I'm new to iMovie. This morning I successfully exported from iMovie at 720p. It exported fine with proper format. Subsequent exporting only exports in 16:9 format which also crops off top and bottom - I have not changed anything (that I know of). No matter what I do I cannot get the 4:3 format back again. Please help.
OS Mojave
iMovie 10.1.13
iMac 21.5", macOS 10.13
Click on the Crop tool and select Fit. Your 4:3 aspect ratio will be restored, with black bars on each side to make it fit iMovie’s 16:9 screen.
Take a look at this help item that explains the process:
https://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.1/#/mova56757e7e
— Rich
You can trim out the black bars with the QuickTimePlayer on your Mac. Play your video on your desktop with Quicktime and record it as a screen recording. Drag-select the video portion, cropping out the black bars.
— Rich
Thanks, That seems to have fixed the problem. Although I not sure how the 16:9 got applied. Oh well.
Can I ask another export question? Maybe I should start a new issue?
There are some black frames in the middle of the clip. I split the clip and I trimmed out the black frames. It plays properly in the time line but when I export, the black frames are still there.
Paul
Hi,
You last question would best be the subject of a new post so can get maximum exposure and input.
-- Rich
Yesterday I was able to export the 4:3 file without the black bars. Today no luck. This seems kind of random. For this project I would prefer no black bars.
Paul
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