Snow Leopard - will it kill iMovie HD?

Just installed Snow Leopard, and my in-progress iMovie 6 project is screwed up.

Never install a new OS Mid-project. iMovie 06 is working fine with 10.6 for me.

No.

You may be right. However, to test your claim, I started a new project. Imported photos from iPhoto to iMovie 6, and the same problem - the timeline viewer is totally off-kilter with the photo clips.

You may be right. However, to test your claim, I started a new project. Imported photos from iPhoto to iMovie 6, and the same problem - the timeline viewer is totally off-kilter with the photo clips.

Thanks for your report, I wonder if your problem has nothing to do with 10.6?

Have you tried a job with no photos?

I hope we don't have to have a 'dual-boot' system to run iMovie 06 and iDVD 09.

You should make a bug report to Apple.

http://www.apple.com/feedback/imovie.html

Thanks, I just submitted a bug report. As I said earlier it does appear to work fine with movie clips. Unfortunately, most of my project consists of still photos.
To test the issue further, I opened an older, completed project, stored on an external drive - again, the same problem - video clips fine, photo clips - a real mess. Now I'm debating whether to wait till Apple hopefully issues a fix, or whether to re-install the older Leopard. From past experience it may take up to a year to fix the problem (e.g., burning an image or dvd with iDvd coming to a stop in mid-burning and having to wait many hours or a day for it to finish). Oh well, I should wait a few days anyway.

How did you install SL? If you installed over Leopard (i.e as upgrade), there are sometimes issues. Try reinstalling HD6.

HD6 is working fine here, but I did an erase and install, then restored apps from a backup

Yes, I installed as an upgrade, over Leopard. Not sure what you mean - how do I re-install HD6? Do I look for it in iLife 6 or iLife 8, both contain it, I think.

I did re-install iMovie HD 6 from iLife 6, but the problem persists. It must be some incompatibility with Snow Leopard, which means I may have to re-install the older Leopard, which I'm a little hesitant to do, although I have backed up all my files on Mac HD up to prior the installation of SL

It must be some incompatibility with Snow Leopard,

I don't think so, I know many that are using iMovie 06 with iDVD 09 on 10.6

Got exact same problem with SL and iMovie HD and still photos. Will follow up on posted suggestions, but as a possible quick fix, I found that putting the still through Ken Burns seems to avoid the problem. No idea why. Anyone else found this? It's not a longterm solution, but it might help if you just have one or two stills to add.
Anybody else found that Ken Burns "works"?

I'm also having problems with stills with a new iMovie HD 6 project after installing Snow Leopard. The photos play completely out of sync with the intended timeline, appearing late, too long, too short- all screwed up. Turning on Ken Burns effect did not help.

Does anyone know whether this is an issue Apple is likely tot fix, given that HD 6 is "legacy" software?

If enough people complain Apple is likely to fix the problem but it's not going to be a priority, which means you probably will have to wait for update number 4 or 5. Since the problem occurred for me in mid-project I'm going to re-install the earlier Leopard OS, after figuring out the best way for doing it. Haven't even tried the Ken Burns effect - it's not practical for me as I have hundreds of still photos. For me, so far the only advantage of SL is the 10 or so extra GB freed on my hard drive.

I'm also having problems with stills with a new iMovie HD 6 project after installing Snow Leopard.

Stills work for me with 10.6

Does anyone know whether this is an issue Apple is likely tot fix, given that HD 6 is "legacy" software?

They will fix, IF you ask.

http://www.apple.com/contact/

http://www.apple.com/feedback/imovie.html

I re-installed the original Leopard and iMovie HD 6 works like a charm again!

When I brought up SL for the first time, it was still there and functional.

Still too? Have you done any stills?