It would help if you would let us know what version of iMovie, what computer, what OS you have installed. What do you mean by, The Ken Burns preview went black? do you mean that you have a black viewer? What happens when you select the slide in your sequence timeline and hit the spacebar? Have you opened the Photo Settings HUD? regards, sb On Jun 17, 2007, at 4:17 AM, Landya McCafferty wrote: > I am having major problems with iMovie. I made a wonderful > slideshow gift for my husband for Father's Day. As I was > finalizing it and looking through all the photo settings (most have > the Ken Burns effect), the Ken Burns effect preview went black on > me. Everything else seems to work but now I cannot adjust my photos. > > I have repaired permissions, deleted the iMovie preferences file, > deleted the font collection folder, and run all the maintenance > scripts. > > Does anyone have any ideas to help me recover this project and fix > iMovie? Thanks so much! >