{"id":652,"date":"2017-06-01T15:57:26","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T19:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/?p=652"},"modified":"2019-01-22T10:04:34","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T15:04:34","slug":"consider-aspect-ratio-when-shooting-videosphotos-on-mobile-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mtanews\/consider-aspect-ratio-when-shooting-videosphotos-on-mobile-device\/","title":{"rendered":"Consider aspect ratio when shooting videos\/photos on mobile device"},"content":{"rendered":"
Aspect ratio of an image is the image\u2019s width to height ratio. In order to avoid black bars in the sides of your iMovie video, you must use the correct aspect ratio for your project. Most videos today have either 4 : 3 or the \u00a016 : 9 (also called widescreen) aspect ratio.\u00a0 It\u2019s good if you know what aspect ratio the video you are importing to iMovie has.<\/div>\n
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You can learn more about aspect ratios here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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iMovie are 16:9 only<\/h4>\n

This means that videos and photos you have taken from your phone might be distorted when you import them into iMovie.\u00a0We can see in the preview window that the video is very small and there are black bars on left and right.<\/p>\n

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This is because the video is shoot when the phone is “portrait”. When the phone is “portrait”, the video is recorded in 4:3 ratio. So try to shoot your video in\u00a0landscape<\/strong> mode.<\/p>\n

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Set Video with 16:9 ratio in iMovie<\/h4>\n

If you shoot your video in\u00a0portrait<\/strong> mode and import it to iMovie, you\u00a0can see in the preview window that the video is very small and there are black bars on left and right with 4:3 aspect ratio.<\/p>\n

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There are four ways to set the ratio to be 16:9 in iMovie.<\/p>\n

1. You can do it by clicking the\u00a0Crop<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n

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2. \u00a0Choose \u24b6 Fit \u24b7 Crop to Fill \u24b8 Ken Burns \u00a0\u24b9 Rotate
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\u24b7 Crop to Fill means that you can choose a portion of the video and make it 16:9. After clicking \u24b7, you can move around the rectangle to decide which portion of the video you want to show. Then, click the check to be done.<\/p>\n

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Now, the portion you have selected will be 16:9 ratio.<\/p>\n

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\n\u24b8\u00a0You can see how to deal with ken burns effect with this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u24b9 You can rotate your video, but it might not be shown in the way you want.<\/p>\n

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3. Note that it is always better to shoot your video in\u00a0landscape<\/strong> mode.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aspect ratio of an image is the image\u2019s width to height ratio. In order to avoid black bars in the sides of your iMovie video,…<\/p>\n

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