"Show Photo Settings" distorts image.

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"Show Photo Settings" distorts image.

Load image into timeline.
Select "media"
Select "Show Photo Settings"
Image is immediately distorted
see example of distorted image here:

http://www.thecriticalcrab.net/postits/imov_distort.html

I've had this problem before when rendering an image.
Sometimes restarting iMovie helps.
But things seem to have gone worse.

Help appreciated.
cr

Mac Mini, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Sep 13, 2010 6:13 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 13, 2010 11:02 PM in response to Crabby Cliff

Hi

Think I've seen this too - several Years ago. But can't remember how it was fixed.

Try this list

*Not knowing the origin to Your problem - General approach when in trouble is as follows.*

• Free space on internal (start-up) hard disk if it is less than 10Gb should rather have 25Gb

• Delete iMovie pref file - or rather start a new user/account - log into this and re-try

iMovie pref file resides.

Mac Hard Disk (start-up HD)/Users/"Your account"/Library/Preferences

and is named. *com.apple.iMovie.plist *

While iMovie is NOT RUNNING - move this file out to desk-top.
Now restart iMovie.

• Hard disk is untidy. Repair Permissions, Repair Hard disk (Apple Disc Util tool)

• Garageband-fix. Start it, Play a note and Close it. Re-try (Corrects an audio problem that hinders iMovie)

• Screen must be set to Million-colors

• Third party plug-ins that doesn't work OK (not relevant for iMovie’08 or 09)

iMovie updated ?
QuickTime updated ?
Mac OS version ?

• Program miss-match. iMovie 5.0.2, up to Mac OS X.4.11 AND QuickTime 7.4.1 - is OK
• Program miss-match. iMovie 6.0.3 or 6.0.4, Mac OS X.4.11 AND QuickTime 7.4.1 - is OK (might work under Leopard)
• Program miss-match. iMovie’08 v. 7.0.1, Mac OS X.4.11 AND QuickTime 7.4.1 - is OK (might work under Leopard)

From LKN 1935. (in this case = iMovie HD (5), I tried it all, but nothing worked.
Your answer (above) has been helpfull insofar as all the different trials led to the conclusion that
there was something wrong with my iMovie software. I therefore threw everything away and reinstalled
iMovie from the HD. After that the exportation of DV videos (there has not been any problem with HDV videos)
to my Sony camcorders worked properly as it did before.

Lennart Thelander
I run "Cache Out X", clear out all caches and restarts the Mac.

Yours Bengt W

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Crabby Cliff Author

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Sep 14, 2010 11:54 AM in response to Bengt Wärleby

Thanks for this response

Bengt Wärleby wrote:
Think I've seen this too - several Years ago.
General approach when in trouble is as follows.*

• Free space on internal (start-up) hard disk if it is less than 10Gb should rather have 25Gb

I have 829 GB specifically to address this limitation.

Delete iMovie pref file
and is named. *com.apple.iMovie.plist *
While iMovie is NOT RUNNING - move this file out to desk-top.
Now restart iMovie.

Did this to no positive effect. same problem persists

Hard disk is untidy. Repair Permissions, Repair Hard disk (Apple Disc Util tool)

Did this. Still no fix.

• Garageband-fix. Start it, Play a note and Close it. Re-try (Corrects an audio problem that hinders iMovie)

Never use Garageband. so bypassed this for now.

Screen must be set to Million-colors

Check

Third party plug-ins that doesn't work OK (not relevant for iMovie’08 or 09)

That would be unfortunate and somewhat difficult to locate, I think.

iMovie updated ?

I didn't know there was a 6.0.4. Looking for a download now.

QuickTime updated ?

Have QT 7.6.4 installed

Mac OS version ?

10.4.11

All that being said and done, I think I determined the problem.
i.e. IMAGE SIZE.
Typically, I downsize & export images from iPhoto to a separate file and drag them from that file to the Clips or Timeline. Recently, being lazy I was trying to import directly from iPhoto via iMovie's Media/Photo area.

I think iMovie just doesn't like large files, because when I followed my previous procedure, it seems to work without the corruption.

Experience of others would be interesting.

thanks again for your help

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Answer 3

Crabby Cliff Author

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Jan 27, 2011 4:12 PM in response to Crabby Cliff

The solution seemed to be keeping photo sizes smaller.

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