[MacDV] iMovie::Overlaying Photo onto Video Track

[Chuck Kay]

On Jan 26, 2004, at 12:19 PM, Scott Wm Eastman wrote:

> Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
>
> I've got David Pogue's book (The Missing Manual for iMovie) and I've 
> gone
> over the instructions forward and backward on how to insert a photo 
> clip
> over the video track without disrupting the sound.

It should work Scott. I have found there is a bug in iMovie when you do 
something like this. First, make sure the audio is being extracted when 
you do a paste-over. You should see the extracted audio displayed in 
the first audio track directly underneath where you inserted 
(paste-over) your clip. Usually, you see the audio lock indicators as 
well when the audio is extracted. Hearing no resulting audio has 
happened to me a few times as well. What I do, is select the audio 
track that was just extracted (it is highlighted). I then make sure the 
"edit audio" checkbox is selected at the bottom of the timeline. Then 
adjust the audio levels by either using the slider or manually in the 
audio track. Even if it is already correctly set, do it anyway. Drag it 
down to "0" and then back up to "100%". This usually solves this 
problem for me. Drag your playhead to just before the inserted clip, 
and play. See if that solves your problem.