{"id":47848,"date":"2022-04-16T20:16:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T20:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/video\/imovie\/frequent-question-why-imovie-crops-video\/"},"modified":"2022-04-16T20:16:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T20:16:43","slug":"frequent-question-why-imovie-crops-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/video\/imovie\/frequent-question-why-imovie-crops-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Frequent question: Why imovie crops video ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The cropping problem may be happening because you have your iMovie preferences set to “Crop to Fill”. In the menu bar, click on iMovie\/Preferences and see what setting you have under Photo Placement. You want “Fit”, not “Crop to Fill” and not “Ken Burns”.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Correspondingly, how do I change video<\/strong> cropping in iMovie<\/strong>? Select a video you want to crop from your library and tap Create Movie at the bottom of the app screen. In the timeline at the bottom, tap the video; this will bring up a button that says Pinch to zoom video\u2014with a magnifying glass icon on it\u2014on the top right; tap this button to start cropping the video.<\/p>\n

As many you asked, why does iMovie cut my head off? All replies. It sounds like your source footage has a 4:3 aspect ration while iMovie is 16:9 so iMovie<\/strong> is blowing up your picture to fill the frame and cutting off the top (or bottom) of your picture.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, how do you stop iMovie<\/strong> from cropping photos?