<p>This is most likely a problem related to the app you are using to create/view these stop-motion videos. If you have portrait-orientated pictures, creating a video accordingly is simply a matter of setting the right video dimensions (i.e. video width and height in pixels); basically every video editing software allows you to set this manually or choose from a number of presets. If your smartphone displays it like this:</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/tC17m.png" alt="wrong orientation"></p>

<p>the video was probably exported with incorrect settings, e.g. a widescreen preset; in that case, the video might contain black borders at both sides, which might be why your phone is displaying the video like this. How did you create this stop-motion video in the first place? Your questions sounds a bit like you used some smartphone app, which leads to all kinds of problems, including the video dimension and orientation issues you get when you can't set custom video parameters.</p>

<p>Edit: Since you used the windows-movie-maker tag, I should mention that this is the single most useless video editing program in all known and unknown universes, dimensions and planes of existance. The best solution to any problem related to Windows Movie Maker is switching to another program that actually does anything of what it's supposed to do.</p>

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MoritzLost
<p>I wonder about the following problem:</p>

<ol>
<li>The usual orientation of a smartphone is portrait.</li>
</ol>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/TV6sD.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>

<ol start="2">
<li>The usual orientation of a movie/video is landscape.</li>
</ol>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/EX7yy.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>

<ol start="3">
<li>When I have a lot of portrait pictures I can easily watch them on my smartphone holding it upright:</li>
</ol>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/O1wOq.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>

<ol start="4">
<li>When I make a stop motion video out of these pictures, the video is usually forced to be landscape, e.g. 4:3 or 16:9. Watching this video on an upright held smartphone results in:</li>
</ol>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/tC17m.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>

<ol start="5">
<li>Even when I rotate my smartphone I still get something like this:</li>
</ol>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Ps5Je.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>

<p>which is not satisfactory.</p>

<ol start="6">
<li>I'd like to see my stop motion video like this:</li>
</ol>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/541of.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>

<p>My question is: </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>How do I <strong>produce</strong> portrait orientation videos (in format 3:4 or 9:16) that are
  naturally displayed on upright held smartphones?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>I am looking for specific advices concerning specific video-producing software, preferably Windows MovieMaker and MAGIX Video. </p>

<formats><stop-motion><windows-movie-maker>
Producing Portrait orientation stop motion videos
Hans-Peter Stricker
# Producing Portrait orientation stop motion videos

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-04-20)

I wonder about the following problem:

1. The usual orientation of a smartphone is portrait.

![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/TV6sD.png)

2. The usual orientation of a movie/video is landscape.

![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/EX7yy.png)

3. When I have a lot of portrait pictures I can easily watch them on my smartphone holding it upright:

![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/O1wOq.png)

4. When I make a stop motion video out of these pictures, the video is usually forced to be landscape, e.g. 4:3 or 16:9. Watching this video on an upright held smartphone results in:

![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/tC17m.png)

5. Even when I rotate my smartphone I still get something like this:

![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Ps5Je.png)

which is not satisfactory.

6. I'd like to see my stop motion video like this:

![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/541of.png)

My question is:

> How do I **produce** portrait orientation videos (in format 3:4 or 9:16) that are
> naturally displayed on upright held smartphones?

I am looking for specific advices concerning specific video-producing software, preferably Windows MovieMaker and MAGIX Video.

**Tags:** formats, stop-motion, windows-movie-maker


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-04-21. Score: 1

This is most likely a problem related to the app you are using to create/view these stop-motion videos. If you have portrait-orientated pictures, creating a video accordingly is simply a matter of setting the right video dimensions (i.e. video width and height in pixels); basically every video editing software allows you to set this manually or choose from a number of presets. If your smartphone displays it like this:

![wrong orientation](https://i.sstatic.net/tC17m.png)

the video was probably exported with incorrect settings, e.g. a widescreen preset; in that case, the video might contain black borders at both sides, which might be why your phone is displaying the video like this. How did you create this stop-motion video in the first place? Your questions sounds a bit like you used some smartphone app, which leads to all kinds of problems, including the video dimension and orientation issues you get when you can't set custom video parameters.

Edit: Since you used the windows-movie-maker tag, I should mention that this is the single most useless video editing program in all known and unknown universes, dimensions and planes of existance. The best solution to any problem related to Windows Movie Maker is switching to another program that actually does anything of what it's supposed to do.


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