UGC ads reframed for Youtube and TV by Outpaint.com. Vertical ads (9:16) expanded into widescreen (16:9) for connected TV, while keeping the original footage pixel perfect. Outperforms pillarboxing and side blur.
Today, you can only shoot video for one screen at a time. Go landscape and it won't fit a phone. Go vertical and it looks awful on a laptop. And without a super specialized lens, forget about the big screen.
We've all seen the black bars you slap around a video to force it into a new aspect ratio. I hate them with a passion. My favorite movie, Lord of the Rings, was shot in 2.39:1. It doesn't fit a single TV out there.
So we're on a mission to end black bars for good. Every video should fit every screen.
Today we're launching Ad Reframe, which turns winning vertical UGC ads into CTV ready placements. Our case studies show outpainting far outperforms black bars and side blur.
Send us a video you want reframed and we'll send back a free sample so you can see it for yourself. We'd love to hear what you think.
Would be great to have clearer upfront model/pricing expectations set. Is this a product? Is it a service? Is it smb accessible etc
The "generating new content to fill the extra space" bit is the part I'd worry about most. From my own YouTube edits, added background often pulls the eye away from the actual subject. On winning vertical UGC where attention's locked on someone mid-CTA, does the outpainted area stay quiet enough not to steal the read, or do you see it nudging eyes outward?
it's nice to see this product reach todays rank#9. We run UGC campaigns and the 9:16 to 16:9 problem comes up constantly whenever we want to extend to CTV or YouTube pre-rolls. The pillarbox blur workaround genuinely looks bad. The real test for us would be fast motion and shaky handheld footage — that's where outpainting usually falls apart. Curious if there's a confidence score on the output so you know which clips need a manual check before the campaign goes live.
reframing 9:16 to 16:9 without pillarboxing is the part everyone fakes with blur. do the generated edges stay temporally stable across frames, or can they shimmer?
This is awesome, kinda feels like a bridge between a TikTok and a YouTube video 💯
CTV ad spend is growing fast and pillarboxing is genuinely embarrassing to watch on a 65" screen - so this solves a real pain. The key question for me is how the AI handles the expanded areas when there's motion near the edge of the original frame. Static backgrounds are easy; someone walking across frame is where things get tricky. Any samples with fast-moving footage?
Curious how Ad Reframe handles the jump from typical UGC formats into TV-ready creative. Since the tagline is “Convert UGC ads for TV,” are you mainly focused on aspect ratio, pacing, and framing, or does it also help with things like voiceover, captions, safe zones, and length requirements for TV spots? That distinction would be helpful for marketers comparing it with a normal video editor.
The "reshoot it for CTV" conversation is one nobody wants to have mid-campaign. Really glad someone built a clean fix for this. Simple as it should be 👍
About Outpaint - Ad Reframe on Product Hunt
“AI to turn vertical UGC into widescreen ads for Youtube & TV”
Outpaint - Ad Reframe launched on Product Hunt on June 29th, 2026 and earned 137 upvotes and 18 comments, placing #9 on the daily leaderboard. UGC ads reframed for Youtube and TV by Outpaint.com. Vertical ads (9:16) expanded into widescreen (16:9) for connected TV, while keeping the original footage pixel perfect. Outperforms pillarboxing and side blur.
Outpaint - Ad Reframe was featured in Advertising (29.7k followers), Artificial Intelligence (473.7k followers) and Video (1.9k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 116.5k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
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