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# Crop screen recordings

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Cropping your screen recordings helps you focus your viewer's attention by removing unnecessary parts of the screen — like browser toolbars, menu bars, or extra UI elements.

In this guide, we'll show you how to crop a screen recording inside Tella's video editor, whether you're working with a single clip or multiple clips with different layouts.

#### What cropping does

Cropping lets you **visually trim** your screen recording by selecting the part you want to keep — everything outside of that is hidden from view.

#### Example

Say your screen recording includes your full desktop — menu bar, browser, and slide content.

With cropping, you can isolate just the slide area and hide the rest.

## How to crop a screen recording

1. **Select the clip you want to crop**

   * Click on your screen recording in the timeline.

2. **Open the crop tool**

   * Click Adjust on the sidebar, then Crop.

   * You'll see:

     1. A **purple crop frame** that you can drag and resize.

     2. Crop settings for **position**, **size**, and **aspect ratio** (like 16:9 or 1:1).

     3. A live preview of what your viewers will see.

3. **Adjust the crop**

   * **Freeform crop**: Choose "Custom" from the aspect ratio dropdown to move and resize freely.

   * **Constrained crop**: Choose a preset aspect ratio to maintain specific dimensions. Available presets:

     * **16:9** — standard widescreen
     * **16:10** — slightly taller widescreen, common for laptop displays
     * **4:3** — classic standard ratio
     * **1:1** — square
     * **4:5** — portrait, optimized for Instagram and Facebook feed posts
     * **9:16** — full vertical, ideal for TikTok, Reels, and Stories

   * **Manual input**: Type in exact pixel values for precision.

<Tip>What's inside the purple frame is what will be shown in your final video.</Tip>

## Apply crop to all layouts (in a clip)

If your clip uses multiple layouts, you don't need to crop each one individually.

Before clicking Crop, check this option: **"All layouts in this clip"**

This applies the crop to every layout within that clip and automatically adjusts the screen recording to fit each layout cleanly.

## Apply crop across multiple clips

If your video includes **several clips**, each with their own layouts:

1. Open the Crop tool in any clip.

2. Adjust the crop to your preferred frame.

3. Change the setting to: **"All layouts in all clips"**

This will apply the same crop across *every layout* in *every clip* — saving you from repeating the process.

<Note>If your entire video has 4 clips and 37 layouts total, the crop will update all 37 layouts instantly.</Note>

## Reset if needed

At any point, you can click Reset to remove your crop and return to the full screen recording.

## Final tip

Once cropped, your screen recording will automatically resize and align itself inside each layout — no extra tweaking needed.

This makes your video look cleaner and more professional, especially when switching between layouts or clips.