Rotating a video?

[MacBandit]

Okay I have a digital camera and I was filming with it the other day and I was using it on edge. I've done this before and knew better but forgot.

What I have now is a video that you get a crick in you neck trying to watch because it's on it's side. Is there any program or way to rotate it 90ºs so that it is upright?

[Wes]

I have exactly the same problem! It's pretty annoying.
Somebody please help me ;-)

[jelloshotsrule]

you can do it in fcp, or after effects, or premiere...

but i don't nkow about imovie...

do either of you have any of these programs?

[MisterBlack]

You can't do it in iMovie for sure, but Final Cut Pro does allow you to rotate your view.
Can't be sure about the rest.

[ftaok]

If you do a "Get Movie Properties" (cmd-J) from within QT Pro, you can rotate it.

Set the left box to Video Track and the right box to Size. Then use the icons at the bottom to adjust the movie. I believe that you can save the settings when you exit.

[jelloshotsrule]

good call ftaok

if you need more precise rotation... ie, not just 90º or 180º... you'd need to use after effects or fcp, or premiere.

[Wes]

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule
good call ftaok

if you need more precise rotation... ie, not just 90º or 180º... you'd need to use after effects or fcp, or premiere.

Thanks guys, you solved my problem

[MacBandit]

Thanks. So simple. I use to know all the tricks to Quicktime but I haven't played with it in years.

I guess I have some exploring to do yet.

[ftaok]

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule
good call ftaok Thanks. The thing is, that if someone asked me yesterday, I would have no idea. I was just playing with QT this morning and stumbled upon that feature. Good timing, I guess.

[MacBandit]

Originally posted by ftaok
Thanks. The thing is, that if someone asked me yesterday, I would have no idea. I was just playing with QT this morning and stumbled upon that feature. Good timing, I guess.

First rule of being a Mac God. Never ever let someone know that you don't know something. Either say I don't remember at the moment or tell them a place where they can get more detail then you can remember at the moment.

Second rule (this applies here): Never ever let someone know that you just recently discovered this. This destroys your all knowing impression. They need to think that you have always known this will always know this and maybe even knew it before Apple did. :)

[Mr. Anderson]

Even in FCP you can have any size movie you want, with in reasonable limits. So if you made your move 480x640 (90° rotation) it would sit nicely in the FCP screen. The only thing is that if you output it back to video, it will either be cropped or you'll have black stripes on either side. If its for web or screen viewing, it won't matter.

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[MacBandit]

Originally posted by dukestreet
Even in FCP you can have any size movie you want, with in reasonable limits. So if you made your move 480x640 (90° rotation) it would sit nicely in the FCP screen. The only thing is that if you output it back to video, it will either be cropped or you'll have black stripes on either side. If its for web or screen viewing, it won't matter.

D

I was aware of the black bars but no worries. I might put it on a VCD but not in the near future.

[ftaok]

Originally posted by MacBandit
First rule of being a Mac God. Never ever let someone know that you don't know something. Either say I don't remember at the moment or tell them a place where they can get more detail then you can remember at the moment.

Second rule (this applies here): Never ever let someone know that you just recently discovered this. This destroys your all knowing impression. They need to think that you have always known this will always know this and maybe even knew it before Apple did. :) This is excellent advice. I guess that I really screwed the pooch in regards to that 2nd rule. So for the record, I am saying that I've always known that you can rotate mpeg's and mov files by using Quicktime Pro.

The above post about just finding out today was obviously a fake. Someone at work must have stumbled across my password and tried to discredit my Mac-knowledge. ;)

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by MacBandit


First rule of being a Mac God. Never ever let someone know that you don't know something. Either say I don't remember at the moment or tell them a place where they can get more detail then you can remember at the moment.

Second rule (this applies here): Never ever let someone know that you just recently discovered this. This destroys your all knowing impression. They need to think that you have always known this will always know this and maybe even knew it before Apple did. :)

Third rule: always have an out if you get caught making a mistake, or have the forethought to leave out info so you have something to fall back on. Nothing like getting flamed for ignorance. ;)