rotate video

[webgodjj]

I was given a movie from a client to put on his website. It was taken from a digital camera. The movie is actually pretty good quality, however it is rotated on it's side. I looked around in imovie and I don't think I can rotate the whole movie around? Any recommendations?

[hayne]

You can rotate a movie using QuickTime Player Pro ($30 from Apple). You do this via "Get Movie Properties", then choose "Video Track" and then "Size".

Of course you can also do it with Final Cut Express.

[Lankhmart]

You can also perform the rotation through AppleScript even with the free version of QuickTime Player. Just run the following script and select the movie that you want to rotate:

set originalMovie to choose file with prompt "Select a movie to rotate:"
display dialog "Rotate clockwise or counter-clockwise?" buttons {"Clockwise", "Counter-Clockwise"}
set turnChoice to button returned of the result
set saveRef to choose file name with prompt "Save a new copy of the movie here:"
tell application "QuickTime Player"
activate
open originalMovie
tell movie 1
if turnChoice = "Clockwise" then
rotate right (the first track whose kind is "video")
else
rotate left (the first track whose kind is "video")
end if
save in saveRef as self contained
end tell
end tell

[edalzell]

Sorry to resurrect a very old thread, but this method is the best one out there. All the other plugins are either not free or PPC only.

[cpandar]

Wanted to reply as well because this method helped me too! Thanks.