[MacDV] iMovie and problems with importing stills

[Juan M]

I figured it out!!!

it was that damn Ken Burns effect. Perhaps not the KB effect but it was 
in the Photo import window. I always have the KB effect set to OFF.

However, I had the magnification set for 1.25 instead of 1.00!! I 
didn't realize that this would still affect the photos imported since I 
wasn't using the KB effect or iPhoto. I don't know why it was set to 
1.25 perhaps that was a default that I never noticed before OR just 
plain old user error - I played around with it.

Once I reset that, the NEW imports are fine. I hadn't been using iPhoto 
to import the photos so I never looked there.


Thanks anyway. Perhaps this will solve someone else's problem.


juan



On Jun 12, 2004, at 10:51 AM, Juan M wrote:

> Hi
>
> Help!! Help!!
>
>
> I have iMovie 4 on my Powerbook 867 12-inch and on my iMac 800Mhz 
> superdrive model. I am running Panther (10.3.4)
>
> I just noticed after working on a movie for many hours that my 640 x 
> 480 72dpi photos are being cropped. I have been using my PowerBook for 
> this project. The problem became apparent to me when I scanned in some 
> school composite shots (one class photo with the mini photos of each 
> student). It was cutting off the students on the right, on the left, 
> on the top and on the bottom. In addition to the sides all being cut 
> off, it also appears that the photos are not centered on the screen 
> (both in playback and in the edit mode as well as on digital video 
> tape).
>
>
> However, I just tried importing photos into iMovie 4 on my iMac and I 
> didn't have a problem??!!!??!!!
>
>
> on the Powerbook I tried making the photos smaller than 640 x 480 even 
> going to 320 x 240 but it scales them up (which I would have guessed 
> it might) but it still cuts off the edges!
>
>
> So, what is wrong here??? What is the fix here?
>
> I am fearing I need to start the project over on the iMac. I never had 
> this problem before - or I didn't notice it.
>
>
> should I trash the preferences file.?
>
> What should I do?
>
> thanks
>
>
> Juan
>
>
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