Portrait oriented footage stretched.

Gid wrote on 4/25/2025, 8:46 AM

Yep, some media isn't recognised correctly, If you press the E key on the keyboard or go to File-Settings-Movie you can choose the correct option from the drop-down menus or type in the correct aspect ratio FHD 1080x1920 or UHD 2160x3840 9:16. then in the Effects tab Size/Position/Ratio or Section you can correct the image on screen.

PS. on my phone if I start recording with the phone at a slight angle, ie not fully 9:16 vertical/portrait the phone auto recognises it as landscape 16:9 & even tho I hold the phone up in portrait mode it saves it as 16:9. I don't know if this is the same for your Osmo, make sure your camera is as close to vertical before starting filming.

PPS, GoPro's have a lock orientation option, this films in landscape regardless of the camera orientation. I don't know if something like this could be on your Osmo .

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AAProds wrote on 4/25/2025, 9:11 AM

@Mauricio-flores

Try resetting the video ratio: Right click on the video object, click "object properties" then "video". Set the correct ratio from the droplist or you can type a custom ration in using the format "4:5" without the quotes.

That will tell Magix how to interpret the ratio of your video so it displays correctly.

Gid wrote on 4/25/2025, 9:18 AM

@Mauricio-flores Magix doesn't recognise 9:16 portrait clips when dragged in, ie the project stays at 16:9 landscape when media is added. The fact your video is being stretched says that your project is 16:9 landscape which doesn't match you imported media. @AAProds suggestion will 're-ratio it' your media but you need to decide if you are making a 16:9 landscape video or if you want to match your media & create a 9:16 portrait video.

If you set the project to 16:9 landscape & make a video with 9:16 portrait media you end up with a video like this with black bars down the sides.

If you set the project to 9:16 portrait to match your media you'll get a video like this, no black bars down the sides

AAProds wrote on 4/25/2025, 9:24 AM

@Gid @Mauricio-flores

@AAProds suggestion will reorientate your media

No it doesn't, it just re-ratios it. The orientation remains the same ie upright or lying on it's side.

johnebaker wrote on 4/25/2025, 9:40 AM

@Mauricio-flores

Hi

. . . . importing portrait-oriented footage into Magix Movie Studio. The footage appears stretched horizontally, . . . .

This is a common issue with several video editors, particulalrly when you are importing portrait vide into a Landscape project.

If you are intending to export the project as Portrait, then follow @Gid instructions.

If the video is part of a landscape project then you are restricted in that if you want the full video/image area visible then you are going to have black bars to left and right.

To fix the Aspect ratio (AR), right click the affected video/image and select Object properties, Video tab,or Image tab if they are also affected, and change the AR to the correct values, if the AR is standard such as 9:16 then enter this as shown in the left image below, if the AR is none standard enter the pixel dimensions as shown in the right image below.

To make a protrait video/image fit a landscape project full screen you can do this in 2 ways, however, the downside is the zoom level may be too much, and the onscreen image quality deteriorates

Use Size, Position & Rotation to set the width of the video/image to that of the project and then use the Position, vertical control to adjust the visible area.
Use the Section effect.

HTH

John EB
Forum Moderator

Gid wrote on 4/25/2025, 10:21 AM

@AAProds Ok, I used the wrong word for the overall context of my comment, I've corrected my mistake.