- Bandicut is an easy-to-use, free video cutter for Windows that can cut a video by adjusting its start and end time by moving a slider. With Bandicut, anybody can easily select the cutting area and trim parts of a video quickly while maintaining the quality of the original video. Users can also extract audio from video to MP3, join multiple.
- Trim and convert videos at 60X speed TunesKit Video Cutter for Mac also keeps a good balance between quality and speed as it's capable of cutting and converting videos/audios at up to 60X faster speed, making it the fastest video trimmer and joiner in the market. Operate at up to 60X faster. Support precise video splitting and merging.
Select a part of the video using the markers. Then choose to extract or delete the selected part. Change the output format and click 'Export'. Read the extended guide on how to cut your video. Download the file. Once your video is processed, you can save it to your device or back to Google Drive or Dropbox.
We crop videos to cut unwanted parts, trying to focus audience’s attentions or fit the video to different streaming platforms. A video cropping is often processed with a fixed aspect ratio. For a Mac user, cropping video can be done with iMovie—the free video editor preinstalled in macOS. And today, we list 4 free options to crop a video on Mac with or without iMovie
Part 1. Easily Crop Video with Wanted Aspect Ratio on Mac
I used to be a iMovie heavy user since the year of 2015 when I had my first Mac, it was absolutely the best free video editor these years, but as my video editing skills advanced and my needs to create videos becomes diversified & complicate, I switched to a professional video editor for cropping or other video editing needs. In addition, online, free video cropping tools are limited in features or come with a watermark. Therefore, most of us finally prefer a paid video editor expert to crop or edit videos on Mac.
To crop videos with wanted aspect ratio on Mac, be it square, widescreen or portrait, Movavi Video Editor Plus is a robust program to try.
Standout Features of Movavi Video Editor Plus
- Edit audios and videos: add music, add text, remove sound, delete, cut, crop, trim, combine, split
- Offer free sounds, music, video, etc.
- Edit titles
- Auto create videos for quick video creation
- Record video, audio
- Add effects and transitions to video
- Rich media templates available to decorate videos
- Add animation and stickers to video
- Export videos as different video and audio formats
- Support 4K videos
How to Crop Video on Mac with Wanted Aspect Ration?
- Grab a copy of Movavi Video Editor Plus to your Mac, install the application.
- Launch the program, add the video to Timeline.
- Click on the imported video in Timeline, choose the Crop button.
- Choose a Cropping aspect ratio, 16:9, 4:3, 1:1 or custom.
- Then click Export to save the cropped video on Mac.
Part 2. Crop A Video on Mac with iMovie
iMovie is the free video editor on Mac, it allows to create videos with music, texts, transitions, titles, background and so on, also, it helps to crop, rotate, stabilize, mute, adjust color, share, etc. However, you don’t have too many choices on cropping aspect ratio, it allows 16:9 only.
The Good
- Free to use
- Offer editing tools
The Bad
- Crop aspect ratio is limited to 16:9
- Limited media sources to decorate videos
How to Crop A Video on Mac with iMovie?
- Run iMovie, drag and drop the video to iMovie Timeline.
- Then find Cropping button, go to Crop to Fill.
- Move and resize the adjustable frame to crop the video.
- When you feel satisfied with the cropping result, click Cropping button again to apply the change.
- Go to File>Share>File to save the cropped video on Mac.
Part 3. Crop A Video on Mac without iMovie (3 Free Options)
If you don’t have iMovie or iMovie cannot crop videos in your wanted aspect ratio, there are 3 free options to crop a video on Mac without iMovie: using QuickTime Player or online, free Video Cropping tools.
#1 QuickTime Player
QuickTime Player is more than a media player on Mac, it allows recording a part of the screen too, which makes it possible to crop a video with wanted aspect ratio by recording. However, cropping video with QuickTime Player won’t keep the audio, if you are cropping video for further editing and will add new audio track to it, this method is plausible.
The Good
- Free to use
- Crop videos with wanted aspect ratio
- Play and record videos
The Bad
- You have to record the video to crop, the process is time consuming
- There is no sound kept in the cropped video
How to Crop Video on Mac with QuickTime Player?
- Open the video you want to crop, get it ready for playing and pause.
- Run QuickTime Player application on Mac.
- Go to File>New Screen Recording, click on the recording button.
- Drag to record part of the video.
- Click Start Recording and play the video immediately.
- Once the video playing finishes, click the Recording button to save the cropped video.
#2 KAPWING (online, free, No Watermark)
KAPWING is an online, free video editor, it is capable of adding texts, images, audios, and subtitles to video, also of trimming, adjusting, cropping, muting and converting videos. You can crop videos with this tool in constrained aspect ratio, like 1:1, 16:9, 9:16, 1:2.4, 4:5, 5:4, 820:312, also can crop video with unconstrained aspect ratio. The created videos will be saved in 720P or 1080P. But you have to sign in with Facebook or Google account to download watermark-free video after cropping.
The Good
- online, free to use
- No watermark is added to the cropped video
- Offer editing tools
- Crop video in square, widescreen, portrait and other aspect ratio
The Bad
- Sign in to remove watermark
- Time consuming to upload, process and download video
- Potential risks of information leaks
How to Crop Video on Mac online, free with Kapwing?
- Navigate to Kapwing and sign in.
- Upload video to the program.
- Click on Crop and choose a cropping aspect ratio.
- Click Done Cropping.
- Click Export Video.
- After cropping process, click Download to save the cropped video to your Mac.
#3 Online Video Cutter (online, free, No Watermark)
It is an online, free video tool to crop, rotate and trim videos. You can crop videos in 1:1, 4:3, 4:5, 16:9, 18:9, 21:9 or customize the aspect ratio. No sign in is required to process or download cropped video, but there is a file size limit, max 500MB is supported.
The Good
- online, free to use
- No watermark is added
- No sign up/in
- Crop video in constrained and unconstrained aspect ratio
- Trim and roate videos
The Bad
- Time consuming to upload, process and download video
- File size limit: 500MB
- Potential risks of information leaks
How to Crop Video on Mac online, free with Online Video Cutter?
- Navigate to Online Video Cutter.
- Upload video for cropping.
- Click on Crop button and choose a cropping aspect ratio.
- Click Save, then download the cropped video to your mac.
Final Words about Crop Video on Mac with VLC
I notice that some users tried to crop videos on Mac with VLC player, however, I failed after several testing.
VLC media player does have a Crop feature in its video toolbar, but you can only crop video in the playing, there is no option offered to save the cropped video.
Also, I tried to follow the videos to crop video in VLC by tweaking video effects, preferences, video cropping filter. When I tried to export the video, I am not allowed to use the video-cropping filter, therefore, I cannot crop videos in VLC.
Video Cutter is an Android Photography app developed by New Releases Apps and published on the Google play store. It has gained around 1000 installs so far, with an average rating of 4.0 out of 5 in the play store.
Video Cutter requires Android with an OS version of 3.0 and up. In addition, the app has a content rating of Everyone, from which you can decide if it is suitable to install for family, kids, or adult users. Video Cutter is an Android app and cannot be installed on Windows PC or MAC directly.
Android Emulator is a software application that enables you to run Android apps and games on a PC by emulating Android OS. There are many free Android emulators available on the internet. However, emulators consume many system resources to emulate an OS and run apps on it. So it is advised that you check the minimum and required system requirements of an Android emulator before you download and install it on your PC.
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Below you will find how to install and run Video Cutter on PC:
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- Firstly, download and install an Android emulator to your PC
- Download Video Cutter APK to your PC
- Open Video Cutter APK using the emulator or drag and drop the APK file into the emulator to install the app.
- If you do not want to download the APK file, you can install Video Cutter PC by connecting your Google account with the emulator and downloading the app from the play store directly.
If you follow the above steps correctly, you should have the Video Cutter ready to run on your Windows PC or MAC. In addition, you can check the minimum system requirements of the emulator on the official website before installing it. This way, you can avoid any system-related technical issues.