conversations, interviews, panels, or other studio-style recordings.
  • Online or with Overlays: use this for screen recordings, remote calls, or videos where overlays are part of the layout.
The default settings also include:
  • Use Split View for Multiple Speakers: keeps multiple speakers visible when Overlap detects that the scene needs a split layout.
  • Always Prefer Split View: favors split view even when Overlap might otherwise choose a single focused crop.
Use the preview beside the settings panel to check how the workflow will modify clips before you publish the workflow.

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Build the rest of the workflow

Place Convert to Vertical after the node that provides the video or clips you want to reframe. If your workflow finds moments first, connect Find Clips before this node. Add finishing nodes such as Add Subtitles, Watermarks, Outros, etc., or an export node after the vertical conversion.