B03 Cropping and Rotating Your Video 1:11
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Cropping and rotating your video
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Some times, when should look at the video,
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you decide it you want to reframe it a little
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to focus on the action.
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You can crop the video clip
thats in a movie project,
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or an entire clip thats in an event.
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To crop a clip,
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just select it and click the crop button.
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A selection rectangle appears in the viewer,
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letting you set which part of the video
would show if you apply a crop.
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You can resize the rectangle
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by dragging the corners,
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and to reframe the video
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just click and drag in the middle.
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You can even rotate the video
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by clicking the buttons in the middle,
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at the top of the screen.
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To see how the crop will look,
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click the play clip button.
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If you like what you see,
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just click done.
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Now every time you see this clip in iMovie,
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you will see it with the changes
that you have made,
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but the great thing about
cropping and rotating in iMovie,
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is that if you change your mind later,
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the original video is still there.
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Say you can always go back and readjust it
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untill its exactly the way you want.
page revision: 12, last edited: 03 Oct 2009 21:55
cropping and rotating your video
some times, when should look at the video, you decide it you want to reframe it
a little to focus on the action
you can crop the video clip thats in a movie project, or an entire clip
thats in an event
to crop a clip , just select it and click the crop button
a selection rectangle appers in the viewer , letting you set which
part of the video if you apply the crop
you can resize the rectangle by dragging the corners , and to reframe the
video just click and drag in the middle.
you can even rotate the video by clicking the buttons in the middle,
at the top of the screen.
to see how the crop will look, click the play clip button
if you like what you see, just click done.
now every time you see this clip in imovie , you will see it with the
changes that you have made, but the great thing about croping and rotatin in
imovie ,is that if you change your mind later, the original video is still
there
say you can always go back and re adjuste it untill its exactly the way
you want.