How to set a default to Ken Burns effect in cropping, within iMovie

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How to set a default to Ken Burns effect in cropping, within iMovie

I am building a project within iMove that includes video clips and individual photos. When I highlight a photo clip within the project and I want to adjust to the Ken Burns effect, I click on the cropping icon and it automatically takes me to the "Fill" option, among the three options of "Fill", "Crop to Fill" and "Ken Burns". Can I set iMovie, or my project, so that clicking on the crop icon automatically takes me to "Ken Burns"? This will save me a click, which is tedious when doing and then setting hundreds of photos with the Ken Burns effect.

I am using the below versions, which are the newest. There are answers to this question within the forum, however they relate to very old versions of iMovie.

Thank you,

Buster

iMovie: version 10.1.9

Photos: version 4.0

mac OS Mojave 10.14

Posted on Nov 2, 2018 8:11 AM

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Rich839

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Nov 2, 2018 8:37 AM in response to HDP

Hi, HDP,

Before creating your project, click on iMovie/Preferences from the menu bar. In the box that appears, set the Photo Placement to Ken Burns.

All of your photos that you place in the time line of your project will automatically have the Ken Burns effect.

If you want to take the Ken Burns effect off of a specific photo click on the Crop icon and set it to Fit or Crop to Fill.

-- Rich

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How to set a default to Ken Burns effect in cropping, within iMovie

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