How to shoot the narrow screen of WeChat video?

Narrow-screen shooting of WeChat video is usually caused by the problem of mobile phone screen setting. By default, the vertical and horizontal screen settings of the mobile phone will be automatically switched according to the direction of the user's mobile phone. If you shoot a video in portrait mode, the shot video will be displayed as a narrow screen.

This design is to adapt to the habits of users when using WeChat. The vertical screen mode is more in line with the user's one-handed operation habit when using the mobile phone, and is also more suitable for browsing social media, reading long articles and other vertically arranged content. Therefore, WeChat sets the default video shooting mode to narrow screen, which is more suitable for users' usage habits.

However, sometimes we may want to shoot a wide-screen video to better show the scenery or adapt to a specific playing environment. On WeChat, you can try the following two methods to shoot widescreen video:

1. Landscape shooting: Before shooting video, turn the phone sideways and turn it to landscape mode. The video taken in this way will have a widescreen effect.

2. Use the camera application: If you want to shoot high-quality, widescreen video, you can shoot it with the camera application that comes with your mobile phone first, and then send the shot video to your friends through WeChat.

It should be noted that when watching widescreen video on WeChat, due to the limitation of narrow screen, the video will be automatically cropped or added with black edges to adapt to the narrow screen display. Therefore, if you want to share widescreen video on WeChat, it is recommended to focus on the middle part of the video when shooting to ensure that it can still be clearly displayed after cutting or adding black edges.