Working with clips in  iMovie 4

Is it possible rotate a short clip that a new camera man shot sideways? He thought the subject fit better in the view finder on its side!

Hi Chuckey:
You can use QuickTime Pro: Movie / Get Movie Properties / Video Track/Size and then use rotate buttons. Or you can
get Simple Rotate, an iMovie plugin
Sue

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