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Apply Transforming for Windows

This guide introduces how to apply the transform feature while editing a video.

Step-by-step Guide on How to Activate Transform

You can follow the steps below to activate the feature and transform your clip.

Step 1: Import media to the application

After you launch Filmora, you can drag and drop your files to the timeline.

Step 2: Activate the transform feature

Click the clip in the timeline and find Transform in Video>Basic in the property panel on the right side of the interface. Then, click the button beside Transform to start editing.

Four Uses of Transform

The following are four uses of transform you can apply to edit your videos.

1. Resize Videos

To change the display size of a video, you can use the scaling options in the Transform panel. The updated interface provides two scaling modes:

Uniform Scaling Mode: When the "Uniform Scaling" option is enabled, you can adjust the overall scale of your video while maintaining the original aspect ratio. Simply drag the Width Scaling slider to proportionally resize both width and height simultaneously.

Independent Scaling Mode: When "Uniform Scaling" is disabled, you gain full control over video dimensions:

• Width Scaling: Adjust the horizontal size of your video independently
• Height Scaling: Adjust the vertical size of your video independently

This allows you to freely modify the aspect ratio and create custom video dimensions as needed for your project.

2. Change Position

You can apply the Position feature to change the location of the video. Insert numerical values in the Position to adjust where the video is displayed on the screen.

3. Flip or Rotate Videos

Under the Flip tab, there are four choices:

1) Click the Flip Horizontal icon to reverse the clip from left to right, or click the Flip Vertical icon to turn the clip upside down;

2) Click the rotate Clockwise or Counterclockwise icons to rotate the clip directly;

3) Otherwise, insert a value in the box under the Rotate tab, or drag the dot in the circle, to adjust the angle of the clip.

Tip: When you put the mouse cursor in the Rotate value box, the cursor will become a double-ended arrow. If you move the cursor to right, the video clip will rotate clockwise; if move to the left, the clip will rotate counterclockwise.

4. Add Keyframes

Keyframe is a customized way to add animation of transform. Here are the steps to add keyframes to the video.

Step 1: Add the start keyframe

Drag the playhead to where you want to add a keyframe. Then, change the settings in the Transform tab to meet your needs. When you are happy with the changes, click the diamond icon beside the features. If you click the diamond icon beside Transform on the toolbar, all features in the tab will be selected as the feature of this keyframe.

Step 2: Add more keyframes

Repeat the step above to add other keyframes. There is no limit to the maximum of keyframes you add, but the minimum number is two. You need at least one start keyframe and one end keyframe.

When you add all keyframes you need, Filmora will automatically analyze the changes from one to another and output the smooth animation of the transform.

Tips: Now, you can also customize the anchor point position.

The anchor point is the reference center for transformations, and it is set by default at the center of the video. After customizing the anchor point, all transformations will be centered around the new anchor point.

There are two ways to modify the anchor point position:

1- In the property panel, find the Anchor Point and enter the coordinate values.

2- After selecting the video, click on the preview screen and directly drag the anchor point icon to adjust the position.

Bonus: Learn more about how to flip video on a Mac or iPhone with Filmora.