{"id":102813,"title":"Outpaint.com - Expand any video to fit any screen","tagline":"Cinema grade video outpainting models","body":"I’m Daniel from [**Outpaint.com**](http://Outpaint.com) (W21) and we are putting an end to **black bars** around videos, from vertical ads to big theater screens.\n\n**Problem**\n\nPeople consume video on many different devices, but video can only be shot for a single screen at a time.\n\n**Solution**\n\nOur models expand any video to fit any screen by generating content to fill the extra space, while preserving every pixel of the original video.\n\n**Examples**\n\n9:16 →16:9 (Ads and Micro-dramas)\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=102813\u0026key=user_uploads/579262/e014ce0f-23db-4ee6-a6ee-f2e4269bd9c5)\n\n16:9 → 1.43:1 (Premium big screens and IMAX full frame)\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=102813\u0026key=user_uploads/579262/ab682ded-ee2d-4cb6-838b-b8f024ed41be)\n\n16:9 →180° Fisheye (Domes \u0026amp; VR)\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=102813\u0026key=user_uploads/579262/4e182eb6-7782-4047-bc53-6ed83af33ca1)\n\n**How [_outpaint.com_](http://outpaint.com) works**\n\nSimply send us a video link and your target aspect ratio, and we'll send back the expanded version. Our models handle any duration, resolution, frame rate, and color space.\n\nWe've expanded everything from vertical ads for horizontal CTV spots to full films for immersive screens like IMAX and dome venues. We even got a [**shoutout on Rogan**](https://youtu.be/D_ZGWj_38uA?si=hY74cps5IN5THreL\u0026t=8415) for some of our VR conversions.\n\n**Have a video you want to expand?**\n\nSend me an email at [**hello@outpaint.com**](mailto:daniel@outpaint.com) with a link to your video, and I'll follow up within 24 hours with a quote.","slug":"QkH-outpaint-com-expand-any-video-to-fit-any-screen","created_at":"2026-06-09T16:17:02.245Z","updated_at":"2026-06-20T20:00:59.204Z","total_vote_count":7,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/QkH-outpaint-com-expand-any-video-to-fit-any-screen","share_image_url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/media/?type=post\u0026id=102813\u0026key=user_uploads/579262/ab682ded-ee2d-4cb6-838b-b8f024ed41be","company":{"id":22880,"name":"Outpaint.com","slug":"outpaintcom","url":"https://outpaint.com/","logo":"https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/76c9f51f32ec78b0012799fa749d0661d0d18633.png","batch":"Winter 2021","industry":"B2B","tags":["Video","Media","Infrastructure","AI"],"search_path":"https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/22880"}}