Convert Horizontal to Vertical Video in iMovie (YouTube Shorts, Reels, TikTok)

Convert your horizontal videos to vertical format for YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, and TikTok using iMovie on Mac - a fast & efficient way to produce tons of vertical video content from your long-form, horizontal videos using iMovie!

I’ve created quite a few YouTube Shorts from my regular video uploads using this method. But you can use this to repurpose horizontal videos into vertical videos for other platforms, like TikTok and Instagram Reels.

* Instructions for creating a vertical Dummy Clip for vertical video editing in iMovie: https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkxo87w4MmbMoOyJsA9qgAJkcfoe8Mg-s-z

* How to create Dummy Clips for your regular, horizontal iMovie editing projects:
https://youtu.be/GTkBnRH7ZHE


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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:26 Setting up iMovie Vertical Editing
2:45 Adding & Trimming Horizontal Video
4:18 Reframing Horizontal for Vertical Video
6:13 Tracking movement for Vertical Video



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