Free tools · Compress & resize
Square with blurred background
Turn any video into a 1:1 square for social feeds — filling the empty space with a blurred version of the footage itself instead of plain bars. Runs entirely in your browser.
Get a better result
- Best for
- Fitting portrait or landscape footage into a square social frame without cutting off the centered foreground subject.
- Input → output
- Video becomes a 720×720 or 1080×1080 H.264 MP4 with a blurred, cropped source layer behind a centered full-frame foreground and AAC audio.
- Quality tip
- Use 720 when the destination does not need 1080. Check that foreground text remains readable in the square composition.
- Know before running
- The background blur strength and foreground position are fixed. Small sources may be upscaled, off-center subjects are not tracked, and the operation re-encodes the video.
- Next step
- Compress video to try alternate delivery settings for the completed square asset.
How to use Square with blurred background
- 1
Choose your file. Drop a supported MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV file into the tool, or click to select one. It stays on your device — nothing is uploaded.
- 2
Pick your settings. Adjust the available options, then press Run. The first processing run loads the browser engine before conversion begins.
- 3
Download. Review the result, then download the finished file from your browser with no watermark.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Square with blurred background free? Is there a watermark?
- Yes — Square with blurred background is free to use with no sign-up or watermark. Very large files can still be limited by your browser's available memory and processing resources.
- Do my files get uploaded to a server?
- No. Square with blurred background runs entirely in your browser with WebAssembly, so your MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV file never leaves your device and nothing is stored or seen by us.
- What can I put in, and what do I get out?
- Square with blurred background accepts MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV and gives you back a MP4 file. You can also set size before you run it. Actual codec support depends on what the bundled engine or browser decoder can read.
- Can I control the output?
- Yes — you can adjust size, so you decide the balance between file size and quality.