iMovie Vertical Video Editing on Mac – Full Tutorial 2025
Learn the updated 2025 method for creating an iMovie vertical video on your Mac, with true 1080×1920 high-quality exports. In this step-by-step tutorial, you’ll learn how to set up a vertical project, fix export issues with the new App Preview setting, and what to do if you don’t even have a vertical phone clip yet.
You’ll also see how you can use Keynote to create sharp titles that actually behave in vertical 9:16 iMovie projects.
⏱ Timestamps:
0:00 What you'll learn
0:45 Standard vertical project setup with phone footage
2:53 Landscape video in vertical timeline
5:00 No vertical clip? Use a Keynote “dummy clip”
6:34 Title problems in App Preview + Keynote title solution
8:12 NEW: Export vertical video with App Preview (1080×1920)
8:45 Exported video
🎯 What you can use this for:
• YouTube Shorts
• Instagram Reels
• TikTok
• Vertical social media videos and promos
📚 Related tutorials mentioned in this video:
iMovie Vertical Video using the "rotate" method:
• Vertical Video Conversion Hack | iMovie + ...
Landscape editing tricks for vertical iMovie projects:
• Convert Horizontal to Vertical Video in iM...
How to make "dummy" clips in Apple Keynote:
• Pro iMovie Lower Third Titles for FREE – U...
💥 How to specifically make a vertical video dummy clip in Keynote:
• Post
Keynote text and graphics for iMovie:
• Pro iMovie Lower Third Titles for FREE – U...
• Make a Pro Subscribe Animation for FREE Us...
• Vertical Video Conversion Hack | iMovie + ...
Earlier iMovie vertical video tutorial (still useful as an extra example):
• How To Make VERTICAL VIDEOS in iMovie - th...
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