Formats — landscape & Shorts

VidNext produces two formats. Both export in 1080p HD.

Landscape (16:9)

1920×1080 — for YouTube videos and long-form content.

• Duration Show me in the app ↗: 30 seconds to 30 minutes. Presets Show me in the app ↗: 1 min (quick explainer), 3 min, 5 min (standard), 10 min (in-depth), 15 min (deep dive), 20 min (documentary), 30 min (full length).
• Best for: documentaries, explainers, top-10 rankings, reviews, educational content.
• Chapter headings, infographics, maps, and mid-roll ad placement suggestions all make the most sense here.

Shorts (9:16)

1080×1920 vertical — for YouTube Shorts, TikTok, and Instagram Reels.

• Duration: 15 seconds to 3 minutes. Presets: 30 s (quick fact), 1 min (standard), 2 min (in-depth).
• Best for: hooks, quick facts, single-idea stories, clips that grab attention in the first second.

Clip fit for vertical

Source footage is usually widescreen, so Shorts offer two ways to fit it Show me in the app ↗:

• Fullscreen — crops and zooms the clip so it fills the vertical frame with no bars.
• Blurred — shows the whole clip with a blurred backdrop filling the rest of the frame.

In landscape, clips that don't match the output aspect ratio get a background image Show me in the app ↗ instead — pick from neon frames, soft gradients, studio backdrops, or plain black in the Design & Background step:

Choosing between them

If you're building a channel, many creators generate a landscape video first, then create Shorts on the same topic as teasers — each is its own project, so you can reuse the same prompt with the Shorts format selected.