Rotation and Size Issues

[Guest]

When I rotate a movie and save it the height and width setting isn't what it
should be. My digital camera takes avi files that are 320 wide and 240 high.
Some of them I need to rotate because I held the camera 90 degrees. When
rotated and saved the video it is square, no longer rectangular It stretches
one dimension to make it square and doesn't look right. I can't find a way to
change the height and width so that it looks right.

Can anyone help me?

Thanks
LaneG

 

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

You need to take the clip to software such as VirtualDub and
crop/rotate/resize as needed... and then bring it back into Movie Maker.
There's a link to download VirtualDub on the Setup > Other Software page of
my website.
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[Guest]

Thank you very much PapaJohn, I downloaded VirtualDub and rotated my avi file
just fine. But then the file size was 15 times the original file. Then worked
with the video compression settings and found one that got it down to almost
the original size.

Too bad MS's Movie Maker can't work that well.

Thanks much
LaneG

 

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

Right.. the default compression codec is 'uncompressed'... lately I've been
using the Panasonic DV codec as the compression option in Virtual Dub to
retain quality during the transfer from and to Movie Maker.
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[Rehan]

You can achieve the required effect within Windows Movie maker by using the
custom rotate effects i made some time ago. These effects would rotate the
video while keeping the aspect ratio intact. The "Fit" ones would rotate and
fit the full vertical height of the rotated video in the horizontal frame,
while the non-Fit ones would just rotate and truncate top and bottom areas.
Enjoy.

Copy paste the following xml code into notepad and save as "rotate.xml" in
C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\Shared\AddOnTFX. Create the fodler if not
there. Restart WMM afterwards.


<TransitionsAndEffects Version="1.0" >
<Effects>
<EffectDLL guid="{B4DC8DD9-2CC1-4081-9B2B-20D7030234EF}">
<Effect name="Rotate Right" iconid="24" >
<Param name="InternalName" value="Simple3D" />
<Param name="RotateA" value="right" />
<Param name="Progress" value="0.25" />
</Effect>
<Effect name="Rotate Left" iconid="23" >
<Param name="InternalName" value="Simple3D" />
<Param name="RotateA" value="left" />
<Param name="Progress" value="0.25" />
</Effect>
<Effect name="Rotate Right Fit" iconid="24" >
<Param name="InternalName" value="Simple3D" />
<Param name="RotateA" value="right" />
<Param name="ScaleA" value="0.75" />
<Param name="InitialScaleA" value="0.75" />
<Param name="Progress" value="0.25" />
</Effect>
<Effect name="Rotate Left Fit" iconid="23" >
<Param name="InternalName" value="Simple3D" />
<Param name="RotateA" value="left" />
<Param name="ScaleA" value="0.75" />
<Param name="InitialScaleA" value="0.75" />
<Param name="Progress" value="0.25" />
</Effect>
</EffectDLL>
</Effects>
</TransitionsAndEffects>