How to Crop a Video on Windows 10: 5 Ways

If you’re filming a video, you might pick up more in your field of view than you realize. Cropping out parts of a video is easy enough on Windows 10, but only if you know what tool to use. If you’re trying to figure out how to crop a video on Windows 10, we’ve put together a shortlist of the most useful video cropping tools available.

If you’re struggling to figure out how to crop a video on Windows, then give Movavi Video Editor a try. This all-rounder is the perfect tool for beginners who need an intuitive interface they can quickly master, while professionals can take advantage of the numerous special effects and filters features on offer.

Cropping a video in Movavi Video Editor is easy and completed in just a few steps. If you want to take things further, you can use its powerful functionality to rotate or trim your videos, add special effects, introduce video stabilization, and use chroma keying to transform your videos from basic to social media ready in no time.

Thanks to the drag-and-drop linear interface on offer, it won’t take long to grasp everything that Movavi Video Editor has to offer. It comes with a seven-day trial period, although you can continue to use it afterward with some limitations.

VLC is better known as a media player, but it also has a few built-in editing features that allow you to crop a video on Windows 10. You can do this temporarily, or you can use VLC’s powerful export features to save the cropped video with a new file name or use a new video file format.

Once you’ve exported your cropped video file, you can use VLC to watch it without using any other software. VLC is one of the best media players available for Windows users, so if you need an all-in-one solution for cropping and playing videos, VLC would be a good option.

VideoProc is a basic but simple-to-use video editing tool that will let you crop your videos quickly on Windows 10. Thanks to hardware acceleration, you can use VideoProc to quickly switch video formats or make quick changes, such as apply video stabilization or remove unwanted background noise from videos.

More importantly, however, VideoProc lets you quickly crop and cut up your videos with ease. You can crop the size of your video files, switch to different aspect ratios, or cut down the content and file size. It allows you to choose the cropped video size manually or drag-and-select the part of the video you want to keep.

VideoProc is free to try, but you’re limited to editing video clips that are no larger than 5 minutes in length. Anything longer requires a paid-for license, costing around $60 a year.

Corel VideoStudio Pro supports 4K video files, offers a huge library of special effects and visual enhancements, and includes support for stop motion and 360-degree video files to allow you to create unusual (and unconventional) video projects.

Corel VideoStudio Pro is a Windows exclusive. It supports multi-camera direct video inputs, screen recording, basic video editing tools (including support for video cropping), and more. You can try it out for free for 30 days or upgrade to one of the premium options for under $100.

As the name suggests, Easy Video Maker is a basic editor focusing on ease-of-use, allowing you to quickly create and edit simple videos in all the major formats. It focuses on the kind of content you’d expect to see published on social media sites but also allows you to create optimized video files for smartphones and tablets.

It also has a number of special effect features, such as advanced transitions, color and particle effects, and built-in screen recording. Easy Video Maker handles video cropping with ease, allowing you to change your video aspect ratio, rotate the video vertically or horizontally, or remove unnecessary parts of your video content.

Thanks to hardware acceleration, you can also quickly encode or convert your video files more quickly. It’s available for free, but some features (such as some effects) are limited to the paid version, with a one-off fee of between $50 and $200, depending on your requirements.

We hope that this guide has helped you find some reliable and simple ways to crop videos on Windows 10. If you're not sure which option to choose, here are a few factors to help you decide.

• Ease of use: try to find an app that you find easy to use, with menus that are relatively simple and a user interface that you feel comfortable with.

• Features: different video editors have different features. Some are quite advanced and can do much more than just cropping, while others are relatively simple. Find one with the features you want to use.

• Price: some cropping tools are free to use or very affordable, while others can be quite costly and may have expensive monthly fees. Try to find one that fits your budget.

• Support: always check to see what kind of user support is offered by the developers of each app. Having some support can make a real difference if you need help using the app.