How to remove black borders from movie video?

March 13th, 2015 by Harvey Taylor

Tags: Remove Black Borders from Movie Video

Overview

Sometimes when we try to convert movies to another format to view on media device or TV, there appear black borders on the top and bottom of the video. The black bars make the picture smaller than before and it is a little annoying. Is there any way to remove black borders from movie video? Do I need some complicated video editors to remove the bars? Trying to find easy tool to finish the job? This guide will show you an easy-to-use video editor which makes it possible to remove black borders from movie to keep the best quality of picture. Please follow the detailed guide to find how easy this black bar remover is.

The Applied Guide - How to Remove Black Borders from Movie

Firstly, download this powerful video editor and converter - Bigasoft Total Video Converter, install and run it. For Mac users, try this Video Editor for Mac which is fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.10.

Step 1 Import original movie

Click "Add File" button to select original movie which you need to convert or drag and drop it directly to the main interface to import it. Bigasoft supports almost all video formats, such as TiVo, HEVC/H.265, DAV, WTV, DVR-MS, M2TS, VOB, WMV, ASF, ASX, MKV, Prores, WebM, OGV, AVI, MP4 and more.

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Step 2 Choose resolution and full screen

Choose desired output format. Both SD and HD formats are supported. After that, click "Settings" to open the "Advanced Setting" and change to "Advanced" tab. There choose proper "Video Size" under "Video Codec" option to keep the same aspect ratio with the source video.

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Tip: After adding the movie, right-click it and you will get the resolution info of original movie.

After all the above settings, press the "Crop" button on the top of the main window to open editing panel. Choose "Full Screen" for "Zoom Mode" and press OK to save the settings.

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Step 3 Start the conversion

Click the button of "Convert" to start and finish removing black bars or borders from movie video.

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Conclusion:

It only takes three steps to remove black borders from movie with Bigasoft Total Video Converter. Besides cropping videos, this powerful video editor also helps to add subtitles, merge or cut video/audio files, add effects, or even edit single audio track. Get to know more about Bigasoft Total Video Converter!