iMovie cutting off top and bottem of my videos

Help me!!!


I have recorded video using my MacBook Pro and when i import the video everything is awesome looking but once I drag a clip to the editor portion of iMovie the program cuts off top and bottem of the video and places black bars there. Anyone have any clue why this is happening?



Video is recorded at 1440x900 with 29.97fps no audio, the videos are of World of Warcraft game play.

iMovie '11, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Dec 2, 2011 4:36 AM

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Dec 2, 2011 5:00 AM in response to Tytymk1

iMovie will make projects at a 16:9 aspect ratio or at a 4:3 aspect ratio. It assumes you want a movie that will display correctly on a Television.


After dragging a clip into your projject, you can use the Crop, Rotate, Ken Burns Tool on the middle toolbar to adjust the cropping. FIT will display your entire frame, and letterbix (add black space) to make it fill the aspect ratio. CROP will cut off the top, bottom, or sides to make it fit the aspect ratio without any letterboxing. In your case, choose Fit.


If you want to make FIT the default action for future clips you add, go to File/Project Properties and set it there as the default.

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