Rotate video with nothing more than QT Pro

So I shot some video with my Canon SD300 today, but I used the camera vertically, not horizontally. Once I imported the video into iPhoto, I wanted to share it – but I couldn't figure out how on earth I could rotate the video to a proper orientation for viewing.

Until I opened the "Show Movie Properties" option in QuickTime Pro.  In that window is a list of tracks included in the file. Clicking on the Video track, then the Visual Settings tab will reveal a nice set of scaling and rotating options, amongst others. This takes a huge monkey off my back, as I've been looking for a fix to this issue for months and opening Final Cut Pro to do the same thing seemed like overkill. Just export or save the movie to create a shiny new, properly oriented version of your movie. Enjoy!