Hello George415
(0) If you have not installed iGlasses or some other third party software to flip your iSight image, you are likely seeing an optical illusion.
iMovie, like camcorders and other video editing software, actually does NOT reverse the camera image. However, many other apps do. We are so accustomed to seeing ourselves in the mirror that it looks strange when it it NOT reversed.
You can test this by holding something with text on it in front of your iSight. I think you will be able to read the text in iMovie's capture window.
However, when you try the same test with some other apps, like iChat or Photo Booth, you will see that the text is reversed.
These are the apps that are actually "reversing" your iSight's image.
Unless you have otherwise reversed your iSight's image using some add-on software, using iMovie is merely a matter of getting accustomed to it. You surely would not want iMovie to show everything, including text, backward merely so it does not look unusual while you are using the camera.
If you want expanded info, keep reading.
Many, but not all,
software applications show mirror-image iSight previews. However, different apps work differently.
(1)
iChat's picture-in-picture and Snapshot is "mirrored" by design.
However, the view that your chat friends' see will be left-to-right normal. Only the iChat video snapshots you make and
your video preview are mirror-image.
(2) You can change individual snapshots made with either iChat or Photo Booth by opening the file with your
Preview application and using the
Preview > Tools > Flip Horizontal menu command.
Full-featured image editing software such as PhotoShop or PhotoShop Elements can also flip images that have already been saved.
(3) You can change future Photo Booth snapshots with the
Photo Booth > Edit > Auto Flip New Photos menu choice.
More info is in
Photo Booth > Help > Photo Booth Help. Search for
Flipping a photo there.
(4) iMovie is different. Its preview window shows images right-way-around, as is the customary view for movie cameras.
(5) To flip saved video recordings,
QuickTime Pro can do it easily. Use QT Pro's "Visual Settings" controls in the "Video Track" section of its "Movie Properties" menu command to flip, rotate, resize, and edit other properties of an already-recorded video.
If you do not have QT Pro but do have iMovie 6 HD, you can use iMovie 6 HD. Import the saved Photo Booth or iChat 4 video clip into iMovie and use iMovie's "Mirror" effect in
Editing >Video FX to flip it.
(6) If you really want to change your iSight's image, you can add
iGlasses 2 software.
If you frequently record video other than you sitting at your MacBook's keyboard with iSight and iMovie, you might be interested in the
huckleberry device.
(7) If you are into no-cost, imperfect, and unsophisticated work-arounds, one kludged alternative would be to position a mirror as best you can so you are making video of your image in the mirror.
(8) If you need more, we will be pleased to detailed suggestions based on the specifics of the question in your response.
EZ Jim
G5 DP 1.8 w/Mac OSX10.5.6 PowerBook 1.67 GHz w/Mac OSX10.4.11 iBookSE 366MHz OSX10.3.9 External iSight
