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If your specific problem is turning a landscape, multi-person interview into a 9:16 Short while intelligently deciding who/what should occupy the crop, there are a few strong options:

🥇 OpusClip is probably what you're looking for

Its ReframeAnything system tracks speakers and objects and can dynamically change the composition. More importantly for interviews, it has layouts specifically designed for multiple people: Split for two people, and Three/Four layouts for group/panel shots. www.opus.prohelp.opus.pro

So imagine a 16:9 shot like:

[ interviewer ] [ guest ]

Instead of simply putting a fixed 9:16 crop in the center, it can produce something more like:

[ GUEST ]

when the guest is speaking, then shift toward the interviewer when they speak. It can also use a split-screen composition when both people need to remain visible. www.opus.prohelp.opus.pro

That's a substantially better fit for multi-person interviews than conventional "center crop and track the subject" tools.

🥈 Descript

Descript is particularly interesting if your workflow is interview → transcript → edit → Shorts. Its Automatic Multicam feature uses AI to keep the person speaking on camera and can switch to a group shot during rapid conversation. www.descript.com

I'd choose Descript if you want the AI to make editorial camera decisions, rather than merely reframe the image.

🥉 Premiere Pro

Premiere's Auto Reframe is very good for ordinary talking-head footage and can automatically create 9:16 sequences. Adobe specifically recommends its Slower Motion setting for talking-head interviews. helpx.adobe.com

But there's an important distinction: Premiere's native Auto Reframe isn't really designed around "who is speaking?" in a two-person shot. It is more fundamentally subject/action tracking. For complicated multi-person interview compositions, you'll generally do more cleanup/keyframing than with an AI tool built around speaker detection.

My recommendation

If your footage is primarily:

• 🎙️ Two-person interviews: OpusClip
• 👥 Panels / 3–4 people in the same wide shot: OpusClip
• ✂️ Transcript-based editing + automatic camera switching: Descript
• 🎬 Professional editor who wants maximum manual control: Premiere Pro
• ⚡ Large volume of interviews → many Shorts automatically: OpusClip

One caveat: no AI reframe is perfect when people overlap, turn their heads, talk simultaneously, or sit very close together. For those shots, the best systems should be able to switch between an active-speaker crop and a wider/two-person layout rather than blindly following a single face.

If you tell me how your interviews are shot (e.g. 2 people side-by-side, interviewer + guest, 3-person panel, single wide camera), I can narrow this down to the best 2–3 tools specifically for that setup.

If you mean landscape interview footage with 2–4 people in the same wide shot, and you want AI to intelligently decide who should occupy the portrait crop as the conversation changes, the options are not all equal.

Best options

1. OpusClip — my first choice

OpusClip AI Reframe

This is probably closest to what you're describing. Its ReframeAnything system tracks speakers/objects and can dynamically change layouts. Importantly for interviews, it has Split, Three, and Four layouts for shots containing multiple people. www.opus.pro

For example, a 16:9 shot:

[Person A] — [Person B] — [Person C]

can become a 9:16 video that intelligently follows the person speaking, rather than simply taking the center 9:16 slice.

2. Descript — excellent for interview-heavy workflows

Descript

Descript now has Center Active Speaker (beta) specifically designed for wide-angle recordings where multiple people appear on one video track. It detects speaker changes and reframes around the person talking. help.descript.com

Its Automatic Multicam functionality is also aimed at automatically putting the current speaker on camera. www.descript.com

I'd choose Descript if you also want to edit the interview by transcript, remove filler words, add captions, etc.

3. Premiere Pro — best if you need professional control

Adobe Premiere Pro

Premiere's Auto Reframe can automatically convert a sequence to 9:16 and track the important subject/action. helpx.adobe.com

However, for a two-person conversation in one wide shot, I wouldn't expect it to be as intelligent as a dedicated active-speaker system. You may need to clean up the generated keyframes manually.

My recommendation

If your workflow is:

4K/6K landscape interview → AI identifies who's speaking → dynamically pans/zooms → 9:16 Short

I'd start with OpusClip.

If it's:

long interview → find interesting sections → edit transcript → captions → active-speaker reframing

I'd try Descript.

If you're already deep into professional post-production and need maximum control, use Premiere Pro.

One important distinction: ordinary "Auto Reframe" isn't necessarily the same thing as active-speaker reframing. For multi-person interviews, you want software that combines face detection + speaker/audio detection + dynamic cropping, rather than merely tracking the largest/most prominent object. OpusClip and Descript are particularly relevant for that use case. help.descript.com

If you tell me whether your shots are 2 people, 3–4 people, or a panel, I can narrow this down to the best 2–3 tools and explain how each handles speaker switching.

If your specific problem is landscape interviews with 2+ people in the same shot → 9:16 Shorts/Reels, the tools I'd look at are:

🥇 I'd start with OpusClip

Its current AI Reframe is specifically designed to track speakers and dynamically adjust the crop, including switching focus between speakers. It supports 9:16 output and lets you manually correct the framing afterward. www.opus.pro

That's particularly useful for something like:

Landscape: interviewer + guest side-by-side
Portrait: crop to guest while guest talks → smoothly move to interviewer when interviewer talks → optionally use a two-person/split layout when both matter.

OpusClip also combines this with automatic clipping, captions and other Shorts-oriented editing, so you don't necessarily have to build the vertical edit from scratch. www.opus.pro

🥈 Descript is surprisingly good for interviews

Descript now has Center Active Speaker (beta). It detects speaker changes and automatically reframes a wide shot around whoever is speaking. Importantly, it's designed specifically for situations where multiple people are present on one video track. help.descript.com

So if your workflow is:

transcribe → find interesting exchange → edit conversation → make vertical → captions

I'd seriously consider Descript.

🥉 Premiere if you need editorial control

Premiere's Auto Reframe can convert a sequence to 9:16 and generate motion keyframes automatically. Its Slower Motion setting is specifically recommended for talking-head interviews. helpx.adobe.com

The catch is that Adobe's system is primarily action/subject tracking, rather than being as explicitly speaker-aware as OpusClip or Descript. With a two-person wide shot, expect to inspect and occasionally fix the crop manually.

My recommendation:

• Want the AI to make the decision: OpusClip
• Want AI + transcript-based interview editing: Descript
• Want a professional editor with maximum control: Premiere Pro
• Want quick social content on a budget: CapCut

For two-person interviews where both people remain visible most of the time, I'd choose OpusClip first and test it on 3–5 representative shots before committing to a workflow. A recent comparison specifically found OpusClip strongest among several tools for active-speaker tracking in two-person interviews, although that's a third-party test rather than an independent benchmark. quickreel.io

If your main problem is turning a wide, multi-person interview into a good-looking 9:16 Short without manually keyframing the crop, there are a few strong options.

Best options

• opus.pro — best overall for this use case. Its ReframeAnything system tracks speakers/subjects and can dynamically change layouts. Importantly for interviews, it supports Split layouts for two people and Three/Four layouts for panels, rather than simply cropping the center of the 16:9 frame. Opus Opus Clip
• descript.com — best if you also want AI interview editing. Its Center Active Speaker feature detects speaker changes and automatically reframes a wide shot around whoever is talking. It also has Automatic Multicam for switching between available camera angles. Descript Help Center Descript Help Center
• adobe.com — best for professional control. Auto Reframe can create a vertical sequence and track the action, but it's less "hands-off" than the dedicated AI tools; complex multi-person shots may still need keyframe cleanup. Adobe Help Center Adobe Help Center
• blackmagicdesign.com — good if you're already a Resolve editor. Its smart reframing is useful, but I'd choose OpusClip/Descript if the specific goal is intelligently deciding which interviewee should occupy the vertical frame.

What I'd pick

For a two-person landscape interview where both people are visible in the original shot, I'd start with OpusClip. Its layouts are specifically designed for this scenario: it can either follow the active speaker or put both speakers into a vertical split-screen composition. Opus Clip

For example:

16:9 source

[ interviewer guest ]

→ 9:16 Short

┌──────────┐
│ │
│ GUEST │ ← crop follows guest while guest talks
│ │
│ │
└──────────┘

Then when the interviewer speaks, the virtual camera can move to them—or you can use a split layout to keep both visible.

One caveat: no AI reframe is perfect when the speakers overlap, turn toward each other, or talk simultaneously. For a polished client-facing Short, I'd expect to make a few manual corrections after the AI pass.

If you tell me how many people are usually in your interviews (2, 3, 4+) and whether they're all visible in one wide camera or you have separate camera angles, I can narrow this down to the best 2–3 workflows.

For converting landscape interview footage (16:9) into portrait Shorts/Reels/TikToks (9:16), especially when two or more people are in the frame, you want software that does more than a center crop. Look for active speaker detection, face tracking, multi-person tracking, and automatic split-screen layouts. cloud.google.comframeos.studiowww.choppity.com

Here are some of the strongest options:

My picks by scenario

1. Two-person interview (host + guest, both visible)

• Best automated results: Choppity, FrameOS, ReframeX
• These can detect who is speaking and either move the crop between speakers or create vertical split layouts. www.choppity.com

2. Podcast with 3–4 people around a table

• Use a tool that supports:
  • active-speaker detection
  • dynamic crop movement
  • stacked/split-screen layouts
• Basic auto-crop tools often fail because a single vertical frame cannot include everyone naturally.

3. Professional broadcast/interview quality

• Edit in Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve, then use AI reframing as a first pass. This gives you control over awkward moments (people interrupting, reactions, gestures).

4. High-volume content production

• Consider AI repurposing platforms such as OpusClip, FrameOS, Choppity, or ReframeX because they combine clip selection, reframing, and captions rather than only resizing. www.choppity.com

A key thing to test: upload a wide two-person interview where one person talks for 20 seconds, then the other answers. Many tools look good on single-speaker clips but fail when the active speaker changes. cloud.google.comframeos.studiowww.choppity.com

For converting landscape interviews with multiple people into portrait (9:16) Shorts/Reels/TikToks, you want tools that do more than a center crop. The useful ones detect faces + speakers (audio) + conversation changes and move the crop or switch layouts automatically. www.lumiclip.ai

Here are the strongest options:

My picks by scenario

Two-person interview (host + guest, both visible in a wide shot):

• Best automatic result: FrameOS, LumiClip, Choppity frameos.studio
• They can switch focus when the speaker changes instead of leaving a person half-cropped.

Podcast/video interview pipeline (find highlights + make Shorts):

• OpusClip, Vizard, FrameOS are more complete because they combine clipping, captions, and reframing.

High-end editor who wants control:

• Premiere Pro with AI-assisted reframing, then manually adjust key moments.

Three or more people (panels, roundtables):

• Look for active-speaker detection rather than simple face tracking. Some tools can switch between single-person crops, split screens, or picture-in-picture layouts; fixed center crops usually fail here. www.lumiclip.aipipe2.ai

A practical workflow that tends to work well:

1. Edit/select the best interview moments first.
2. Apply AI speaker-aware reframing.
3. Review speaker switches and overlapping dialogue.
4. Add captions after reframing so text placement fits the new 9:16 composition. www.lumiclip.aipipe2.ai

If you tell me your setup (e.g., two-camera interview, single wide camera, podcast table, Zoom recording, panel) and whether you need free vs paid, I can narrow it down.

Yes. For landscape interviews with multiple people → 9:16 Shorts, the strongest options right now are:

🥇 OpusClip is probably what you're looking for

OpusClip AI Reframe can detect and track speakers and automatically reframe landscape footage into 9:16. More importantly for multi-person interviews, its layout system includes:

• Fill — follows the relevant speaker
• Split — keeps two speakers visible
• Three — accommodates three speakers
• Four — accommodates four speakers
• Automatic speaker/subject tracking
• Manual correction when the AI gets a shot wrong www.opus.pro

That makes it substantially more appropriate for a two-person interview than a basic “face stays centered” auto-crop.

🥈 Descript

Descript now has Center Active Speaker, specifically designed for wide-angle recordings where multiple people are visible. It detects speaker changes and adjusts the framing to keep the person speaking centered. help.descript.com

This is particularly attractive if you're already editing the interview in Descript because you can combine transcription, cutting, captions, and reframing in one workflow.

🥉 Premiere Pro

Adobe Premiere Pro has Auto Reframe, which can automatically create a vertical sequence and track the important action. Adobe specifically recommends the slower-motion setting for talking-head interviews. helpx.adobe.com

The catch: it isn't as interview-specific as OpusClip's speaker-aware layouts, so with two people sitting far apart you'll often need to clean up the generated keyframes yourself.

What I'd choose

If your footage looks like:

16:9: interviewer + guest sitting side-by-side → 9:16 Short

I'd test OpusClip first. Its ability to use a split layout when both people are visible and switch/reframe around speakers makes it particularly suited to this problem. www.opus.prohelp.opus.pro

If you're producing a high volume of Shorts, OpusClip is also convenient because it can identify clips from long interviews, reframe them, caption them, and export them rather than requiring a separate editing workflow. www.opus.pro

If you tell me what your typical shot looks like (e.g. 2 people side-by-side, interviewer off-camera + guest, 3-person panel, single wide camera), I can tell you which tool will handle it best and what settings/layout to use.

Yes. For landscape interviews with multiple people, the key feature you want is active-speaker-aware reframing, not just generic face tracking.

Best options right now

My pick: OpusClip. Its ReframeAnything system tracks moving speakers and can dynamically switch layouts, including 9:16 portrait output. www.opus.pro

For example, with a two-person interview:

• Person A is talking → portrait crop moves toward A.
• Person B responds → crop smoothly shifts to B.
• Both talk / need context → it can use a layout that accommodates both.
• The original 16:9 footage remains the source rather than requiring you to manually keyframe every speaker change. www.opus.pro

Descript is particularly interesting

Descript now has Center Active Speaker (beta) specifically designed for wide-angle recordings containing multiple people. It detects speaker changes and automatically reframes around whoever is speaking. help.descript.com

That makes it a strong choice if you're already doing the transcript-based editing in Descript.

Premiere Pro

Adobe's native Auto Reframe can convert an entire sequence to 9:16 and track the important subject. Adobe specifically recommends its slower-motion setting for talking-head interviews. However, with complicated multi-person conversations, Adobe notes that you may still need to fine-tune keyframes. helpx-origin.aws116.adobeitc.com

Bottom line: If your priority is "take a 16:9 two/three-person interview and automatically produce good 9:16 crops based on who's talking," I'd test OpusClip first, then Descript. If you're a professional Premiere editor and want maximum manual control, use Premiere's Auto Reframe or a Premiere-specific active-speaker plugin.

Yes. For landscape interviews with 2+ people in the same camera shot, you want something that understands who is speaking, rather than a conventional “keep the biggest face centered” auto-crop.

My shortlist:

1. OpusClip — probably your best bet

OpusClip AI Reframe

OpusClip is particularly suited to your use case. Its ReframeAnything system tracks speakers and can dynamically change the portrait composition. It has layouts specifically designed for two-person and multi-person shots, including Split, Three, and Four layouts. www.opus.pro

For example, a 16:9 shot like:

[Interviewer] [Guest]

can become a 9:16 video that automatically:

• centers the guest when they're talking
• shifts to the interviewer when they respond
• uses a split layout when both need to remain visible
• smoothly moves the crop rather than forcing you to keyframe every change

That's much closer to what I'd call intelligent reframing.

2. Descript — very good for interview workflows

Descript

Descript now has Center Active Speaker, which detects speaker changes in a wide-angle recording and automatically reframes around whoever is talking. It's explicitly designed for situations where multiple people appear on one video track. help.descript.com

This is especially attractive if you're already editing interviews through transcripts.

3. Premiere Pro — best if you need professional control

Adobe Premiere Pro

Premiere's Auto Reframe can convert a sequence to 9:16 and generate tracking keyframes automatically. Adobe specifically recommends its “Slower Motion” setting for talking-head interviews. helpx.adobe.com

The limitation is important: it's more conventional subject/action tracking than true conversational intelligence. In a wide two-person interview where the interviewer and guest alternate speaking, you may need to clean up the framing manually.

4. Brevidy AutoCrop — interesting Premiere-specific option

Brevidy AutoCrop

This is worth looking at if you're a Premiere editor. It specifically claims to detect active speakers, switch framing as dialogue changes, and handle multi-person interviews without manually keyframing every speaker change. www.brevidy.pro

What I'd choose

If your workflow is:

4K/6K landscape interview → find good moments → make TikTok/Reels/Shorts → 9:16 → automatically follow whoever is talking

I'd start with OpusClip.

If you're producing high-end client work and need everything ultimately editable in Premiere, I'd consider OpusClip → XML → Premiere. OpusClip supports exporting its generated clips, including the auto-reframe information, into Premiere. help.opus.pro

If you're already heavily invested in Premiere and don't want another platform, Brevidy AutoCrop is probably the more interesting experiment.

One caveat: if your interview is a static two-shot where both people are visible continuously, look specifically for active-speaker detection + multi-person layouts. A lot of tools advertised as “AI auto-reframe” simply track a dominant face; that's not enough when the conversation switches between two people.

Yes. If your source is landscape interviews with two or more people in the same shot, you want something that tracks the active speaker, not just the largest/most prominent face.

Best options

1. OpusClip — my first choice

OpusClip AI Reframe

Its ReframeAnything system specifically tracks speakers and other important subjects, and its layouts include Fill, Split, Three, and Four—useful when several people are visible in the original landscape shot. www.opus.prohelp.opus.pro

For example, with interviewer + guest in a wide shot, it can:

• follow whoever is speaking;
• switch the vertical crop between people;
• keep both people visible with a split layout;
• handle 3–4-person panel shots.

A recent hands-on comparison also found OpusClip particularly strong at active-speaker tracking in two-person interviews, though that test was only one independent test rather than a universal benchmark. quickreel.io

2. Descript — excellent for interview editing

Descript

Descript now has Center Active Speaker, which automatically reframes a wide shot around whoever is talking. Importantly, it is designed specifically for footage where multiple people appear on a single video track. help.descript.com

This is particularly attractive if you're already editing the interview through its transcript. Descript also has Automatic Multicam for automatically choosing the appropriate speaker/camera during dialogue. help.descript.com

3. Premiere Pro — best if you need professional control

Adobe Premiere Pro

Premiere's Auto Reframe can convert a sequence to 9:16 and track the subject automatically. Adobe specifically recommends the slower-motion setting for talking-head interviews. helpx.adobe.com

The catch: its native Auto Reframe is more about subject/action tracking than sophisticated "who is currently speaking?" intelligence. For a two-person wide interview with frequent speaker changes, you'll generally get more cleanup than with OpusClip or Descript.

My recommendation

If your workflow is:

4K/1080p landscape interview → find good moments → automatically make 9:16 Shorts → intelligently switch between interviewer and guest

I'd try OpusClip first, Descript second, and use Premiere when you want the final professional polish.

If you're dealing with 3–4 people sitting around a table, OpusClip is particularly interesting because it explicitly supports three- and four-person vertical layouts. www.opus.prohelp.opus.pro

If you tell me whether your interviews are 2 people, 3–4 people, or a panel, I can narrow this down to the best 2–3 tools and explain how each handles the actual crop/speaker switching.

If your main problem is turning a wide, multi-person interview into 9:16 while intelligently deciding who should be on screen, there are a few standouts:

🥇 OpusClip — probably what you're looking for

OpusClip's ReframeAnything analyzes the video and tracks speakers/important objects. Its reframing can follow the active speaker and supports 9:16 output, rather than simply putting a fixed center crop over the landscape footage. www.opus.pro

For example, imagine a 16:9 interview with:

Person A: left third
Person B: right third

When B starts talking, an intelligent reframe can pan toward B, rather than leaving both people tiny in the vertical frame. OpusClip also has a speaker-switching approach specifically designed for multi-speaker vertical video. www.opus.pro

Its current plans also include AI reframe, with higher tiers adding things like moving-object tracking and dynamic layout switching. www.opus.pro

🥈 Descript — especially good for interviews

Descript now has Center Active Speaker, which detects speaker changes and automatically reframes a wide shot around whoever is talking. That's particularly well suited to a single-camera recording where multiple people are visible. help.descript.com

It also has Automatic Multicam, which can analyze multiple camera angles and switch to the person speaking. help.descript.com

So I'd choose Descript if your workflow is:

transcribe → edit interview → remove filler → identify clips → automatically frame speakers → captions

🥉 Premiere Pro — best if you want editorial control

Premiere's Auto Reframe automatically changes 16:9 footage to 9:16 and tracks the focal point, but it's more of a professional automatic starting point than a fully autonomous multi-person interview editor. You can then manually refine the position with keyframes. www.adobe.com

My recommendation

If you specifically mean “I have a 2–4 person landscape interview and want AI to intelligently decide which person's face should occupy the vertical frame as the conversation changes”, I'd test them in this order:

1. OpusClip → 2. Descript → 3. Premiere Pro

OpusClip is the one I'd try first because its current reframing system is explicitly designed around speaker/action tracking, rather than merely resizing the video. www.opus.pro

If you tell me whether your interviews are two people side-by-side, 3–4 people around a table, or separate camera angles, I can narrow this down further—the best tool changes quite a bit depending on the shot.

If you mean landscape interview footage with 2–4 people in the same wide shot, and you want AI to intelligently decide who should occupy the vertical frame as the conversation changes, there are a few good options:

My top pick: Descript

Descript is particularly interesting for your exact use case. Its Center Active Speaker feature detects speaker changes and automatically reframes a wide shot around the person talking. Descript specifically describes it as suitable for wide-angle recordings where multiple people appear on one video track. help.descript.comhelp.descript.comwww.capcut.comwww.brevidy.pro

So, for example:

16:9 original

[ interviewer ] [ guest ] [ guest ]

becomes dynamically:

[ INTERVIEWER ]
9:16

then when the guest starts talking:

[ GUEST ]
9:16

rather than simply keeping the center of the original frame.

Descript also has Automatic Multicam, which can automatically switch camera angles based on who's speaking if you have multiple camera tracks. help.descript.com

If you're already a Premiere editor

Adobe Premiere Pro has Auto Reframe, which converts a sequence to 9:16 and automatically tracks the focal point. You can subsequently adjust the generated positioning with keyframes. www.adobe.com

It's excellent if you want AI to do 80% of the work but retain professional editorial control. However, for a single wide shot containing several speakers, I'd favor a speaker-aware tool such as Descript rather than relying solely on generic subject tracking.

For the fastest social workflow

CapCut has Auto Reframe and is designed specifically around converting horizontal footage to vertical social formats. Its current Auto Reframe feature uses AI to adjust the composition across aspect ratios. www.capcut.com

It's probably the easiest option if your workflow is basically:

long interview → find good moments → 9:16 → captions → publish.

One particularly interesting option

Brevidy AutoCrop is a Premiere plugin specifically aimed at this problem: it detects the active speaker, switches framing when dialogue changes, and creates editable 9:16 output. It explicitly advertises support for multi-person interviews and conversations. www.brevidy.pro

What I'd choose

• Podcast/interview, one wide camera: Descript
• Long interview → automatically find Shorts: OpusClip
• Professional editor already in Adobe: Premiere + Auto Reframe
• Premiere + want more aggressive speaker-aware automation: Brevidy AutoCrop
• Quick/easy social production: CapCut
• Full professional post-production: DaVinci Resolve

The key distinction: ordinary "Auto Reframe" tries to keep a subject in frame. What you really want for interviews is active-speaker-aware reframing—the crop should intelligently jump/slide between people based on who's talking. That's the feature I'd prioritize when evaluating these tools.

Yes. For landscape interviews with two or more people, you want more than basic “center crop” resizing—you want software that can detect who is speaking and dynamically change the portrait crop/layout.

Best options

OpusClip is probably the one you're looking for. Its AI Reframe can track speakers and offers layouts specifically for multiple people, including Split, Three, and Four layouts. For a two-person interview, it can either follow the active speaker or keep both speakers visible in a portrait composition. www.opus.prohelp.opus.pro

OpusClip

Descript is particularly interesting if your interview is a single wide camera shot. Its Center Active Speaker feature detects when the speaker changes and automatically reframes around whoever is talking. It also has Automatic Multicam for multi-camera interviews. help.descript.com

Descript

Premiere Pro has Auto Reframe and is good at following the visual subject when converting 16:9 to 9:16, but it's more of an intelligent tracking/reframing tool than a purpose-built “which interviewee should I show?” system. Adobe specifically recommends its slower-motion setting for talking-head interviews. helpx.adobe.com

Adobe Premiere Pro

What I'd choose

If your footage looks like:

16:9:
[ interviewer ] [ guest ]

and you want:

9:16:
[guest]
subtitles here

then automatically switch to:

[interviewer]
subtitles here

→ OpusClip or Descript are the strongest choices.

If you want the software to keep both people on screen, rather than constantly switching between them, OpusClip's multi-person layouts are particularly useful. It can automatically use a split-screen or three/four-person arrangement when the source framing permits it. www.opus.prohelp.opus.pro

My ranking for your specific use case:

1. 🥇 OpusClip — most automated
2. 🥈 Descript — best if you're also editing the interview
3. 🥉 Premiere Pro — best if you want professional manual control
4. DaVinci Resolve — best as part of a serious finishing workflow

If you tell me how many people are typically in the shot (2, 3, 4+) and whether you want the portrait short to follow the active speaker or keep everyone visible, I can narrow it down to the best 2–3 tools.

If your main problem is landscape interview footage with 2–4 people that needs to become 9:16 Shorts/Reels/TikToks, I’d rank the current options like this:

🥇 OpusClip is probably what you're looking for

OpusClip AI Reframe is specifically designed for this workflow. Its AI can detect and track active speakers and dynamically change the layout rather than simply putting a fixed center crop over the whole interview. www.opus.pro

More importantly for multi-person shots, OpusClip has layouts specifically for:

• 2 speakers: split-screen when both people are visible
• 3 speakers: three-person layout
• 4 speakers: four-person layout
• Single speaker: automatically follows the person speaking

Those multi-speaker layouts are explicitly supported for interviews and panel discussions. help.opus.pro

So, for example, if your 16:9 shot looks like:

[ Host ] ........ [ Guest ]

OpusClip can produce a vertical sequence that behaves more intelligently:

Guest talking → crop toward guest
Host responds → crop toward host
Both visible → use a two-person layout
Three people talking → use a three-person layout

That's substantially more useful than traditional "center crop + face tracking."

🥈 Descript

Descript now has Center Active Speaker, which automatically reframes a wide-angle recording around whoever is speaking. Descript specifically describes it as being intended for footage where multiple people appear in the same video frame. help.descript.com

I'd choose Descript if you're also doing a lot of transcript-based editing, removing pauses/filler, captions, and dialogue editing.

🥉 Premiere Pro

Adobe Premiere Pro has Auto Reframe, including a setting optimized for talking-head interviews. It automatically generates motion keyframes and can convert an entire sequence to a different aspect ratio. helpx.adobe.com

The catch: it's more of an intelligent motion/crop system than a purpose-built multi-speaker interview compositor. You may need to clean up keyframes when the crop needs to jump between two speakers.

My recommendation

If you're doing lots of interviews/podcasts and want the least manual work:

OpusClip → export → Premiere/Resolve for final polish

If you want maximum editing control:

Premiere Pro

If you want transcript editing + speaker-aware reframing in one environment:

Descript

And if your interviews are two people sitting fairly far apart in the same wide shot, I'd specifically test OpusClip first. Its ability to switch between single-speaker tracking and multi-speaker layouts is the feature most directly aligned with your use case. www.opus.prohelp.opus.pro

For landscape interviews → 9:16 portrait shorts, especially when two or more people are visible in the same wide shot, these are the strongest options right now:

My pick: OpusClip

OpusClip is probably the closest match to what you're describing. Its AI Reframe tracks speakers/subjects and can dynamically change the composition for vertical video. More importantly for interviews, it has Split, Three, and Four layouts that can keep multiple speakers visible when they're together in the original frame. help.opus.pro

So, for example, a 16:9 shot like:

[Interviewer] [Guest]

can become a 9:16 composition that intelligently keeps the relevant person centered, or switches to a two-person/split layout when appropriate.

It also offers automatic active-speaker tracking based on voice/motion cues, with manual tracking available when the AI chooses the wrong person. help.opus.pro

Descript is particularly interesting

Descript now has Center Active Speaker, which automatically reframes wide-angle footage around whoever is talking. Its documentation specifically says it's designed for footage where multiple people appear on a single video track. help.descript.com

It also has Automatic Multicam, which detects speaker changes and can switch between speakers/layouts automatically. help.descript.com

So I'd choose:

• Want “upload interview → get good vertical shorts” → OpusClip
• Want AI reframing + transcript-based editing → Descript
• Want maximum professional/manual control → Premiere Pro
• Want a lightweight social-content workflow → Vizard

One caveat: if your interview has two people sitting far apart in a single wide shot, the important feature isn't merely “auto reframe.” You want speaker-aware reframing + multi-person layouts. That's where OpusClip currently stands out most clearly. help.opus.pro

If you tell me what your original footage looks like (e.g. 2-person couch interview, 3-person panel, interviewer + guest across a table), I can narrow this down to the best 1–2 tools and explain exactly how they'd crop it.