<p>iMovie does not support any aspect ratios besides 4:3 and 16:9.</p>

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2015-05-22T04:40:49.863Z
2015-05-22T04:40:49.863Z
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<p>This may be the simplest question because I am very new in video editing. Basically I have a video of 640x1080 dimension (I recorded iPhone 6 screen with QuickTime). To I just want to add some text and sound to it. I know how to do the jobs; however, the problem is, when I created a new project in iMovie, I can only choose project of size 4:3 or 16:9. After importing, editing my video, and exporting, I will have a video with black borders at 2 sides. How can I preserve the original dimension?</p>

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2015-05-19T09:29:33.917Z
1080x640 does not match with 4:3 or 16:9. If there is no option to set a custom ratio, (27:16 in your case), try another tool or crop the video, depends on what do you want to achieve.
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How to edit my video with iMoviewithout losing original dimensions
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# How to edit my video with iMoviewithout losing original dimensions

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-05-19)

This may be the simplest question because I am very new in video editing. Basically I have a video of 640x1080 dimension (I recorded iPhone 6 screen with QuickTime). To I just want to add some text and sound to it. I know how to do the jobs; however, the problem is, when I created a new project in iMovie, I can only choose project of size 4:3 or 16:9. After importing, editing my video, and exporting, I will have a video with black borders at 2 sides. How can I preserve the original dimension?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 1080x640 does not match with 4:3 or 16:9. If there is no option to set a custom ratio, (27:16 in your case), try another tool or crop the video, depends on what do you want to achieve.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2015-05-22. Score: 1

iMovie does not support any aspect ratios besides 4:3 and 16:9.


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