How to Make a Portrait Video in After Effects

Creating a Portrait Video in After Effects

Introduction

Portrait videos are essential for social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. In this guide, you’ll learn how to transform a standard landscape video into a vertical one using After Effects.

Step 1: Import Your Video

Open After Effects and navigate to File > Import > File to import your footage. Drag the video onto the timeline to automatically create a composition based on its original settings.Step 2: Adjust Composition Settings

Go to Composition > Composition Settings and change the Width and Height. For a standard vertical format, set Width to 1080 px and Height to 1920 px. If your original video has a height of 2160 px, set the width to 1215 px to maintain the correct aspect ratio.