How to flip a video in Adobe Premiere Pro CC? [ 2 ways to flip! ]

How to flip a video in Adobe Premiere Pro CC? A video is said to be “flipped” when a mirror image of the original clip is produced. You don’t want your clips to confuse the viewer, whether editing a professional film shot with an HD video camera or a holiday movie made with a camcorder or an iPhone.

Cutting next to a shot of your actors moving right to left can make it difficult for the viewer to follow the action if, for example, your actors travel from left to right in another shot. The third guideline of video editing is to maintain eye trace, and in many cases flipping the video clip can save the shot and maintain the flow.

How to flip a video in Adobe Premiere Pro CC?

Use Adobe Premiere Pro’s Horizontal Flip or Vertical Flip effects to convert video files between low- and high-definition, including FLV, MOV, WMV, and MP4 files. Using Horizontal Flip, you can flip the original clip so that what was left is now on the right. The video is played back upside down when using Vertical Flip. When you’ve found what you want to flip and uploaded your clip to the project, proceed as follows:

• When Flipping an Entire Clip

Use this technique to change a brief video clip or a few minutes of footage.

1. Choose Effects from the menu.
2. Look for the Transform tab.
3. From the drop-down option, choose either Vertical Flip or Horizontal Flip. 
4. The program monitor image will automatically reverse when you drag your chosen flip to your preferred clip.

• When Flipping Only One Portion of a Clip

You might want to flip a part of a clip to achieve a disorienting effect.

1. Click where you desire the flip to begin in the video clip by using the C key to activate the Razor tool.
2. Click once more where you wish the effect ends up while keeping the Razor tool selected.
3. From the Transform tab, click Horizontal Flip or Vertical Flip.
4. In the timeline, drag the Flip effect to that section of the clip.

A Quick Way to Flip!

1. Start with a segment of the timeline’s video.
2. Select Horizontal Flip under Effects > Transform.
3. Drag this effect onto the video you are working on.

Your video will now be flipped. The Vertical Flip effect causes your video to flip from top to bottom. Flipping a video is as easy as dragging and dropping it.

How about in a Manual Way?

You can do it manually if you want a little bit more control.

1. Again, begin with a clip from the timeline.
2. Select “Effects” > “Distort” > “Transform.” Put this effect on the video you are editing.
3. Select Transform under Effect Controls. “Uniform Scale” should not be checked.
4. Change the Scale Width to -100 to flip horizontally.
5. Scale Height should be changed to -100 to flip vertically.

You can animate the video flip using this method, for example. In other words, if you want it to flip gradually or jump from flipped to not, this method will be used. Additionally, you can slide the video or zoom it in and out using this effect.

Making a Mirror Effect

If you want to achieve a mirror effect in the video frame where one side of the screen reflects the other half, use the Mirror effect to only flip a section of the image.

1. Navigate to the Effects menu.
2. From the submenu, click Video Effects
3. Click distort, and then tap Mirror
4. Onto your clip, drag & drop the Mirror effect. (Nothing will change until you do the following action.)
5. Find the Mirror effect in the Effect Controls panel.
6. Change the Reflection Center to get the appearance of a side-by-side mirror. To position the mirror line where you want it, either type in a new pixel location or move the arrows to the left.
7. Customize the Reflection Angle to get an upward and downward mirror effect. The top half of the clip will reflect the bottom half when the arrows are moved to the left to a -90° angle. The lower half will reflect the top half if you slide it right to 90°.

Watch out for characters and digits that are inverted.

Letters and numbers in your video that appear on signs, license plates, or other text will be reversed along with the rest of the image. Try blurring the text in Premiere Pro’s masking and tracking feature if it is only in the background. To create an inverted mask, you can alternatively use the Effects Control Panel’s Horizontal Flip effect. Then use it in the text or graphic-filled part of the video.

Make a video flip or rotate in Adobe Premiere Elements

The subscribers of Premiere Elements have the option to rotate or flip a video by using the program. These actions are described in detail below:

1. Choose the video clip that must be altered and launch the software.
2. The video clip’s location is then adjusted. To achieve this, open the clip in Quick View, move it to the Monitor Panel, and then make the necessary adjustments.
3. The clip can then be scaled by clicking the “Applied Effects” button.
4. After uploading your video file, open the clip, go to “Video Options,” and then uncheck “Scale to Frame Size” if you need to maintain the original scale.
5. By initially selecting the “Applied Effects” button, you can now rotate the clip in the timeline of the quick view or expert view.
6. Quickly after the Applied Effects panel loads, click “Expand the Motion Effect” and then “Rotate Left” or “Rotate Right” to rotate the image at 90 degrees.
7. The anchor points of the clip are then modified for the motion effect by moving the anchor point sliders.

Video can also be rotated.

Rotating video is not the same as the flipping video. The orientation of a rotated video is changed by 90 to 180 degrees, or even slightly to align the horizon. If your video needs to be rotated, open the Effects Controls panel, choose Motion, and either type the necessary degree of rotation into the field provided, or use the arrows to find it.

Helpful Recommendations for Rotating and Flipping Videos in Premiere

• Make sure to choose the Razor tool (hit the C key) and click twice: once at the start of the film you would like to flip and again at the point where the effect should terminate if you simply want to flip a portion of the video rather than the entire clip.
• You could use Mirror Effect (Effects > Video Effects > Distort > Mirror) to produce a side-by-side mirror effect within the frame of the video. To edit, drag and drop this onto your video and use the “Effects Control” Panel’s Reflection Center. This will move the mirror line into the desired place, producing the desired mirrored effect.
• In a video that has been rotated or flipped, be alert for letters or numerals that have been reversed. There are two ways you can deal with that. Create a reversed mask for the parts of films with letters or numbers, or use the masking and tracking tool to blur the pictures.

Have you ever used your smartphone to capture a video, then played it back on your computer only to discover that it was upside down or 90 degrees off? If that happens to you, you do not have to worry because you already know what to do because of this article. Apply what you have learned here and enjoy editing your clips!

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Originally posted on September 20, 2022 @ 5:32 am