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Working with rotated projects
The use of rotated displays—monitors that display vertical media—has become increasingly popular: you can see them in kiosks,
presentations, and even on the nightly news. If you have a project that you’d like to display in a rotated format, Vegas Pro makes it
easy.
1. Create a new project. For more information, see Starting a new project on page 37.
2. Set your project properties as needed, and then choose a setting from the Output rotation drop-down list to indicate the
orientation of your destination display device. If you want to display your project in portrait (tall) mode, choose 90° clockwise
or 90° counterclockwise.
3. Add your media files to your project. For more information, see Getting media files on page 41.
4. Edit the properties for each of your media files to set its rotation as needed:
a. Right-click a media file in the Project Media window and choose Properties from the shortcut menu. The Media
Properties dialog is displayed.
b. Choose a setting from the Rotation drop-down list to indicate the direction you want to rotate your media.
c. Click OK to close the Media Properties dialog and save your changes.
5. Drag your clips from the Project Media window to the timeline to create events.
6. Edit your project as needed.
Tip: To rotate multiple files quickly, select them in the Project Media window, right-click a selected file, and then choose Rotate
90° Clockwise or Rotate 90° Counterclockwise from the shortcut menu.
In the example to the left, the video was shot with the
camera tripod rotated 90 degrees. However, because
neither the project or the media has been rotated, the video
is displayed sideways within the standard landscape frame.
After choosing 90° clockwise from the Output rotation
drop-down list, the Video Preview window is rotated (see
example to the left). Because the media hasn’t been rotated
yet, it doesn’t match the project orientation and is
letterboxed within the frame.
After choosing 90° clockwise from the Rotation drop-down
list, the media is rotated, and the video fills the frame.