How do you change aspect ratio using iMovie?

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Danisdy Posts 10 Registration date Friday May 22, 2020 Status Member Last seen April 23, 2023 - May 22, 2020 at 04:02 AM
Sanjeev9910 Posts 40 Registration date Tuesday May 26, 2020 Status Member Last seen October 21, 2020 - Jun 4, 2020 at 12:30 AM
Hi guys,

iMovie can't change aspect ratio, right? No matter how I crop the video, move the position of the window, drag the handle to reframe it, the video is always at 16:9.

How do you change the aspect ratio or I should say crop a video freely on Macbook? Other built-in apps, QTP and Photos do not work.

I know FCPX can crop, but it's not within my budget.

TIA
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HelpiOS Posts 14699 Registration date Friday October 30, 2015 Status Moderator Last seen February 14, 2025 1,869
May 22, 2020 at 06:33 PM
Hi,

I found MPEG Streamclip which is able to change video aspect ratio. You can download it for free from this link.
Danisdy Posts 10 Registration date Friday May 22, 2020 Status Member Last seen April 23, 2023 4
Jun 3, 2020 at 01:58 AM
I kept searching online the other day, and figured out what I need is actually cropping videos which including reframing videos at a certain aspect ratio and at a freeform. This article rounded up lots of video cropping software, and I tried some free and lightweight tools on the list. They all worked quite well for me.

I will leave the link here for anyone in the same situation.
https://www.videoproc.com/video-editor/free-video-cropper.htm
murray098 Posts 1 Registration date Wednesday June 3, 2020 Status Member Last seen June 3, 2020
Updated on Jun 3, 2020 at 10:24 AM
Click on the button marked crop on the tool bar section. You will see a pop-up window with resolution options of 16:9 and 4:3 to automatically resize the video to the appropriate screen size.
Danisdy Posts 10 Registration date Friday May 22, 2020 Status Member Last seen April 23, 2023 4
Jun 3, 2020 at 09:59 PM
This is an old method invalid in the latest iMovie. What's the version of yours?
Sanjeev9910 Posts 40 Registration date Tuesday May 26, 2020 Status Member Last seen October 21, 2020 9
Jun 4, 2020 at 12:30 AM
To change a project's aspect ratio:
Click to select a project in the Project Library, or open a project so that it's showing in the Project browser, and then choose File > Project Properties. ...
Choose an option from the Aspect Ratio pop-up menu.