AZNikon Loc: Mesa, AZ

Apparently I held my camera in the portrait mode while shooting a movie with my Nikon D5200. Therefore it is playing back with the action laying on its side. I don't see anyplace to rotate it like a photo. Any suggestions ? Thanks, Bob

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

Your pretty much out of luck there Bob. That is exactly why "Video Heads" for tripods do no offer portrait orientation. High end video software would rotate the image, but with the loss of aspect ratio. Have you got a monitor that you can rotate to portrait mode? Many do as it is popular for word processing programs, that might allow for more normal viewing of your video.

AZNikon Loc: Mesa, AZ

That's what I was afraid of. If I recall, I think I did it as an experiment. Now I know not to shoot upright. Thanks, Bob

Dr.db Loc: Central Point, OR

Bob - If you're feeling adventurously geeky, ffmpeg will fix it with a single command line. I just tested its rotation function with a .mov file on my Mac here and it worked flawlessly - and for free, even.

In fact, if you're manipulating video files in general, ffmpeg is a must-have tool, especially for format conversions, etc.

(You could do such a rotation with Photoshop, but would be limited to 500 frames, I believe.)

gwong1 Loc: Tampa, FL

bobbennett, If you are a PC user, try Microsoft Movie Maker. My wife takes video with her iPhone, and they were playing sideways, I used this to rotate the videos, and they save and play normally now. MT mentioned aspect ratio, I cannot comment on that as we were happy the video she took rotated. Gary

tonyjag Loc: Bolton, Ma.

If you are a Mac user,
https://discussions.apple.com/message/21522806#2152280
I used Quicktime 10.0 to rotate a movie that my grandson took with his Incredible phone on it's side.

AZNikon Loc: Mesa, AZ

I am a PC user but I do have Quicktime installed. I opened the movie in Quicktime and I don't see anyplace to do the rotation. Can I get the rest of the story? Thanks, Bob

P.S. I tried the FFMPEG mentioned by Dr. Db but it's too geeky for me to understand. I also have Adobe Premier Elements but can't figure out how to rotate in that program either (I sent an inquiry to Adobe but won't hold my breath). Looks like I might be SOL.

buckwheat Loc: Clarkdale, AZ and Belen NM

Windows Live Movie Maker is free, probably already on your computer, incredibly easy and not sophisticated at all. This must happen often enough that the command to rotate is on the toolbar at the top of the screen. And if I can rotate a movie, anyone can!

tonyjag Loc: Bolton, Ma.

As the link I posted says, not all versions of QuickTime have it. 10.0 on MacOS 10.6.8 cannot, but 10.1 on MacOS 10.7.5 can rotate either way or flip. Choices appear in the EDIT menu. Good Luck.

Morning Star Loc: West coast, North of the 49th N.

Right after our son got married, I collected a number of video clips from relatives and friends and put them into one movie.
Several of these clips were taken "sideways".
I use Adobe Elements Premiere (version 12) for my video editing, and that program easily turns the images by 90 degrees.

It also mixes 16:9 and 4:3 clips in the same movie quite easily.

AZNikon Loc: Mesa, AZ

Tell me more. I have Adobe Elements Premier but I have never used it. Can you give me a list of instructions or the link to a You Tube or something to go on? I looked around the menus and didn't see anything I thought would help. Thanks, Bob

Morning Star Loc: West coast, North of the 49th N.

I'll assume you meant this question for me... (If you click "Quote Reply" below a message, the name of the poster and the message you're replying to will show. You can even delete a large part of it, if it is very long and you're replying to just one sentence or paragraph. Only thing: don't touch the text in the square brackets :) )

OK, back to Elements. You don't say what version you have, but this is from the manual for version 8:

1. Select the clip in the Timeline.
2. In the Effects view, click the Edit Effects button.
3. Expand the Motion effect in the Properties view, and do one of the following:
• Drag the underlined value to the right of Rotation.
• Click Rotate Left or Rotate Right to rotate the clip 90° in either direction.

For version 12 it is slightly different:
1. Select the clip in the Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline.
2. Click the Applied Effects button.
3. Expand the Motion effect in the Applied Effects panel, and do one of the following:
- Drag the underlined value to the right of Rotation.
- Click Rotate Left or Rotate Right to rotate the clip 90° in either direction.

You can find the manual for Premiere Elements 12, here:
http://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/premiere-elements_reference.pdf

This page could be quite helpful too:
https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-elements/topics.html

YouTube for Premiere Elements:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO7n3EFDfmk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LqRMpe2eZ4

This one is for Premiere Pro, but may help:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYTfjmA_pww

If you can't figure it out, let me know what version you have, and later today or tomorrow I'll open a clip, rotate it, and jot down the steps as I go. Then post here.

AZNikon Loc: Mesa, AZ

Yes, this question was directed to you personally. Wow-I am impressed with your knowledge. I do have the Photoshop Elements 12/Premiere Elements 12 program installed. I see you have the instructions included for 12. I will try this later in the day and let you know. Again, thanks for your help, Bob