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dparsons85
dparsons85
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February 2, 2015
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Rotate video 90 degrees in Media Encoder?

  • February 2, 2015
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I have a vertical video at 1080x1920 that I need rotated 90° counterclockwise on export, is this possible though Media encoder? Thanks!

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Correct answer jchavez WAS-WSW

This is possible now in Adobe Media Encoder version 23.1 Build 81 and later. In the export settings, you can rotate left, right, or 180. And then also change the crop to match the new orientation.

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jchavez WAS-WSWCorrect answer
Participant
April 3, 2023

This is possible now in Adobe Media Encoder version 23.1 Build 81 and later. In the export settings, you can rotate left, right, or 180. And then also change the crop to match the new orientation.

    gregb70136230
    gregb70136230
    Participant
    January 24, 2024

    This answer should be at the top.

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    Adobe Employee
    eckiAMETeam
    Adobe Employee
    July 22, 2024

    You are right. Thanks for letting us know. Should be fixed now…

    thepackagingclub
    thepackagingclub
    Participant
    February 28, 2023

    Just to update this thread, to carry out rotation in Media Encoder - click on the preset link, select "rotate right (90) on the source rotation, then amend the final output video size to 1920x1080 and you're good to go.

     

    I discovered you can't use Apply OSX to rotate, as it only applies when viewed through apply devices and it doesn't actually rotate the source file.

     

    Click on the preset link, select "Rotate Right (90)"

     

    Edit output file dimensions by changing "Basic Video Settings" (same window)

     

     

     

      ken_sim
      ken_sim
      Participating Frequently
      February 28, 2023

      FINALLY!!! It only took 8 years to implement this.

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        ROCKY2994836919av
        Participant
        July 21, 2024

        Real they took 8 years

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        AVLien
        Inspiring
        March 17, 2020

        Hey Kevin, is this still a valid way to communicate this, or should we go to UserVoice?

         

        Guessing UV... (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞

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          Anonymous
          June 30, 2016

          Hi, as far as I know, we can use VLC to rotate videos now. 

          1. Right click the video file on your PC and select "Open with VLC" option.

          2. Click Tools - Effects and Filter - Adjustments and effects.

          3. Go to Video Effects - Geometry - Transform - Select rotate by 90 degrees.

          Other ways are also available to turn videos to 90 degrees.

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          RickChicago
          Inspiring
          October 12, 2016

          Make your entire timeline into a subsequence. Create a new sequence. Place the subsequence you just created into sequence2. Rotate 90 degrees.  Done.  I make entire videos for ad kiosks in 1080x1920 - but this causes export problems - 1920 is too wide wort many of them, but I need to edit them that way.  Making the entire sequence into a subsequence and rotating that solves all my problems.

          ken_sim
          ken_sim
          Participating Frequently
          June 6, 2015

          The easiest way I have found was to open the video file in Photoshop. The go to image>rotate image. Then go to file>export and the Photoshop will use the Media Encoder to encode the video.

            ken_sim
            ken_sim
            Participating Frequently
            December 25, 2020

            Using Photoshop 2021 is still the easiest way I found to accomplish this. Just the steps have changed a bit. 

            1. Open your video in Photoshop
            2. Select Image > Image Rotation and select the way you wanted to rotate your video.
            3. Then select File > Export > Render Video
            4. This will open the Render Video window where you can set the parameters of your video. I would keep the Adobe Media Encoder selected. Otherwise, your only other option is exporting as a Jpeg Sequence.

               

            The only bug I found with this is even though I had the performance in Photoshop to use my Graphics Processor and my Media Encoder to use my graphics card CUDA cores for rendering, the render still used my CPU to render the video.

              Kevin-Monahan
              Community Manager
              Kevin-MonahanCommunity Manager
              Community Manager
              May 27, 2015

              Hi Dustin,

              That's a feature request: http://adobe.ly/feature_request

              Thanks,

              Kevin

              Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community & Engagement Strategist – Pro Video and Audio
                ken_sim
                ken_sim
                Participating Frequently
                May 4, 2021

                It's been 6 years. How long does a feature request take?

                  charlesbevan
                  charlesbevan
                  Inspiring
                  April 13, 2015

                  I'd like to second this request.


                  We have to edit and deliver via broadcast standards, but need to send web previews that are easier on client's necks.  Currently we nest the sequences in Premiere before exporting but it would be nice if Media Encoder had the option to rotate the input video.

                  It could save minutes a year in lost time!

                    Peru Bob
                    Community Expert
                    Peru BobCommunity Expert
                    Community Expert
                    February 2, 2015

                    Why not rotate it before it goes to AME?

                      dparsons85
                      dparsons85Author
                      Legend
                      February 2, 2015

                      The video is vertically oriented so when I export versions for previewing I have to export them 1080x1920 so the client can see how the final will look but when a version is approved I have to rotate it horizontally to play in a TV that's been rotated vertically. I have been bringing the approved vertical export back into After Effects, making a new comp, rotating it horizontally and exporting it but I'd prefer to do all of this in Media Encoder because it would save time.

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