Get ratioed with this handy aspect ratio cheat sheet explicitly made for video editors and post-production professionals. If you edit videos on the daily, you need to bookmark this page. Press cmd+D if you are on a mac, and ctrl+D if you are on a PC.
To prevent frame blanking or pixels getting cut off halfway, we have rounded any odd integers down to the nearest even number.
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The aspect ratios you’ll actually use
Most days you don’t need the whole chart. You need the four or five ratios clients and platforms actually ask for, at the exact pixels to export them in. Here you go. The full tables below cover everything else, all the way down to DCP.
| Aspect ratio | Where you use it | HD | 4K (UHD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16:9 | YouTube, TV, widescreen | 1920 x 1080 | 3840 x 2160 |
| 9:16 | Reels, TikTok, Shorts (vertical) | 1080 x 1920 | 2160 x 3840 |
| 1:1 | Square feed posts | 1080 x 1080 | 2160 x 2160 |
| 4:5 | Instagram portrait | 1080 x 1350 | 2160 x 2700 |
| 5:4 | Older displays, print, some broadcast | 1350 x 1080 | 2700 x 2160 |
| 4:3 | Classic / SD, retro look | 1440 x 1080 | 2880 x 2160 |
| 2:1 | Univisium (Netflix-friendly) | 1920 x 960 | 3840 x 1920 |
| 2.39:1 | Anamorphic / cinemascope | 1920 x 802 | 3840 x 1606 |
Got your number? Good. Two things tend to bite people right after this step. First, your export looking different than it did on your timeline. That’s almost always a color space and monitor thing, not a ratio thing, and I broke down why your exports look different (and the monitors that fix it). Second, butchering the final file on the way out. If you’re delivering something that actually matters, here’s how to export it properly so none of this matching work goes to waste.
List of Aspect Ratios for Video Editors
Cinema DCP 4K
| Aspect Ratio | Resolution |
|---|---|
| Flat (1.85) | 3996 x 2160 |
| Scope (2.39) | 4096 x 1716 |
| Full Container (1.90) | 4096 x 2160 |
Cinema DCP 2K
| Aspect Ratio | Resolution |
|---|---|
| Flat (1.85) | 1998 x 1080 |
| Scope (2.39) | 2048 x 858 |
| Full Container (1.90) | 2048 x 1080 |
8K
| Aspect Ratio | Resolution |
|---|---|
| 0.80 (4:5) | 3686 x 4608 |
| 1.25 (5:4) | 5760 x 4608 |
| 1.33 (4:3) | 6144 x 4608 |
| 1.66 (5:3) | 7680 x 4608 |
| 1.78 (16:9) | 8192 x 4608 |
| 1.85 | 8192 x 4428 |
| 1.90 | 8192 x 4320 |
| 2.00 | 8192 x 4096 |
| 2.35 | 8192 x 3486 |
| 2.37 | 8192 x 3456 |
| 2.39 | 8192 x 3428 |
| 2.40 | 8192 x 3412 |
| 2.44 | 8192 x 3356 |
5K
| Aspect Ratio | Resolution |
|---|---|
| 0.80 (4:5) | 2304 x 2880 |
| 1.25 (5:4) | 3600 x 2880 |
| 1.33 (4:3) | 3840 x 2880 |
| 1.66 (5:3) | 4800 x 2880 |
| 1.78 (16:9) | 5120 x 2880 |
| 1.85 | 5120 x 2768 |
| 1.90 | 5120 x 2700 |
| 2.00 | 5120 x 2560 |
| 2.35 | 5120 x 2178 |
| 2.37 | 5120 x 2160 |
| 2.39 | 5120 x 2142 |
| 2.40 | 5120 x 2132 |
| 2.44 | 5120 x 2098 |
6K
| Aspect Ratio | Resolution |
|---|---|
| 0.80 (4:5) | 2765 x 3456 |
| 1.25 (5:4) | 4320 x 3456 |
| 1.33 (4:3) | 4608 x 3456 |
| 1.66 (5:3) | 5760 x 3456 |
| 1.78 (16:9) | 6144 x 3456 |
| 1.85 | 6144 x 3320 |
| 1.90 | 6144 x 3234 |
| 2.00 | 6144 x 3072 |
| 2.35 | 6144 x 2614 |
| 2.37 | 6144 x 2592 |
| 2.39 | 6144 x 2570 |
| 2.40 | 6144 x 2560 |
| 2.44 | 6144 x 2518 |
4K
| Aspect Ratio | Resolution |
|---|---|
| 0.80 (4:5) | 1843 x 2304 |
| 1.25 (5:4) | 2880 x 2304 |
| 1.33 (4:3) | 3072 x 2304 |
| 1.66 (5:3) | 3840 x 2304 |
| 1.78 (16:9) | 4096 x 2304 |
| 1.85 | 4096 x 2214 |
| 1.90 | 4096 x 2160 |
| 2.00 | 4096 x 2048 |
| 2.35 | 4096 x 1742 |
| 2.37 | 4096 x 1728 |
| 2.39 | 4096 x 1714 |
| 2.40 | 4096 x 1706 |
| 2.44 | 4096 x 1678 |
3K
| Aspect Ratio | Resolution |
|---|---|
| 0.80 (4:5) | 1382 x 1728 |
| 1.25 (5:4) | 2160 x 1728 |
| 1.33 (4:3) | 2304 x 1728 |
| 1.66 (5:3) | 2880 x 1728 |
| 1.78 (16:9) | 3072 x 1728 |
| 1.85 | 3072 x 1660 |
| 1.90 | 3072 x 1620 |
| 2.00 | 3072 x 1536 |
| 2.35 | 3072 x 1307 |
| 2.37 | 3072 x 1296 |
| 2.39 | 3072 x 1284 |
| 2.40 | 3072 x 1280 |
| 2.44 | 3072 x 1258 |
2K
| Aspect Ratio | Resolution |
|---|---|
| 0.80 (4:5) | 922 x 1152 |
| 1.25 (5:4) | 1440 x 1152 |
| 1.33 (4:3) | 1536 x 1152 |
| 1.66 (5:3) | 1920 x 1152 |
| 1.78 (16:9) | 2048 x 1152 |
| 1.85 | 2048 x 1107 |
| 1.90 | 2048 x 1078 |
| 2.00 | 2048 x 1024 |
| 2.35 | 2048 x 870 |
| 2.37 | 2048 x 864 |
| 2.39 | 2048 x 858 |
| 2.40 | 2048 x 852 |
| 2.44 | 2048 x 838 |
1080p
| Aspect Ratio | Resolution |
|---|---|
| 0.80 (4:5) | 864 x 1080 |
| 1.25 (5:4) | 1350 x 1080 |
| 1.33 (4:3) | 1440 x 1080 |
| 1.66 (5:3) | 1800 x 1080 |
| 1.78 (16:9) | 1920 x 1080 |
| 1.85 | 1920 x 1038 |
| 1.90 | 1920 x 1010 |
| 2.00 | 1920 x 960 |
| 2.35 | 1920 x 816 |
| 2.37 | 1920 x 810 |
| 2.39 | 1920 x 802 |
| 2.40 | 1920 x 800 |
| 2.44 | 1920 x 786 |
720p
| Aspect Ratio | Resolution |
|---|---|
| 0.80 (4:5) | 576 x 720 |
| 1.25 (5:4) | 900 x 720 |
| 1.33 (4:3) | 960 x 720 |
| 1.66 (5:3) | 1200 x 720 |
| 1.78 (16:9) | 1280 x 720 |
| 1.85 | 1280 x 692 |
| 1.90 | 1280 x 674 |
| 2.00 | 1280 x 640 |
| 2.35 | 1280 x 545 |
| 2.37 | 1280 x 540 |
| 2.39 | 1280 x 536 |
| 2.40 | 1280 x 532 |
| 2.44 | 1280 x 524 |
8K UHD
| Aspect Ratio | Resolution |
|---|---|
| 0.80 (4:5) | 2765 x 3456 |
| 1.25 (5:4) | 5400 x 3456 |
| 1.33 (4:3) | 5760 x 3456 |
| 1.66 (5:3) | 7200 x 3456 |
| 1.78 (16:9) | 7680 x 4320 |
| 1.85 | 7680 x 4150 |
| 1.90 | 7680 x 4042 |
| 2.00 | 7680 x 3840 |
| 2.35 | 7680 x 3268 |
| 2.37 | 7680 x 3240 |
| 2.39 | 7680 x 3212 |
| 2.40 | 7680 x 3200 |
| 2.44 | 7680 x 3148 |
4K UHD
| Aspect Ratio | Resolution |
|---|---|
| 0.80 (4:5) | 1728 x 2160 |
| 1.25 (5:4) | 2700 x 2160 |
| 1.33 (4:3) | 2880 x 2160 |
| 1.66 (5:3) | 3600 x 2160 |
| 1.78 (16:9) | 3840 x 2160 |
| 1.85 | 3840 x 2076 |
| 1.90 | 3840 x 2020 |
| 2.00 | 3840 x 1920 |
| 2.35 | 3840 x 1634 |
| 2.37 | 3840 x 1620 |
| 2.39 | 3840 x 1606 |
| 2.40 | 3840 x 1600 |
| 2.44 | 3840 x 1574 |
3K UHD
| Aspect Ratio | Resolution |
|---|---|
| 0.80 (4:5) | 1296 x 1620 |
| 1.25 (5:4) | 2025 x 1620 |
| 1.33 (4:3) | 2160 x 1620 |
| 1.66 (5:3) | 2700 x 1620 |
| 1.78 (16:9) | 2880 x 1620 |
| 1.85 | 2880 x 1556 |
| 1.90 | 2880 x 1516 |
| 2.00 | 2880 x 1440 |
| 2.35 | 2880 x 1226 |
| 2.37 | 2880 x 1214 |
| 2.39 | 2880 x 1204 |
| 2.40 | 2880 x 1200 |
| 2.44 | 2880 x 1180 |
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