How to fix footage that was recorded in the wrong orientation
Tell Vizard Agent the source footage is sideways, not the finished video. It rotates the original rather than the delivered frame, tests both directions and compares them to find which one is genuinely upright, re-measures where the subject now sits, and offers you two crops for the format you are delivering in.
What do you type into Vizard Agent?
Separate the two things: the frame shape and the picture inside it. Saying "it is sideways" about a video that is already vertical sounds contradictory until you name which one you mean, and naming it saves an entire round. Then list everything Vizard Agent must leave exactly as it is.
Prompt
What does Vizard Agent actually do?
A clip can be the right shape and still be the wrong way up, so the repair belongs to the source rather than to the export, which also keeps the quality. Two tests are the whole job: which rotation is genuinely upright, and where the subject sits once it is turned. In the session behind this article it:
- Tested both rotation directions on the source clips of a vertical food reel and compared them, because a tray of food seen from overhead looks plausible at ninety degrees either way.
- Measured where the subject sat in the rotated footage, since rotating a frame moves everything in it and the old crop could not simply be reused.
- Tested two portrait crop options against that measurement, checking the wider and the tighter crop on the same real frames.
- Re-rendered the reel with the upright footage and reviewed the render shot by shot.
- Checked the whole reel was upright, not only the opening, and verified the orientation on the final delivered file.
When does this not work well?
Rotation is free, but the crop it forces is not. Turning landscape footage upright inside a vertical frame throws away a lot of picture, and a subject that filled the old frame may not fit the new one at all. Text inside the footage rotates too, and if only the export is available, rotating it costs quality.
Common questions
How does it know which way is up? It does not guess. Vizard Agent tests both and shows you.
Will I lose picture? Some, when the orientation changes. Vizard Agent shows the crops.
Can it rotate only some clips? Yes. Name them and Vizard Agent leaves the rest alone.