iMovie 11 Picture in Picture (PIP) kills transitions between clips??

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iMovie 11 Picture in Picture (PIP) kills transitions between clips??

Hi Folks,

In iMovie '09 I placed transitions between clips, followed by placing a PIP watermark logo that spanned the entire length of the movie. Everything worked well - the watermarked logo was always visible and the transitions between clips worked fine.

In iMovie '11, the minute I have a PIP watermark logo space the duration of the movie, any transitions that existed between clips immediately grey out and no longer work. If I remove the PIP, the transitions un-grey and life is good again.

I'm thinking Apple thinks this might be a feature?? LOL.

Is anyone else having this issue, or is it just me?

I assume an immediate workaround would be to have a PIP for each clip but that does become cumbersome with many clips.

Any suggestions?

Thanks for your help.

Message was edited by: Ohpinion8ted

Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Nov 7, 2010 11:24 AM

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Jan 26, 2011 7:31 AM in response to Ohpinion8ted

I'm having the exact same issue with iMovie 11.
Has anyone solved this?

A possible solution is to export the movie with all the transitions working, and then in another project use the exported movie and apply the picture in picture to it. Obviously it's a cumbersome solution.

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juscher

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Feb 1, 2011 6:37 AM in response to HugoCosta

What is this PIP feature ? I didn't even know it was possible to overlay video clips in iMovie.

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Tom Wolsky

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Feb 1, 2011 7:14 AM in response to juscher

Drag a clip on top of another clip, hold, and select PIP or cutaway from the shortcut menu.

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juscher

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Feb 1, 2011 10:45 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

Thank you for the tip, Tom !

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bzbatl

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Feb 3, 2011 12:50 PM in response to juscher

I've had this issue with 11, as well... but mine's worse. Since updating to 9.0.2, I don't even HAVE Picture in Picture anymore. No matter what I drag into the iMovie timeline, I only get four options:

Replace
Insert
Audio Only
Cancel

There are no more greenscreen, cutaway, etc options available, no matter what type of clip, photo, or otherwise I try to drag onto it. I've verified that the option is selected in Preferences, but it is doing this on both my Mac Pro and my MBP.

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Tom Wolsky

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Feb 3, 2011 1:20 PM in response to bzbatl

Do you have advanced tools turned on in preferences?

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Feb 23, 2011 7:15 PM in response to Ohpinion8ted

i have nothing to add other than a "me too".

i'm seeing this with imovie '11 (0.0.2 (1099)). until it's fixed i'll use hugo's suggestion of two passes: exporting the movie and then applying the pip to that. it's an annoyance but will get the job done.

thanks, hugo.

apple? li'l help?

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ravencr

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Mar 17, 2011 7:37 AM in response to Ohpinion8ted

I have the same problem...it's extremely annoying. Plus, when embedding a pip logo watermark, it always wants to add freakin' black bars above it and below it when fitting the logo, which is ridiculous. Why can't it maintain the transparency entirely like it always did before. Has anyone else experienced this, because I'm about to throw in the towel in iMovie '11.

Chris

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sdipietr

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Apr 9, 2011 2:26 PM in response to ravencr

Similar problem in iMovie 11. You can't see to remove the theme from specific sections of the video. When you insert a Picture in Picture it carries the them. IN the news theme it inserts un ugly red ribbon under the PIP. I cannot get rid of it, do the theme is useless. Annoyed.

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Feb 5, 2012 5:17 AM in response to Ohpinion8ted

this was last added to in April 2011. Its now Feb 2012, i'm using a brand new MacBook Pro, and I can confirm that it still has this problem. The disapointing thing is that iMovie 9 didn't have this problem. '11 is fantastic but this is a major drawback for me. Would love to hear from anyone that has a work-around

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xparrot

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Mar 4, 2012 10:49 AM in response to TheGigPig

I too have encountered the same problem. Looks Like I will need to export my video with the transitions then do my end frame. I have an additional problem. I want my picture in picture (in this case, a logo) to fade in. I can choose Dissolve, but it dissoves in and OUT. I don't want it to dissolve out.

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Oct 17, 2012 12:05 PM in response to Ohpinion8ted

I had the same problem, most frustrating BUT - I have a workaround

so its not perfect, but its OK...

after your insert your PIP, make sure there is .5 seconds or so after the main transition

then, double click the PIP and you'll get another menu as attached

you can select for the PIP to have its own transition, so you get another blend in effect for the PIP after the transitions...

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Oct 19, 2012 9:03 PM in response to ravencr

To remove the "black bars" simply format the .png or .jpg file in a 16:9 ratio rather than 1:1 or 4:3. You can make the PIP whatever size you want but the file must be in a 16:9 format.

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Answer 14

Nov 2, 2012 8:32 AM in response to Ohpinion8ted

Solved it.

In the transistion settings - set "half duration (entire duration of clip)" instead of full one.

Seemed to work!

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Nov 27, 2012 1:09 AM in response to PJWilkinson

I could try this.

Hoping this will work

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