How to add a blurred background to a video
To add a blurred fill, upload one video and pick the target canvas — portrait, square, or landscape — that matches where the clip will be posted. The tool places your original frame in the center and fills the surrounding space with a blurred, enlarged copy of the same video, then exports a new MP4 at the chosen size.
You control the blur strength, so the background can be a subtle soft fill or a heavier blur that pushes focus onto the centered clip. The audio track from the source video is preserved on export, so the result is ready to post as-is.
All processing happens locally in your browser. The video you upload never leaves your device, which keeps unpublished or client footage private.
- Fitting a landscape clip into a vertical story or reel
- Posting a portrait video to a square feed without black bars
- Giving product clips a clean filled frame for storefronts
- Avoiding hard crops when aspect ratios do not match
Blurred fill versus hard cropping
Blurred background fill is a practical alternative to hard cropping when the source aspect ratio does not match the destination. Instead of cutting off part of the frame to fit a vertical or square slot, the blurred fill keeps the whole original frame visible and fills the empty space attractively.
Note that this is a fill effect, not subject segmentation. Video Background Blur creates a blurred copy of the frame behind your clip — it does not use AI to isolate a person from the background. For a clean filled frame on social or storefront placements, that fill approach is usually exactly what you want.