Rotate a Video in Adobe Premiere Pro

Quite often, you get the video the wrong direction. Usually, this happens when someone has a new phone and hasn't figured out which way was up! Luckily, in Adobe Premiere Pro, rotating the video isn't hard.

Steps

  1. Start a project in Set Up a New Adobe Premiere Project and import your video to it.
  2. If you don't already have your video in the program, import your media (your video).
  3. Once you have it in your project tab, drag it to the timeline.
  4. Go to the Effects Control tab.
  5. Locate the Rotation option. It will be under Motion. Change the number. To get you started, here are some basic angles.
    • Video needs rotated right (CW): 45 degrees
    • Video needs rotated left (CCW): 270 degrees
    • Video is upside down: 90 degrees
  6. Watch the video after you rotate it. The video will be rotated sideways, but you will lose some of it in the transition.
  7. Consider changing the scale to a smaller number, like 75 %. This will allow you to keep more of the video right on screen.



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