How to Record Vertical Video From a Screen Recording

Your product just launched a feature worth showing off. Your marketing team wants a short demo clip for Instagram Reels, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts. The format is vertical — 9:16 aspect ratio.

Your screen is horizontal — 16:9 at best, ultrawide at worst.

The traditional approach is painful: record your screen in landscape, import the footage into a video editor, crop it to 9:16, reposition the content to center the relevant area, re-render, and export. If the interesting part of the screen moves (which it always does in a demo), you need to keyframe the crop position across the entire timeline.

This workflow turns a five-minute recording into an hour-long editing project.

Export Aspect Ratio Control in Dina

Dina solves this problem at the export stage, not the editing stage. You record your screen at whatever resolution and aspect ratio your display uses. Then, when you export, you select the output aspect ratio.

Dina supports seven aspect ratios:

• Auto — matches your recording's native ratio
• 16:9 — standard widescreen
• 1:1 — square (ideal for Instagram feed posts and LinkedIn)
• 4:3 — traditional display
• 9:16 — vertical (Instagram Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts)
• 3:4 — vertical rectangle
• 4:5 — portrait (Instagram portrait posts)

When you select 9:16, Dina intelligently reframes the composition. Combined with the automatic cursor zoom that already tracks your click activity, the vertical output centers on the relevant action in each frame.

Why Native Aspect Ratio Control Matters

No External Editor Required

With Dina, vertical export is a single dropdown selection. You do not import into Premiere, set up a vertical sequence, crop, keyframe, and re-render. The entire workflow stays inside one application.

One Recording, Multiple Formats

Record your demo once. Export in 16:9 for your website embed, 1:1 for LinkedIn, and 9:16 for TikTok. Dina stores the full composition, so you can export each format without affecting the others.

Cursor Zoom Enhances Vertical Framing

When your recording is reframed to 9:16, the visible area is narrower. Dina's automatic cursor zoom becomes even more valuable in this context, because it naturally centers the action within the tighter vertical frame. Each click draws the composition toward the relevant UI element.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does changing the aspect ratio affect video quality?

No. Dina renders the export at your chosen resolution — up to 4K at 60fps — regardless of aspect ratio. The composition is reframed, not downscaled.

Can I preview the vertical format before exporting?

Yes. Dina's output aspect ratio selector is available in the editor, so you can preview how your recording will look in 9:16 before committing to an export.

What resolution should I use for vertical social media content?

For 9:16 vertical content, 1080p is the standard for Instagram Reels and TikTok. YouTube Shorts supports up to 1080x1920. Dina's resolution presets cover all of these targets.

One Recording, Every Platform

Social media moves fast. If your team has to spend an hour reformatting every screen recording for vertical platforms, you will post less frequently, miss trends, and lose visibility.

Download Dina and export your recordings in any format — vertical, square, or widescreen — from a single capture.