# One video, three formats
URL: https://remocn.dev/docs/guides/one-video-three-formats

Every recipe builds a horizontal video — Reels, Shorts and TikTok want vertical, and you re-cut instead of rebuilding

Every recipe on this site builds a horizontal video — 16:9, the shape of YouTube, X and your landing page. But Reels, Shorts and TikTok want vertical (9:16), and some feeds like square (1:1). You don't make three videos. You make one, then re-cut it.

## Finish horizontal first

Direct the horizontal version all the way to done — the words, the pacing, the brand, everything. Formats are the last step, not a fork. If you branch early, every note you give afterwards has to be given three times.

## The ask

When the horizontal version is the one you'd publish, the whole ask is one sentence:

```text
Make a vertical 9:16 version of this video, keeping every beat.
```

Your agent reflows the same video into the new shape. Same words, same order, same timing — a taller stage.

## What breaks in vertical

A vertical frame is narrow, and a few things won't survive the move. Watch for them and direct in plain sentences:

- **Long lines wrap or shrink** — A line that sat comfortably across a wide frame now breaks in half or gets small. Don't ask for a smaller font — shorten the line. [Words on screen](/docs/guides/words-on-screen) has the rules; vertical just enforces them harder.
- **Side-by-side layouts stack** — Anything that sat left-and-right should now sit top-and-bottom. Say it directly: "Stack the two panels vertically."
- **Keep the important content in the middle** — Platform UI — captions, buttons, your own handle — covers the top and bottom edges of a vertical video. Tell your agent: "Keep text and logos in the middle of the frame, away from the top and bottom edges."

## Square

Same move, one line:

"Make a square 1:1 version, keeping every beat."

Square sits between the two shapes and mostly just works.

## Watch each one through

Before you publish, watch every format start to finish — not just the beats you expect to break. A re-cut is a new video, and you direct it like one: same plain sentences, same standard. More vocabulary: [Directing your agent](/docs/guides/directing-your-agent).