How to Make a Fancam Video for Twitter or Instagram？
Fancams have become so ubiquitous that you might assume anyone can throw one together in a flash. But to create a fancam video that works on Twitter or Instagram, there are several key edits you need to make. Here’s what you should know to do it all for free and online.
- Author: Shine
- Update: Jun 16, 2025
Find the video you want to use
Not all fancams are recorded by the person who posts them—in fact, that's quite rare. After all, who can afford to attend all those concerts? Instead, the easiest approach is to repurpose videos found on platforms like Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, NicoNico, or other popular online video sites. To save an online video for a Twitter fancam:
1.Copy the video's link.
2.Go to Kapwing.com and select Start Editing to open Kapwing Studio.
3.Paste the copied link into the URL field, and the video will begin uploading automatically.
Clip it to under 2:20
Twitter has gradually increased its maximum allowed length for video tweets, but the rules remain a little bit complicated, based on the account, file size, and type of tweet. It's safest to simply trim your video to under 2:20, which will allow you to post your fancam as an original tweet, a reply, or a quote-tweet.
In Kapwing Studio, uploading a concert or music video of any length and trimming it is straightforward. Here’s how to refine your clip:
Upload your video, then select it and choose Trim from the editing menu.
Use the trim tool to cut the start and end of the clip, or add mid-clip cuts to combine multiple sections.
Focus on your favorite moments—since viewers scroll quickly, every second should capture attention.
Add side padding to make it square
For Twitter in particular, this step is crucial. All videos on Twitter are cropped to fit a playback frame between 16:9 and 1:1. But almost all fancam videos are shot in 9:16, by a phone camera.
This means that in order for your fancam videos to look decent on Twitter, they need to have padding added to the sides so the video fits a square frame. In the Kapwing Studio, all you have to do is make your project square with the "Output Size" tool, then select your video and choose "Lock Ratio." Now your video has white padding added to the sides, and it will look clean & visible in anyone's timeline or replies.
If you want, you can even add some extra graphic designs in the background on the sides. Here I cropped 2 different lockscreen designs to frame my fancam:
Once editing is complete, click Export and allow Kapwing a few seconds to process your fancam video. When ready, select Download to save it directly to your device.
If you’re not signed into a Kapwing account, use your Google or Facebook credentials to sign in or create an account. Signing in removes the watermark from the lower-right corner of your final video.
