Betty Rogers

Q: fix my video?

HI,

Apparently, someone bumped my iphone 6s while recording video in portrait mode. It changed the videos orientation to a single rotated one.

I repaired the rotation in Quicktime.

 

When I view my video on my Mac, after I rotated it, it has large black space on top and bottom, before I rotated it the black spaces were on sides.

 

When I upload it to Youtube, it appears as a small square with black all around it.

 

Can I fix this video?

Posted on Apr 18, 2016 5:48 AM

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  • by Nubz N.,

    Nubz N. Nubz N. Apr 19, 2016 11:30 AM in response to Betty Rogers
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    Apr 19, 2016 11:30 AM in response to Betty Rogers

    Hello Betty,

     

    It sounds like you are editing your iPhone movie on your Mac and as the aspect ratios of portrait versus landscape are different you are getting black boarders.

     

    Note QuickTime allows you to rotate a movie but not to crop it.

     

    How to use QuickTime Player - Apple Support

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    QuickTime Player offers several options for editing your movie, including trim, split, cut/copy/paste/delete, and flip/rotate.

     

    For that you may want to use iMovie.

     

     

    iMovie '11: Rotate video or photos

    To rotate a photo or video:

     

    1. In the Project browser, click a photo or video clip in your project, and then press the C key or click the Crop button.

      Image of the Crop button

      For video clips, a crop (or rotation) applies to the entire clip, even if you select just a part of the clip to modify.

    2. Click the right or left rotation buttons at the top of the viewer.

      Image of the rotation buttons

      Each click turns the image 90 degrees. With the new orientation, the image might no longer fit the project’s aspect ratio, and black bars might appear at the top and bottom of the image (letterbox) or on its left and right sides (pillarbox).

    3. To crop the image so that it fits the aspect ratio, click Crop in the upper-left corner of the viewer.

      Adjust the green cropping rectangle by dragging its corners or edges to show the part of the image you want. If you’re working with a photo, click Allow Black if you want to be able to keep black borders in the image when you crop.

      If you want the entire image to show, click Fit instead. Some black borders might appear on the sides or on the top and bottom of the image.

     

    iMovie (2013): Rotate a clip

     

    Take care

  • by Betty Rogers,

    Betty Rogers Betty Rogers Apr 21, 2016 4:03 AM in response to Nubz N.
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    Apr 21, 2016 4:03 AM in response to Nubz N.

    THank you!

  • by Nubz N.,

    Nubz N. Nubz N. Apr 21, 2016 6:19 AM in response to Betty Rogers
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    Apr 21, 2016 6:19 AM in response to Betty Rogers

    You are welcome, Betty.

    Glad to help.