How to Rotate a Video
This wikiHow teaches you how to change a video's vertical or horizontal orientation. You can rotate a video by downloading and using Movie Maker on a Windows computer, QuickTime on a Mac, and free apps on iPhone and Android smartphones....
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Rotating on Windows
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Download and install Windows Movie Maker. Windows Movie Maker was discontinued in 2012, but you can still download and install it on Windows 10 by visiting a third-party site and downloading it from there.- While it is possible to use VLC Media Player to rotate a video, doing so will remove the audio from the saved video.
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Open Windows Movie Maker. Its app icon resembles a film strip. This will open the project view section of Movie Maker. -
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Click Add videos and photos. This option is in the upper-left side of the window in the "Add" section. A new window will open. -
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Select your video. Go to the location of the video that you want to rotate, then click the video. -
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Click Open. It's in the bottom-right corner of the window. Your video will open in Movie Maker. -
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Rotate the video. Click either Rotate left or Rotate right in the "Editing" section of the toolbar. Your video should rotate accordingly.- You may have to perform this step more than once to get your video to the correct orientation.
- In some cases, clicking Rotate left will result in the video being rotated to the right when it's saved (and vice versa for Rotate right).
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Click File. It's in the upper-left corner of the window. A menu will appear. -
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Select Save movie. This option is near the middle of the menu. Selecting it will prompt a pop-out window. -
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Click Recommended for this project. It's at the top of the pop-out window. -
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Enter a title. Type in the title that you want to use for your movie. -
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Click Save. It's in the bottom-right corner of the window. This will save your video under your specified name. When you play it in any media player, it will be rotated to your liking.
Method 2 of 4:
Rotating on a Mac
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Type in quicktime. This will search your computer for the QuickTime app. -
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Double-click QuickTime. It should be the top result in the Spotlight search. Doing so opens the QuickTime video player. -
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Click File. You'll find this in the top-left corner of your Mac's screen. A drop-down menu will appear. -
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Click Open File…. It's near the top of the drop-down menu. -
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Select your video. Click the video that you want to rotate.- You may first have to go to the folder in which the video is stored by clicking the appropriate folder on the left side of the window.
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Click Open. It's in the lower-right side of the window. Doing so will open the video in the QuickTime player. -
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Click Edit. This menu item is at the top of the screen. A drop-down menu will appear. -
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Click a Rotate option. You'll find several Rotate options in the drop-down menu; click the one that you want to apply to your video. -
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Save your rotated video. To do so:- Click the File menu item again.
- Select Export
- Select a quality (e.g., 1080p).
- Add a name and select a save location.
- Click Save
Method 3 of 4:
Rotating on an iPhone
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Download the Rotate & Flip Video app. To do so:- Open the App Store
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- Tap Search
- Tap the search bar.
- Type in rotate & flip video
- Tap Search
- Tap GET to the right of the "Rotate & Flip Video" heading.
- Enter your Touch ID, or enter your Apple ID email address and tap Install.
- Open the App Store
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Open Rotate & Flip Video. Tap OPEN in the App Store, or tap the Rotate & Flip Video app icon. -
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Tap the video camera icon. It's in the middle of the screen. Doing so prompts a pop-up menu at the bottom of the screen. -
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Tap Video. You'll find this in the pop-up menu. -
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Tap OK if prompted. This will allow Rotate & Flip Video access to your iPhone's videos. -
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Select a video album. Tap the album in which your video is located.- If you're unsure of what to select here, tap Camera Roll.
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Select a video. Tap the video that you want to edit. -
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Tap Select. It's in the bottom-right corner of the screen. Doing so will open your video in the main window. -
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Rotate your video. Tap the 90 option until your video reaches the orientation that you prefer. -
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Tap Save. It's at the bottom of the screen. Doing so will save your rotated video onto your iPhone's Camera Roll.- Once you see an advertisement pop up, you can exit the Rotate & Flip Video app.
Method 4 of 4:
Rotating on an Android
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Download the Rotate Video FX app. To do so:- Open the Google Play Store
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- Tap the search bar.
- Type in rotate video fx
- Tap Rotate Video FX in the results.
- Tap INSTALL
- Tap ACCEPT
- Open the Google Play Store
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Open Rotate Video FX. Tap OPEN in the Google Play Store, or tap the Rotate Video FX app icon. -
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Tap START ROTATE. It's on the right side of the screen. -
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Tap Choose movie when prompted. Doing so will open your Android's camera roll. -
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Select a video. Tap the video that you want to rotate. -
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Exit the ad if necessary. After selecting a video, you may have to tap X or CLOSE on an ad before proceeding. -
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Rotate the video. Tap one of the arrows in the bottom-left or bottom-right corner of the screen to rotate your video 90 degrees left or right.- If you want to rotate the video 180 degrees, just tap the arrow twice.
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Tap START. It's at the bottom of the screen. -
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Select a conversion speed. Tap Fast method to flip the video quickly, or tap Normal method to make sure that the video will appear rotated in all supported media players. -
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Wait for your video to finish converting. Once you see the video begin to play, your video has been rotated and saved to your Android's camera roll.
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