Got a new SONY FDR-X3000. It allows recording video with the camera in the normal position and upside down. I forgot to reset the camera to right side up mode and shot a bunch of clips that now play back upside down. Is there a utility that will batch rotate the video files? I know I can do the rotation inside FCP one at a time but would rather rotate them all and then import to FCP.
Well I found a way to rotate the clips outside of FCPX using a Finder window. When a clip is selected in a Finder window, v10.14.6, a Rotate Left button, along with two other button, shows up just below the thumbnail. Clicking the button rotates the clip 90 degrees. Two clicks and it rotates it 180 degrees. FCPX recognizes the rotation and imports the clip in the correct orientation so they do not have to be rotated inside FCPX. The Finder will only rotate one clip at a time. The thing I like about this solution is that the clips come in correctly oriented to allow easy viewing in the FCPX Browser.
Batch rotate clips 180 Degrees
