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Crop MOV Online - Free

Cut the edges off a MOV or reframe it to a new shape, and download it as MOV again. Free, nothing to install.

Free to start
Nothing to install
Up to 1GB

How it works

Crop MOV in 3 steps

Upload your MOV
Drag and drop the MOV file, or click to browse. Anything under 1GB.
Pick a ratio
16:9, 9:16, 1:1 or 4:5. The crop is taken from the centre, and the preview shows what stays in the frame.
Crop and download
The output is already set to MOV. Create a free account to download it.

Cropping a MOV and keeping it a MOV

MOV is Apple’s QuickTime container. It is what an iPhone and Final Cut hand you, and it can hold anything from ordinary H.264 to enormous ProRes masters, which is exactly why it travels badly outside the Apple ecosystem.

The output format is set to MOV before you start, so what you download is the same kind of file you uploaded: nothing downstream that expects a MOV has to be told about a new format. If you would rather have something that plays everywhere, run the result through the MOV to MP4 converter.

Container

MOVApple QuickTime

Typical codecs

MOVH.264, HEVC or ProRes

Plays on

MOVmacOS and iOS natively, patchy elsewhere

File size

MOVLarge, especially ProRes

Feature	MOV
Container	Apple QuickTime
Typical codecs	H.264, HEVC or ProRes
Plays on	macOS and iOS natively, patchy elsewhere
File size	Large, especially ProRes

Before you crop a MOV

Since iOS 11 an iPhone records HEVC (H.265) by default, and Windows only plays HEVC with an extra extension from the Microsoft Store. Converting to MP4 re-encodes it to H.264, which plays everywhere.

A macOS screen recording (Cmd-Shift-5) is also a MOV, so a clip that plays fine on the Mac that made it can still be refused by a Windows colleague or an upload form.

FAQ

Crop MOV: questions

Will it stay a MOV?

Yes. The output is pre-set to MOV, so the cropped file downloads as MOV. For MP4 instead, run the result through the MOV to MP4 converter.

Does cropping a MOV lose quality?

The part you keep is re-encoded once at a high quality target, so it is not bit-for-bit identical, but it is indistinguishable at normal playback. Editing the same file over and over will eventually show, so keep your original.