auto scroll imovie timeline

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auto scroll imovie timeline

The more I use the current version of iMovie the more angry I get, as everything worked fine in the older version. iMovie 10.1.6 . . . How can you get the timeline to autoscroll with playback in a project? The scrollbar moves with playback, but only to the end of the SCREEN. I have to stop playback and the screen will reposition itself in the current playback point, and then continue again. And if I try to manually scroll through a clip in the timeline, it does the same thing, I can only get to the end of the screen and it stops. WHAT? this is absurd. What am I missing?

iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Jul 14, 2017 5:41 PM

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Answer 1

Neil Kaplan1 Author

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Jul 14, 2017 6:11 PM in response to Jim Wanamaker

Thank you Jim... iMovie has deteriorated to being absolutely useless for me. I am beyond angry. Would love a recommendation for an easy to use video editor that actually has reasonable functionality, including scrolling and being able to import and nudge audio clips to sync with existing audio. I don't want to have to learn Final Cut.

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Jul 14, 2017 7:59 PM in response to Neil Kaplan1

Sorry but I am not familiar with any other video editors for Mac except FCPX. I used to use Final Cut Express but upgraded to Final Cut X. I find it to be a fine editor. There is a learning curve but if you have been using iMovie 10 it is not so bad and there are several good free tutorials to get you started. There is also a free 30 day trial to see if you like it.

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Jul 14, 2017 6:09 PM in response to Neil Kaplan1

You aren't missing anything. Current iMovie has no autoscroll like earlier versions did. I miss it also.

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