How To Edit Vertical Video on iMovie iPhone

In this video, you'll learn a secret trick to edit vertical video inside iMovie for iPhone. The app for iPhone doesn't include a native feature to edit vertical video, so you need to learn this technique for future projects.

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[dizzydisciple]

Absolutely ridiculous that Apple hasn’t added vertical support in 2023! Unreal…

[morganpeace]

I wish everyone made YouTube videos this way, absolutely a perfect narrative, down to business and no beating around the bush!

[KrzysztofBob]

There's an easier way to do it. Open your portait video in photos --> edit --> rotate to horizontal --> save --> THEN import it to iMovie and edit as you like --> save video --> open the new file in photos and rotate it back to portrait. Not only it's quicker, it also preserves original quality as cropping degrades video quality

[misaeljaimes]

For many years I used iMovie to edit all my videos and never had a problem with it, till one day my videos started coming out in a square format and I didn’t know how to fix this problem so I stop using and when to other platforms and till now I saw this video and how to fix this problem.
Thank you for making this videos

[gardendesignwithozzymaldon]

Thanks man. Great explanation, right to the point, no bs. One more time, thanks!!!

[benchawes]

OMG….!!!! This info was simple and yet gold. Thanks BIG TIME ❤

[Bianxaaa]

hello i have a question doesnt it mess with the quality of the video

[Srilankanenglishteacher]

OMG! You have no idea as to how much time you saved me by offering this in detail video explation on how to edit vertical videos on Imovie. Thanks a million!

[Teddii]

thanks heaps! are we loosing quality in the process? :0

incredible missing functionality this is hilariously xD

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[idavainionpaa]

Thanks for sharing! I applied this on my Macbook and worked just fine. However the thumbnail icon, when I look at the file in the Finder window, is still viewing a horizontal image. If I open it its vertical and the preview is vertical too. Just the icon/thumbnail that stays horizontal. Do you have any fixes for this? Thanks in advance 💥🙌

[BlakkMelk]

Had a square video and didn't know how to fix it - thank you :)

[katya]

Looks great but I couldn’t figure out how to size the text properly that it’s not cut off from the frame after the editing. 🤔

[badatcomputer]

Really helpful, thanks. Saved me time on my school project

[JxBx]

This is the definitely the only way to do it in iMovie. It's a shame we have to lose all that resolution.

[karissa]

Awesome thanks!

I’m not getting the pinch to zoom tool when I select the clip to work with pictures in iMovie. Any suggestions!

[magdaddy]

You’re doing gods work uploading this to YouTube thank you Sir

[catherinehirst]

This was so helpful and answered every question I had - thank you so much.

[AdventureAwaits]

iMovie been bugging me because couldn’t figure out to make shorts and TikTok’s on iMovie. Thanks for this! This help so much thanks!

[GrahamSouthorn]

Great video. I would never have thought of all these steps.