Cropus - Turn Any Video into Shorts/Reels/TikToks - Showcase Project

What it is Cropus is a web app that reframes a single video into the aspect ratios social platforms expect — 9:16, 4:5, 1:1, and 16:9 — and exports clean MP4s with original audio and no watermark. The problem Creators film in 16:9, but TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, and feed posts need vertical or portrait crops. A fixed center crop cuts off speakers and action; doing subject tracking by hand in Premiere or DaVinci is slow. What Cropus does You sign in with Google, upload a video, choose formats and a framing mode, and download the results. In Smart mode, Cropus samples frames, uses a vision model to find the main subject in each shot, smooths motion within scenes, and handles scene cuts with sensible jumps — no timeline work. Center, Fill / Balanced / Fit layouts are there when you want a static crop or to show more of the frame with blur padding. Details people care about Pay once per video segment (by length in minutes); every extra format from that same analysis is free. Free minutes on signup (per your current settings), then subscription or one-off minute packs via Stripe. Runs entirely in the browser; uploads go direct to object storage — the app doesn’t need a desktop install. Good fit: talking heads, dance, sports, gameplay with facecam, product clips — anything with a clear main subject. Looking for Feedback from creators who repurpose long-form or landscape clips for Shorts/Reels/TikTok, and ideas on positioning vs. manual reframing tools.