Stop the zooming? Imported photos in iMovie.

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Stop the zooming? Imported photos in iMovie.

Up until recently I haven't dealt with still images in iMovie, but in this case I am opening the movie with a photo that I brought into Photoshop and retouched to look painted. I want to transition from the "painted" image to the actual image as an opening sequence. Only problem is that imported photos do a 5 second "zooming effect" and I don't want this. I want the stills to remain static on screen. I've looked through iMovie and I can't find a control for this anywhere. How can I keep the images static and not "zoom?"

G5 Quad, 4 GB RAM, Geforce 7800 GT Video Card, 500 GB HD, Mac OS X (10.4.9), 1.42GHz G4 14.1" iBook, 1.5GB RAM, 80GB HD, Bluetooth, Airport, SuperDrive

Posted on Oct 23, 2008 11:31 AM

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Answer 1

SDIllini

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Oct 23, 2008 11:36 AM in response to MLynch

I am not at the Mac I have with imovie 5 on it, but, if I remember correctly, isn't there a box that can be unchecked to stop the Ken Burns effect? (That's what makes the panning and zooming you described).

Sue

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Answer 2

Oct 23, 2008 11:52 AM in response to MLynch

Sue is right. Here's the step by step:
Select the photo you want to remove the "Ken Burns" zooming effect from. There should be a crop tool shaped a bit like a square towards the upper left corner of your selected picture, click on that. You'll see your picture enlarged on the right with a red and green square in it. At the top of the picture, select "Fit" instead of "Ken Burns" and this will turn off the zooming. Then click the "Done" button in the top right corner.

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