Video file manipulation (rotation)

[MikeB63]

My wife used our Canon A65 digital camera to record video of our daughter's dance recital. Unfortunately she forgot what she was doing and turned the camera 90 degrees to get a full shot. The result was a sideways video. Is there any way to rotate this video so the footage can be seen right side up?

 

[Disney*Dreamer]

I did the same thing at Disney this year. Well mine was a little more complicated, I turned mine in the middle of a video, which meant I had half a video was right and the other half was sideways. Anyway, it is very simple to fix if you have the right software, I think mine came with Vista. I took the file into Windows movie maker. Applied the rotate 90% effect, which fixed where it was recorded sideways, up until I turned the camera back the right way, and then that part was still sideways. So to fix that I then put the movie into timeline view and got the movie right were I turned it and hit the split button and then got it to the point that it was completly turned and hit the split button again and just deleted the section where I was turning the camera. And viola it was fixed, a lot easier than I thought it was going to be.

 

[MikeB63]

Is Windows movie maker a Vista basic offering or was it an option you selected? I have Vista on my PC at home. Thanks for the reply.

 

[extreme8]

Virtualdub can do this with the right plugin - I've used it myself.
It's more complicated than movie maker, but it's far more powerful as well.

You can find a link to it here;
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/sections/video-editors-wmv-avi

 

[MontanaZoo]

I've fixed that with Adobe Premiere Elements before, I have a copy that came packaged with my Adobe Photoshop Elements.

 

[Disney*Dreamer]

Is Windows movie maker a Vista basic offering or was it an option you selected? I have Vista on my PC at home. Thanks for the reply.

No, it was just something that was on there. Not sure if HP had added it extra, but it wasn't anything that I picked out and had added. Hope you get it fixed!