# QuickTime movie edit question: rotate? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 7, 2004, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quicktime-movie-edit-question-rotate/278528 "2004-12-07T13:02:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quicktime-movie-edit-question-rotate/278528/1 "2004-12-07T13:02:36Z")
I recently bought digital camera (Kodak CX6445) that allows one to make Quicktime movies. Without thinking I rotated the camera 90 degrees and made a short clip of my son on a rocking horse. Of course when I play it back, the picture is rotated 90 degrees. Is there any tool that would allow me to fix this? ---
**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quicktime-movie-edit-question-rotate/278528/2 "2004-12-07T14:17:12Z")
> [@BwanaBob](#): > > I recently bought digital camera (Kodak CX6445) that allows one to make Quicktime movies. > Without thinking I rotated the camera 90 degrees and made a short clip of my son on a rocking horse. > Of course when I play it back, the picture is rotated 90 degrees. > Is there any tool that would allow me to fix this? Quick, take a new movie with the camera upright at first opportunty. Email quicktime for thier advice. There may or may not be a rotational tool. ---
**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quicktime-movie-edit-question-rotate/278528/3 "2004-12-07T14:32:17Z")
BwanaBob: Apple Quick Time Pro 6.5 at $59 has the capabilities to rotate and other do other magic. [QT Pro 6.5](http://www.apple.com.au/quicktime/download/) ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quicktime-movie-edit-question-rotate/278528/4 "2004-12-07T15:14:23Z")
You wouldn’t happen to be on a Mac would you? [iMovie](http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/) could do this sort of thing for free. If not, there might be some shareware or freeware out there that could do this sort of simple task, and you wouldn’t have to spend a dime. Check [VersionTracker.com](http://VersionTracker.com) for QuickTime editing. good luck. ---
**Author:** ![Popup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@Popup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Popup)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quicktime-movie-edit-question-rotate/278528/5 "2004-12-07T15:38:00Z")
[slight hijack] I have a Canon ixus-400 that makes .avi’s of type MJPG. Is there an easy way of rotating these movies? Or doing other simple manipulation, such as re-coding with a more universal codec? ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quicktime-movie-edit-question-rotate/278528/6 "2004-12-07T16:05:44Z")
Popup, I use [VirtualDub](http://www.virtualdub.org/) to do that very thing. It can open the Canon AVI files and you just add a “rotate 90” filter and choose a codec. Not the most intuitive program but it is free. Don’t think it works for Quicktime though. ---
**Author:** ![Popup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@Popup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Popup)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quicktime-movie-edit-question-rotate/278528/7 "2004-12-07T16:17:15Z")
> [@SmackFu](#): > > Popup, I use [VirtualDub](http://www.virtualdub.org/) to do that very thing. It can open the Canon AVI files and you just add a “rotate 90” filter and choose a codec. Not the most intuitive program but it is free. Thank you, I’ll give it a try.