1080x1350 video: the 4:5 portrait format

Why 4:5 exists

Feeds on phones show one post at a time between the app's header and the navigation bar. A landscape video uses less than half that space, a square uses more, and a 4:5 video uses more still while staying clear of the areas reserved for full screen stories. LinkedIn's video ad specs list 4:5 as the recommended ratio, with 720 by 900 as the recommended size, 1080 by 1350 as the maximum and 360 by 450 as the minimum. Meta specifies Facebook feed video as 4:5 at 1440 by 1800.

Making a 4:5 version from 9:16 or 16:9

A vertical 9:16 video at 1080 by 1920 crops to 1080 by 1350 by removing 285 pixels from the top and bottom, so anything in those bands disappears; plan shots with the subject in the middle. A landscape 1920 by 1080 video has to be cropped heavily to 864 by 1080 and scaled up, or placed inside a 4:5 frame with a background and a title above, which is common for interviews and talks. Captions and text overlays should sit inside the central area that all three formats keep.

Captions, safe areas and sound

Feed videos usually start muted, so captions carry the message. On a 4:5 feed video the app overlays fewer controls than on a full screen reel, but a progress bar and some buttons may still appear near the bottom, so keep captions slightly above the lowest edge. The first second matters most: a moving product, a face or a bold line of text earns the next five seconds. Export at the platform's frame rate, typically 30 frames per second.

Common mistakes

The first is uploading a 16:9 video to a feed, where it shows as a small strip. The second is cropping a 9:16 reel to 4:5 without checking, cutting off heads or text at the top. The third is placing logos in the corners, where interface elements sit. The fourth is exporting at 720 by 900 when 1080 by 1350 is allowed, which looks soft on larger phones.

4:5 and the video builder

The video builder offers two formats, landscape at 1920 by 1080 and vertical at 1080 by 1920; there is no 4:5 canvas, and square, which exists in the code, is not offered in either picker. For a 4:5 feed version, export the vertical video and crop it to 1080 by 1350, keeping the main action in the middle of each scene, or place a landscape export in a 4:5 frame. Captions in the builder are burned into the frames as a pill centred near the bottom, so check they survive the crop. The aspect ratio calculator gives exact crop sizes, and the blank PNG above is 1080 by 1350 for a cover frame.

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