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Footage filmed in landscape rarely fits a vertical post without cutting someone out of the frame. When you change the canvas or the layout, Guin reframes each shot to keep the subject in view, so you do not have to reposition every shot by hand.

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Change the canvas

The canvas is the shape of your finished video. Set it from the canvas menu in the top bar of the Smart Editor.
Editing canvas menu open in the top bar, listing 9:16, 16:9, 1:1 and 4:5
You can also ask the Director: Make it 9:16. After a switch it is worth checking a few shots to confirm the framing, especially wide shots with more than one person.

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Choose a layout

A layout decides how a section of the video fills the canvas. Layouts sit on their own Layout track, so different sections of one video can use different layouts.
Layout panel open on the left of the Smart Editor, showing Fill, Blur, Split and other layout cards
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Click a section on the Layout track

The Layout panel opens on the left, scoped to this clip.
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Pick a layout card

The preview updates straight away.
Split layouts are available on a 9:16 canvas.

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Reframe a single shot

If one shot is framed wrong, ask the Director: Keep her centred in the second shot. It reframes that shot and confirms with a Reframed note when it is done.