Crop a video or image

Use crop mode in Descript’s scene editor to control which part of a video or image appears in your scene.

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Crop and reframe your media

1. Select the video or image in the scene editor.
2. If the layer appears in multiple scenes, choose Current scene in the Properties panel to change only this scene; choose All scenes when you want the same adjustment across every scene using that layer.
3. Click the crop icon in the floating toolbar to enter crop mode.
4. Adjust the framing:
   • Drag the crop handles to change the visible area.
   • Drag the video or image inside the frame to reposition the subject.
   • Use Zoom in the toolbar to show more or less of the source.
5. Click Done.

For more about the scope of your edits, see Apply changes to one scene or all scenes.