iMovie poster frame

Does anyone know how to set the poster frame in iMovie?

It seems to default to a frame in the middle of the video.

When saving or sharing the file, you can hover over a frame within your videos to set the poster frame, but once the file is saved, it goes back to the default.

Any help is appreciated, thanks!

MacBook Air, iOS 11.3.1, null

Posted on Apr 29, 2018 10:26 AM

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3 replies

Rich839

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Apr 29, 2018 12:06 PM in response to jride2

Hi,

Others have had the same issue with trying to manually set the poster frame. iMovie sets it randomly with a frame at or near the center point of the project, as you have observed.

Take a look at this thread and see if there is anything in there that helps you:

Re: iMovie Theater Thumbnails/Posters

-- Rich

jride2 Author

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Apr 30, 2018 1:56 PM in response to Rich839

Thanks so much, Rich. Your method worked!

Rich839

Level 8

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Apr 30, 2018 4:20 PM in response to jride2

You are very welcome.

-- Rich

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