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“iMovie keeps cropping every video into 16:9. I’m losing a portion of each video, many times cutting people's heads off. How do I stop this? I don't care if it is widescreen or not, I just want the full video not cropped. ”--a quote from an iMovie user.Exactly! Well, using iMovie to edit 9:16 or portrait videos does drive you crazy since it will automatically crop parts of your videos and the same thing also happens as you edit vertical and 4:3 photos from your iPhone.However, no worries! In this tutorial, we will walk you through why iMovie crops your videos and offer you 3 great solutions to easily fix it. So, you can keep the original size of videos and photos as you edit them with iMovie.Here’s What You Will Learn:Also, read how to automatically add subtitles to a video in iMovie.Why Does iMovie Crop My VideosWell, the very reason why iMovie crops my videos boils down to the discrepancy between the default iMovie aspect ratio and that of your imported videos or photos.iMovie crops a 4:3 or 9:16 video to fill its default 16:9 video aspect ratio. By default, iMovie’s aspect ratio is 16:9 or landscape mode. If you import a clip or a photo that doesn’t match the default screen ratio of 16:9 to iMovie, let’s say you add a 9:16 vertical video or a 4:3 clip to iMovie, then iMovie’s Crop to Fill feature will automatically crop parts of the video from both the top and bottom to make it into a 16:9 video. That’s why you end up with a cropped video or photo.How to Stop iMovie from Cropping My Videos on MacIf you are using iMovie to edit videos on a Mac computer/laptop, you have two solutions to stop iMovie from cropping your videos and photos.Solution 1: Set the Cropping mode to Fit Step 1 Import a 9:16 video or 4:3 photo into iMovie. Now, your video or photo shall be cropped to fill the 16:9 video aspect ratio. No worries! Let’s leave it as it is. Step 2 Bring back the full size

Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question. Imovie 9.0.4 data on my old iMac went into documents and won't play now on my new iMac How can I get my clips and movies into my new iMac that allows me to see them?imovie 9.0.4 data on my old iMac transferred over and are now under "documents" during the migration processWhen I try to play them using quicktime I get a dialogue box saying that the videos are not completely supported with the current quick time. I can get audio but no videoI had multiple clips and a few completed movie projects that are still sitting on my old computer Are there compatibility issues? Is there a work around? iMac 27″, macOS 12.1 Posted on Jan 9, 2022 1:31 PM Posted on Jan 10, 2022 8:34 AM I assume that you are talking about the iMovie 9 Projects folder and Events folder. Correct?iMovie 9 projects won't play on your 64 bit Monterey operating system because iMovie 9 is an incompatible 32 bit application. The iMovie 9 media located in the Events folder would still be playable. You could open the folder and click on the clips to play them, or copy them to a finder folder on your Mac. If you are also running iMovie 10 you might be able to open iMovie 10 and do a File/Update Projects and Events to convert copies of the iMovie 9 files into iMovie 10 files. Duplicates for the projects and events still would remain in iMovie 9. -- Rich Similar questions Trying to Transfer iMovie Projects from Mac OS X (10.6.8) to Big Sur. Help! According to Apple Support, this can only be done with a video file converter--because:iMovie projects cannot be

Of the video or photo. Click the Cropping tool > select Fit > then the video or photo shall be recovered to its original size. However, the downside is that iMovie will add two black bars on both sides of the video/photo to make it a 16:9 video.Select Fit to stop iMovie from cropping your videos.Alternatively, you may also click File > Preference > Photo Placement > set it to Fit. By doing so, as you import a vertical video or photo to iMovie, it won’t crop your videos and photos. Instead, it will add two black bars to make it fit the 16:9 video aspect ratio.Solution 2: Use the Picture-in-Picture overlay settingWell, if you don’t wanna iMovie to crop your videos and don’t need the annoying black bars either, another great workaround is layering your video or photo over another video or photo background as a picture-in-picture. In fact, it’s a trick commonly used even in many TV news when 9:16 or 4:3 clips are shown in a 16:9 news broadcast. Step 1 Add a 9:16 video or 4:3 photo into the iMovie. By default, iMovie will crop the video or photo to fill the 16:9 video screen. Step 2 Import another clip to the iMovie and set the Cropping mode to Fit. Then the second clip shall retain its full size. Set the 2nd video layer to fit to keep its original size. Step 3 With the video overlay selected, click the Overlay icon > set it to Picture in Picture. Then the video overlay shall become visible over another video or photo background. Add the second video layer as a picture-in-picture in iMovie. Step 4 Drag the picture-in-picture video to expand it to fit the screen and center it. Expand the second video layer and center it.How to Stop iMovie from Cropping My Videos on iPhoneWell, unlike the desktop iMovie on Mac, the iMovie on iPhone works differently. If you import a 9:16 or vertical video into iMovie on iPhone, it will automatically crop it into a square or 1:1 video with two black bars attached to