How to Change The Orientation of a Video? (Desktop)
So you have a video which is upside down? Do you know how to change the orientation of video? If not, this post will be helpful for you. In the following text, we will uncover a list of tools for video rotating. There are video rotate software for PC/ Mac users and free online video rotators for people who don’t like download and installation.
1.Great Video Rotate Software
For people who are used to editing videos on computer, they would prefer video rotate software. This kind of programs are based on computer so they require download and installation. Actually, desktop application runs faster and more stable compared to online video rotator, which are always infected by the network condition. Besides, uploading a video file to the web is not ideal to protect personal privacy. Moreover, desktop application usually allows you to upload large video files while online services will limit the file size. Therefore, video rotate software is what we recommend first.
Jihosoft Video Editor
Jihosoft Video Editor is the best program to rotate video. This software allows you to import large video file and the processing speed is fast and stable. It also help convert the flipped video to the file format you prefer. Its user-friendly UI makes it easy to use even for the beginners.
- Step 1. Run the video rotate software and click on ‘Add File’ or directly drag and drop the file to the box.
- Step 2. There are 4 rotate options: Rotate 90 clockwise, Rotate 90 counterclockwise, Horizontal flip, Vertical flip. Click on one of the options one time to rotate your video. You can also preview the flipped video before output.
- Step 3. Set up the output format and output location and click on the ‘Start’ button.
Aiseesoft Free Video Editor
Aiseesoft not only allows you to change the orientation of a video, but also crop video, cut/ join video, add effects, add/ remove watermark, etc. One defect of this software is that it goes crash unexpectedly sometimes. Download the software on your PC/ Mac and follow this guide:
- Step 1. Launch the program and choose ‘Rotate’.
- Step 2. Import a file by clicking on ‘Add File’.
- Step 3. Rotate video right/ left or flip video horizontally/ vertically.
- Step 4. Click on ‘Save’.
Movavi Video Editor
Movavi Video Editor is another video rotate software which allows you to customize the rotate angel. It is easy to use even for the beginners. Now, install the software on your computer and follow the guide below:
- Step 1. Start the program and click on ‘Add Media Files’ to import a video file.
- Step 2. Click on the Rotate button from the tool bar.
- Step 3. Set up the rotate angle and click on ‘Apply’.
If you don’t like to install anything on your computer, online video rotating tool will be a good choice.
2.Free online video rotator
In this part, we collect a list of free online video rotators, which do an excellent job of changing the orientation of video. Different from those desktop programs or mobile apps, they are all online services which require no download or installation. Go on exploring and pick up the one you prefer to rotate your video.
Note: Since they are online services, please make sure the network condition is good, so they can process the video smoothly.
Clideo
Clideo is the first free online video rotator we would recommend you. Through Clideo, you can horizontally mirror a video or vertically flip a video. Besides, you can quickly convert video files to any formats like 3G2, 3GP, AVI, ASF, F4V, FLV, MP4, M2TS, M2V, M4V, MKV, MOV, MPG, MPEG, MTS, MFX, OGV, RM, RMVB, TS, VOB, WEVM, WMV. Alright, you won’t spend more time searching for a video converting tool. Here is the tutorial:
- Step 1. Open your web browser and visit https://clideo.com/flip-video
- Step 2. Click ‘Choose file’ to upload a local video; you can also click the arrow icon to choose uploading video from web.
- Step 3. When the video is uploaded, click the rotate button to mirror a video horizontally or flip a video vertically. Then choose an output format and click ‘Flip’.
Video Rotate
Video Rotate is another simple and juicy tool for video rotating. With this online video rotator, you can rotate the video left or right, flip the video horizontally or vertically.
- Step 1. Open https://videorotate.com/ on web browser and drop a local video file in the box. Or you can click ‘Upload your movie’ to upload a local video. You can also choose to upload a file from Dropbox, Google drive, Onedrive.
- Step 2. Click the rotate buttons to edit your video, then click the ‘Transform Video’ button to save the video.
Note: If you are not satisfied with the result, simply click the ‘Reset’ button to start over.
Kapwing
Kapwing, the third powerful online service to help you change the orientation of a video. There is login request before using Kapwing. To quickly access to this tool, simply log in with your Google account.
- Step 1. Open https://www.kapwing.com/tools/rotate-video on web browser.
- Step 2. Click the box to upload a file or drag and drop a file in the box. If the file is online resource, simply paste the link and go.
- Step 3. On the editing page, there are 4 rotate options. You can clockwise rotate the video, flip or mirror the video, or set up the rotating degrees.
ROTATEVIDEO.ORG
ROTATEVIDEO.ORG allows you to flip or rotate videos clock or counterclockwise. File formats like mpg, mpeg, mp4, avi, flv, mov, m2v, mkv, m4v, 3gp, wmv are well supported. Yet, you cannot upload a video larger than 16 MB.
- Step 1. Open rotatevideo.org on web browser.
- Step 2. Click on ‘Choose File’ or enter a URL to upload a video.
- Step 3. Set up the output format (MP4, M4V, MKV), set up the rotation direction (Rotate by 90° clockwise/ Rotate by 90° counterclockwise/ Flip 180°) and click on ‘Start’.
If your video is larger than 100 MB, you should move on to another tool.
Roketium
Roketium is an online video editing tool with rotating feature. Through Roketium, you can clockwise rotate your video 90 degrees, 180 degrees, 270 degrees and 360 degrees. Besides, this online tool supports various file formats including 3G2, 3GP, ASF, AVI, DV, F4V, FLV, GIF, M2TS, M4V, MKV, MOV, MP4, MPE, MPEG, MPG, MTS, OGV, TS, VOB, WMV, WEBM. Now, let’s rotate video in 2 easy steps.
- Step 1. Click on the upload icon to upload your video, or drag and drop your video file.
- Step 2. Once your video is uploaded, click on ‘Rotate Video’ to rotate video by 90 degrees with every click.
- Step 3. Once you are satisfied with the output, click on ‘Generate Video’ to download the video.
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