rotation of vdeo clips

[cropthorne]

Hi
Can anyone help me with rotating video clips in elements 4 and saving the alteration so I can transfer the video to dvd.

[ATR]

cropthhorne

This sounds like a Premiere Elements 4 question, not a Photoshop Elements 4 question. Right? Best to post your Premiere Elements questions in the Premiere Elements forum here. Since I would probably be answering there, let us see what we can do here.

Assuming that this is a Premiere Elements 4 question,
highlight your video
go up to the Window Menu
select Properties
turn your attention to the Properties Panel that appears to right of interface
go to the Motion category and expand it to see the options there
toward the bottom of Motion, you will see the rotation options

If you are asking about Photoshop Elements 4, that has some complications/implications if you think that you are going to burn a DVD there.

Clarification should help me to help you.

ATR

[cropthorne]

Thank you for your reply ATR, I'm sorry if I posted in the wrong category but being a newbie I thought advanced elements covered both.
You're right in your assumption that I'm using Premiere Elements 4; the problem I'm having is "I downloaded a video from my cam, where three clips were at 90deg from vertical. To correct it, I select effects,edit effects,expand motion then clk left/right, 'done' then move on to the second/third. Then after viewing the first one again, I find it as reverted back". I couldn't find away of saving it so that I could eventually transfer to a DVD with all the clips being vertical. Hope this makes sense.
Many thanks, cropthorne

[ATR]

First, are these three sections of a continuous video strip
OR
are these three separate (non linked) clips sitting on the Timeline side by side??

If it is the continuous video strip, you could always use keyframing of the Rotation option if you did not want to split the clip beforehand.

If these are three separate clips, just make sure that you have selected (highlighted) the one with which you want to work.

See if that helps. If not, I will rethink the matter from your further details.

ATR

[cropthorne]

The strip is continuous but I'm not sure I understand keyframing. Would this be the only way of correcting the problem.

cropthorne

[ATR]

See how you do with the details in this article on keyframing
http://videoinasnap.chuckengels.com/source/steve/steve_tips_01-06.htm
I could go into more detail, if necessary.

What you could do is use the Split Clip feature to isolate the clip(s) so that you do your rotate on the individual portions rather than on the whole piece of continuous video.

To be continued....

ATR

[cropthorne]

Hi ATR
I followed your instruction for the split clip and have had some success I split the clip and moved it to another video track, where I edited it, then moved it back. I thought the keyframing was a little to challenging for me.
Thank you for your help in this matter.
Regards, cropthorne