How do I rotate a photo or a video in Nero Video?

You can rotate photos and videos in Nero Video in Express Editing via the FX control window or in Advanced Editing via the Effect Palette and the Properties window.

Express Editing 
Place your clip in the timeline. Hover over the thumbnail and you will see two icons. Click on the FX icon to open the Express Effect Window. Click on Rotation and select your option.

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Advanced Editing 
Place your clip in the timeline. Click on Effect Palette to open the associated Effect Properties window. Click on Rotation and select your option.

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Tip: If you have shot photos and videos with your smartphone in portrait orientation you can also natively edit these in Nero Video Vertical Editing mode and export as vertical video. To do so, go to home screen and select ‘Edit Vertical Video’. Also see Nero KnowHow 00083

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Can I backUp and consolidate several smartphones in one go with DriveSpan App and Wifi+Transfer?

Yes indeed, with the latest version of WiFi+Transfer you can simply connect your mobile device running WiFi+Transfer App with your other mobile device running DriveSpan App.

Then add one or more smartphones and tablets into your wireless consolidation with DriveSpan App and finally access all your content on one central storage location free of duplicates.

Simply free your smartphones from unnecessary ballast.

Check out this video to see how it works.

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How can I adjust the music level to speech on a different track?

The case you are reporting is a very typical scenario for interviews, when you want to edit and mix two tracks of audio: one with speech, the other one with music. Check the steps below for how do this in Nero Video.

Go to advanced editing mode. In the example below you have two tracks in parallel: one audio track with speech linked to the video in track 1, one with music in the music track.

  1. Switch to extended timeline view to see the wave forms of your clips
  2. Select the track you want to edit
  3. Go to effect palette and check the properties window for your clip
  4. Click on the triangle left of ‘Audio Level’ to see the dB level
  5. Use the dB slider for lowering or increasing the volume per track (you can also type in e.g. -6 dB,  if you want to decrease the volume by half.

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Tip: You can also set keyframes (when selecting ‘Use keyframes’) allowing you to do sequences of different loudness settings over time. This is very convenient when you want to match music to interviews, etc.

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I have installation problems with my latest Nero version and used to have several older versions installed. How can I remove all traces of a previous Nero program?

Nero FirstAidKit is a tool created by Nero that helps solving installation problems which might exist due to installs and uninstalls of different Nero product versions on the same system.

This tool will delete all registry entries of your Nero installation(s) and will allow a clean reinstall of your Nero product.

Please note that Nero FirstAidKit will uninstall/deletes all Nero related folders and files, and also Nero related registry entries. One option to be checked on/off -> to keep or delete all your own Nero data.

Please proceed as follows:

1. Please backup your Nero product SN and some necessary personal Nero data files first;

2. Download Nero FirstAidKit from ftp6.nero.com/tools/NeroFirstAidKit.zip to your hard drive.

3. Unzip the ZIP-file with WinZip or WinRAR and save the content to your hard drive.

4. Double-click on the unzipped EXE-file to start the Nero FirstAidKit.
-> The window “Nero First Aid Kit” will open.

5. Click start with all default setting to remove the Nero entries.

NOTE: in the dialog, there is one option to be checked on/off -> to keep or delete all your own Nero data. Usually to keep this unchecked as default, especially for the first time to run this tool.
The execution of the tool may take several minutes.

Please wait until the progress has been completed.
6. Restart your PC as soon as it finished.
7. Now, start the installation of your given Nero product again. If your product contains content packs, please make sure to download and install your content again, too.

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