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Imovie Ken Burns Freezing

While building a movie and using Ken Burns, the effect stops working. I am able to add and edit the effect, and more content. But durning playback the effect stops playing and the video is frozen in frame.


I have tried turning off 3 finger as suggested by Luis Sequeira1

in a different thread. (I am not sure I disabled it correctly) Luis if your out there could you give input.


I have tried restart and also a whole new project.


Anyone got any suggestions



MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 14.6

Posted on Sep 29, 2024 7:06 PM

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Oct 2, 2024 9:09 AM in response to MonkeyEdits

Hi,


When an iMovie exhibits unexpected behavior sometimes a simple deleting/resetting of preferences can cure the problem.


To delete/reset preferences open iMovie while holding down the Option and Command keys and select to delete preferences in the box that appears. iMovie will open in a new empty library. Reopen your old library to get back to your projects. (To reopen your old library close iMovie and go to your Movie folder or wherever you have your old iMovie library stored. Double click on the library’s icon.  iMovie will open in that library.) Now see if the Ken Burns feature will function properly on playback. Possibly you may need to reboot to set the changes.  Deleting preferences is a safe procedure that will not cause data loss or disruption to your project.


Another thing that you can try is to copy your media to a newly created project and see if that cures the issue. To copy a project's media to another project, do an Edit/Select All, Edit/Copy, and then go to the new project and do an Edit/Paste of the media into the timeline. Your edits will carry over.


-- Rich

Imovie Ken Burns Freezing

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