[MacDV] Re: Need to create vertical videos with text

[Mark Des Cotes]

All I get is a "server not responding" message when I click on  
"plasma windmills"

I had thought of rotating my movie in QT then re-importing it back  
into iMovie but when I tried it my now 3:4 movie gets stretched to  
fit a 4:3 window, completely distorting it. (I haven't purchased  
iMovie HD yet to try 9:16)

Mark Des Cotes
Systems Manager/Graphic Designer

Astro Printing Service (Cornwall) Ltd.
3308 Second Street East
Cornwall Ontario Canada  K6H 6J8
T (613) 932-9281 Ext 106,  F (613) 932-1052
www.astroprinting.com




On 3-Nov-06, at 1:44 PM, sb wrote:

> http://www.abtelectronics.com/about/gallery_attractions.php3
> "plasma windmills"
>
> Finish the movie, rotate in QT, re-import into iMovie, add titles/ 
> text,
> re-export.
>
> FCE will do this all very easily (cropping the image, adding really  
> good
> looking titles via Boris Title3D, rotating images, etc)
>
>  regards,
>
>  sb
>
>
>
>
> On 11/3/06 10:31 AM, "Mark Des Cotes" <mark at astroprinting.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I'm new to the list, heck, I'm new to digital video as well so you'll
>> have to pardon my naivety. My manager has purchased a 37 inch LTC TV
>> that he wants to mount in our front lobby so that we can play a
>> looped video promoting our various services and specials. He would
>> like to see a combination of video and still images with text
>> flashing in and out of the picture,  you know, all that fun stuff.
>> The task of creating said video has fallen on me. Now since video
>> creating/editing is not really a business we want to get into we
>> would prefer not have to spend a fortune on software. Not to worry,
>> My Mac has lovely little programs on it called iMovie and iDVD which
>> under normal circumstances would be perfect for what I need. Notice
>> the mention of "normal circumstances". Here's the catch, the 37 inch
>> TV will be mounted sideways so that it becomes a tall screen (9:16)
>> instead of a wide screen (16:9). That's my problem. Filming the video
>> sideways isn't a problem, neither is rotating still images in
>> Photoshop. I can combine both of them in iMovie and then rotate the
>> completed movie in Quicktime to give me a tall video. My problem is
>> with text. As far as I can tell iMovie will only allow me to type
>> text horizontally (which would normally be what you'd want) but if I
>> then turn my video sideways the text would be sideways as well, see
>> my problem? What options do I have without having to spend thousands
>> of dollars. Would Final Cut Express or Adobe Premier Elements allow
>> me to do what I want? Any other suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Mark Des Cotes
>> Systems Manager/Graphic Designer
>>
>> Astro Printing Service (Cornwall) Ltd.
>> 3308 Second Street East
>> Cornwall Ontario Canada  K6H 6J8
>> T (613) 932-9281 Ext 106,  F (613) 932-1052
>> www.astroprinting.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
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