iMovie Problems since macOS Sierra upgrade

I am not allowed to post in iMovie forum for some odd reason. But I'll piggyback this one...

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iMovie is not the same after we upgraded to Sierra.

1. File -> New Movie no longer works. That option is greyed out. We used to create a new event, and then select New Movie. Now we are re-using old movie as a work around, losing what we previously edited.

2. We can no longer drag specific part of movie clip in the browser. We have to select the whole clip and then move the left and right side to the part we want to use.

Don't you guys test iMovie, one of the most important apps, before releasing OS? Please fix, thank you.

I had viewed an iMovie 9.0.9 project within iMovie earlier in the day and it looked fine. I had also previously exported a copy, which looks OK, but after updating to macOS Sierra 10.12 in the evening, everything looked de-saturated, exactly the "foggy" description. Previously black frames are a dull red. The thumbnails in the source and project windows look OK, but as soon as you select a section, the shots in the viewing window have the "milky" appearance, as does the whole project.

Hoping that this was just a monitoring issue, I created a 720p movie and lo and behold, it was fine, except that I needed to modify a caption, which I did and re-exported, only to find that the newly exported 720p movie was now similarly desaturated ~ thank goodness I kept the one with the duff caption ~ that's a lot better than a whole movie looking as though the monitor has the contrast wound down and the brightness wound up! Older projects look exactly the same i.e the thumbnails look normal, but in the viewing window everything is desaturated. I have one project in iMovie 10.1.2 and that seems to be unaffected.

All of these posts is EXACTLY why I haven't upgraded to Sierra. And does it still support FIREWIRE? I have an old Sony camcorder that I am trying to import mini-tapes to iMovie via a firewire440/880/lighting config and I cannot lose this ability. Too many times I have upgraded to new OS and my Toast7 no longer works, my editing program goes caput, I had to purchase a new scanner because the mfg doesn't upgrade drivers. I get that you can't keep old tech forever, but it's a serious issue when you are forced out and made to purchase new equipment for no other reason than the mfg. Good example: May Canon Vixia HFS20 camcorder is 3 years old. I cannot get a battery now for under $120 from Canon, or a cheap knock off that barely can hold a charge. THREE years old, not 10. $1200 camera doorstop?

I upgraded my 2009 IMac to Sierra and got the latest IMovie at the same time. I installed IMovie 9.09 as well simply because I like it. However, I have the same issue, the fog or washed out look is considerable. I manually correct this by knocking down the brightness values manually. The picture looks great. This problem is not apparent when I switch over to the newest IMovie app. Additionally, I have the same system on my 2012 MacBook Pro, though I am running El Captain OS. Both IMovie versions import clips without a foggy background, the colors are vibrant. Any thoughts on the fogginess issue for my IMac?

Your iMac is running Sierra and your MacBook Pro is running El Capitan. If that's the only difference, the fogginess issue would seem related to Sierra. But hard to tell. Possibly might be related to your comparative computer specs. A 2009 computer is starting to get a little long of tooth.

Yes, the mac is an oldie but a goody. Runs fairly well otherwise. Again, the spooky part of this is that the new version IMovie imports video that looks fine while the old version imports faded/foggy versions of the same clips. And, yes, I am disinclined to change my OS on the MacBook Pro at this point.

What version of iMovie are you using?

If you're asking me, the 10.1.2

Hi there, did anyone ever answer your question? I have the same thing going on; very frustrating 😠

Same problem -- this is appalling. At first I thought it was simply a 'Brightness' level issue, but adjusting that Image aspect does not correct the problem.

Same here. I first thought I have changed the settings in my camera. But now I realize, that the original file looks ok when opened in Quicktime. But the file imported in iMovie 11 looks too bright.

Playing around with the video settings does help a little. First try "Automatic" and then reduce saturation and move the top left slider a bit more to the right. So maybe they are using a different color profile in Sierra that is not compatible with iMovie 11.

This is very annoying, since all legacy projects have that problem. Apple really should fix that.

My upload just freezes after writing, very frustrating. This has me resorting to the youtube uploader which is terribly slow.. Loads of people must have this issue, A FIX PLEASE ASAP APPLE

Same problem!

After the upgrade... all my timeline is RED!

Please fix this bug asap guys...

Can it be that the wide Gamut feature in Final Cut Pro and Sierra is the reason for the problems we have with video projects in iMovie 11? I was watching the in-depth Final Cut Pro 10.3 tutorials (because I will switch my editing from iMovie to Final Cut Pro X finally). https://youtu.be/A1wfIKPjVRc?list=PLj5Nh9NxSxdmBgCNtzLP-oP5ep5caV3Xt

I still think Apple should correct this bug though. Did we all post a bug report yet? I will do now.

This is my bug report that I posted here. http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

Please do so too!

iMovie 11 projects washed out colors with macOS Sierra

When you open your projects with iMovie 11 with macOS Sierra the color is way off, it almost looks like there is a foggy overlay. You cannot correct that with video settings. This makes it impossible to work with iMovie 11 on Sierra for the time being.

I am aware that iMovie 11 is not supported anymore but for editors who have a lot of projects still in this format this is a pretty dramatic bug right now.

Can it be that the wide Gamut feature in Final Cut Pro and Sierra are the reason for the problems we have with video projects in iMovie 11?

Here is a thread that documents this bug. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7683886?answerId=30944806022#30944806022&ac_cid=tw123456

Thanks for sharing yet another reason not to upgrade yet, even though I get incessant reminders to. :-) G