{"id":376,"date":"2013-10-22T14:58:52","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T14:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mac-dvd.com\/blog\/?p=376"},"modified":"2026-03-31T11:02:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T11:02:06","slug":"imovie-rotate-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mac-dvd.com\/blog\/imovie-rotate-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use iMovie to rotate videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes you may record videos with your phone and you want to rotate the video. And here is a step by step guide will show you how to use iMovie to rotate the videos, the tutorial is easy to understand, even you are new to Mac can handle it.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-377\" alt=\"imovie\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mac-dvd.com\/blog\/image\/2013\/10\/imovie.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mac-dvd.com\/blog\/image\/2013\/10\/imovie.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.mac-dvd.com\/blog\/image\/2013\/10\/imovie-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>iMovie is a proprietary video editing software application sold by Apple Inc. for the Mac and iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPad Mini and iPod Touch). Many Youtubers use iMovie to make and edit video for his YouTube channel, you can refer to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maclife.com\/article\/feature\/12_cool_tips_and_tricks_imovie_%E2%80%9911\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this website to learn more tips about iMovie<\/a>. Now, let&#8217;s start the guide.<\/p>\n<p>Step1. Open your iMovie project first and import your video. iMovie supports MP4\/MOV video, if your videos are not supported by iMovie, you can use this <a href=\"http:\/\/macvideoconverter.mac-dvd.com\/\">video converter for mac<\/a> to convert the video first.<\/p>\n<p>Step2. After you add the video into iMovie, hit the Rotate button to rotate your videos to the left or right. Each click turns your image 90 degrees.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-378\" alt=\"rotate-video-with-imovie-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mac-dvd.com\/blog\/image\/2013\/10\/rotate-video-with-imovie-1.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mac-dvd.com\/blog\/image\/2013\/10\/rotate-video-with-imovie-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.mac-dvd.com\/blog\/image\/2013\/10\/rotate-video-with-imovie-1-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Step3. Click the Play button in the viewer to preview the video. When you&#8217;re satisfied with the video rotating effect, simply click Done to finish rotating videos in iMovie.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-379\" alt=\"rotate-video-with-imovie-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mac-dvd.com\/blog\/image\/2013\/10\/rotate-video-with-imovie-2.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mac-dvd.com\/blog\/image\/2013\/10\/rotate-video-with-imovie-2.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.mac-dvd.com\/blog\/image\/2013\/10\/rotate-video-with-imovie-2-300x95.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes you may record videos with your phone and you want to rotate the video. 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