# Video scaling behavior and aspect ratios
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You can choose how AWS Elemental MediaConvert scales your input video image to the output resolution that you specify by using **Scaling behavior**.

The following tables show how **Scaling behavior**, **Scaling padding**, **Height**, and **Width** interact to change the output image.

**Topics**
+ [Configuring default scaling (Fit with padding)](video-scaling-default.md)
+ [Configuring stretch to output scaling](video-scaling-stretch-ratio.md)
+ [Configuring fit scaling](video-scaling-fit-ratio.md)
+ [Configuring fit without upscaling scaling](video-scaling-fit-without-upscaling.md)
+ [Configuring fill scaling](video-scaling-fill-ratio.md)