Convert vertical video to horizontal in imovie

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Convert vertical video to horizontal in imovie

Hi All!

I shot a video on the iphone 5 in vertical mode, emailed and downloaded it on my mac in mp4 format.

need to convert it to horizontal mode from vertical mode (as shot on the iphone), any suggestions how this can be done in iMovie? I cant find the edit button when I import the movie to the imovie library.

any help would be appreciated.

cheers !

MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on Oct 14, 2014 5:05 AM

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Klaus1

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Oct 14, 2014 6:16 AM in response to Chadski127

Rotating video or photos in iMovie 11:

http://help.apple.com/imovie/#mov3a884fd3

In earlier versions of iMovie you can also do this using Quicktime Pro 7:

Open MOV file in QT Pro (QT 7.6.6)

Window -> Show Movie Properties

select "Video Track"

select "Visual Settings" from lower window

check "Preserve Aspect Ratio"

Click on appropriate rotation icon (MOV rotates!)

Click back on the open MOV in Player Window

FILE -> Save

You can also do this using TransformMovie, available here:

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/21859

Also, MPEG Streamclip can rotate video while maintaining the aspect ratio as well as the interlacing when converting to DV, which is what iMovie prefers as an input:

http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html

There is also a plug-in for iMovie 6 from GeeThree called rotate/scale that might do the job:

http://geethree.com/slick/index.html

Further useful information here:

http://tips4mac.blogspot.co.uk/2007/08/rotating-clip-in-imovie-06.html

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