How to rotate video in Sony Vegas

More and more users are getting involved in video editing using professional programs. One of the most popular procedures performed during video processing is rotating the video in the required direction. Today we will take a closer look at how this procedure is performed in the popular Sony Vegas program.

Sony Vegas is one of the leading programs ever developed for home and professional editing. The program has many functional capabilities, which allows you to translate the smallest ideas into a video. If you have just begun to understand the capabilities of this program, then you have probably already noticed that it is quite difficult to call it intuitive. Among other things, users often have a question about how to rotate a video in this program.

How to rotate video in Sony Vegas

The program provides not one way to rotate a video, but two at once. The first method is the simplest, but it will also allow you to rotate the video at a clear angle, 90 or 180 degrees to the right or left. The second method is useful if you want to manually determine the rotation angle of the video.

Method 1: via file properties (simple rotation)

1. If necessary, open the video in the program that you want to rotate. Going to the tab on the left side "All media files", right-click on the thumbnail video preview and select "Properties".
   
   
   
   
   
2. The tab "Media" you will be able to find the item "Turn", in which you will need to select the desired option for rotating the video, for example, 90 degrees counterclockwise. To accept the changes, click on the button "OK".
   

Method 2: Through the Pan and Crop Events menu (complex rotation)

1. Open the video in Sony Vegas with which the further procedure will be performed. In the lower area of ​​the window you will see a video tape, in the right area of ​​which you will need to click on the miniature icon "Panning and Cropping Events".
   
   
   
   
   
2. A new window will appear on the screen in which you will need to hover your mouse over the video preview. When the cursor arrow becomes rounded, start rotating the video, giving it the desired angle. When the desired angle is set, simply close the window.

We hope this article was able to show you that trimming in Sony Vegas is quite simple. Which methods did you like best?