While the different shades of black can be an (annoyingly) subtle difference, the difference in how your movie looks is significant. And notice that this black is darker than the gray-black color that makes up the background of the Viewer. If you look carefully at the screenshot above, you can see there are dark black bars on either side of my photo, identified by the green arrows in the screenshot. How to Crop your Videos (or Photo) if NecessaryĪfter rotating your image, it is likely to look like the screenshot below, where my Dashing T-Shirt Model is now orientated right, but is only filling about a third of the movie screen. For example, if your video was imported upside down, clicking either button twice will bring it round. Note that you can keep clicking either button until you get the image right. We will get to the Style options later, but to rotate you use the two icons highlighted by the green arrows in the screenshot above.Įach button turns your image 90 degrees, clockwise if you click the right button and counterclockwise if you click the left button. Just select the clip in your timeline and click the cropping tool icon (highlighted by the red arrow in the screenshot above) in iMovie’s Viewer window (which is in the top right portion of the iMovie application.)Ĭlicking the icon reveals a row of cropping tools just above your video in the Viewer. If you import a video or photo that was shot with your camera at the wrong angle (upside down happens for me all the time when I am shooting on an iPhone), it will look similar to the screenshot below, where my picture of a Dashing T-Shirt Model is laying on the side.īut the fix is easy. How to Rotate Videos (or Photos) in iMovie Mac How to Crop your Videos (or Photo) if Necessary.How to Rotate Videos (or Photos) in iMovie Mac.

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