I filmed video clip with camera on side.. now the video is sideways

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skydigger123@hotmail.com - 30 Jun 2005 19:15 GMT

Hello,
I didn't realize that holding the camera on it's side (portrait mode)
would cause the video to be recorded on it's side. On the camera it
looks good, but when dumped to a PC, the .MOV file is sideways so
short of having to turn my monitor on the side or bending my head to
watch it, any way I can re-orient it so it is normal vertical? Just
need to rotate it 90 degrees I guess - but how?

thanks!!

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CSM1 - 30 Jun 2005 22:50 GMT

> Hello,
> I didn't realize that holding the camera on it's side (portrait mode)
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>
> thanks!!

With a video editor.
Such as:
http://www.pinnaclesys.com

For home users:
http://www.pinnaclesys.com/Category.asp?Category_ID=1&Langue_ID=7

Or:
Apple's QuickTime Pro (not the free QuickTime player) for Windows.
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/

Google search for "video Editor":
http://www.google.com/search?biw=999&hl=en&q=video+editor&btnG=Google+Search

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skydigger123@hotmail.com - 01 Jul 2005 01:13 GMT

Oh no, so I have to buy a whole product I'll only ever use once?
Damn... I was hoping it would be easy to open the video in a program,
rotate it 90 degrees then re-save it and done... :-|

>> Hello,
>> I didn't realize that holding the camera on it's side (portrait mode)
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>Google search for "video Editor":
>http://www.google.com/search?biw=999&hl=en&q=video+editor&btnG=Google+Search

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catfish@hotmall.com - 01 Jul 2005 01:21 GMT

well, yes ... it is called a "video editing program" that you open,
rotate, save the file in.

>Oh no, so I have to buy a whole product I'll only ever use once?
>Damn... I was hoping it would be easy to open the video in a program,
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>>Google search for "video Editor":
>>http://www.google.com/search?biw=999&hl=en&q=video+editor&btnG=Google+Search

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CSM1 - 01 Jul 2005 01:22 GMT

Well... Lesson learned!
Do not turn the camera, except for an intended special effect.

You could turn the TV or monitor on the side. <grin>

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> Oh no, so I have to buy a whole product I'll only ever use once?
> Damn... I was hoping it would be easy to open the video in a program,
[quoted text clipped - 23 lines]
>>Google search for "video Editor":
>>http://www.google.com/search?biw=999&hl=en&q=video+editor&btnG=Google+Search

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John P Bengi - 01 Jul 2005 02:15 GMT

Quicktime hacks are easy to find in 5 minutes usually. Just a password you
can borrow and then throw away. Same software for all levels, only the
password is different.

> Oh no, so I have to buy a whole product I'll only ever use once?
> Damn... I was hoping it would be easy to open the video in a program,
[quoted text clipped - 24 lines]
>
>http://www.google.com/search?biw=999&hl=en&q=video+editor&btnG=Google+Search

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Pilbs - 01 Jul 2005 17:38 GMT

> Hello,
> I didn't realize that holding the camera on it's side (portrait mode)
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>
> thanks!!

Try asking in news:alt.comp.freeware I bet they have a solution!

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Dirty Redpool - 09 Jul 2005 06:10 GMT

> Hello,
> I didn't realize that holding the camera on it's side (portrait mode)
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> thanks!!

There's a free program put there called VirtualDub. I was looking though
today and noticed in the video\filters menu that there's a rotate option.
That might do the trick. Google vurtualdub and you should be able to easily
find it.

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Andrew MacPherson - 09 Jul 2005 07:11 GMT

> There's a free program put there called VirtualDub.

Virtualdub works well with the avi files from my Canon S1, but it doesn't
like .mov files unfortunately. At least, it didn't when I tried. I may be
missing a trick though.

Andrew McP

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Impmon - 09 Jul 2005 07:42 GMT

>> Hello,
>> I didn't realize that holding the camera on it's side (portrait mode)
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>That might do the trick. Google vurtualdub and you should be able to easily
>find it.

VirtualDub doesn't work with MOV, you'd need to find a plugin for MOV
support. I have never tried this way so I don't know how well that
works.

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