iMovie does not transition between photos while making a movie or playing it

iMovie does not transition between photos when making a movie or playing it. It will just sit on one photo playing the music but will not show the next photo. Every photo has a transition and I have changed them to different transitions but still just one photo. I can move the slider with my finger and it will go to the next photo, but stays there unless I touch the slider again.

It is the same on my iPhone and iPads.

I am using the latest update 18.2.1

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Posted on Jan 29, 2025 8:24 PM

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gerrard226

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Posted on Mar 18, 2025 1:16 AM

I have the same problem after updating IOS to 18.3. When you manually move with fingers, the picture changes, but would not change in play or edit mode.

i saved all projects, deleted everything and the imovie app.

installed again from app store and this time made sure full access given to everything. Still would not work.

should Apple customers have to ditch imovie and change over to apps like Splice which is a paid app. Will apple compensate for this problem created by the IOS update to 18.3.

are there any (truly) free apps that anyone can recommend?

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Feb 28, 2025 6:12 PM in response to Eknut

Thanks will try that

Mar 17, 2025 12:32 PM in response to ketilkling

I saw it helped by using a movie clip, but this can´t be the solution, if I only want pictures. It worked perfectly well last week, but suddenly not now…

Mar 25, 2025 9:43 AM in response to Stargrog

Looks like vibe coding strikes again.

Mar 31, 2025 7:13 AM in response to Eknut

How is this done? Are you talking FB Messenger?

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