Removing Ken Burns effect once photo is on time line

I am using the lastest version of iMovie, I have made a movie using only photos. All of the photos have the Ken Burn's effect some are ok but other are not. Can the Ken Burn's effect be turned off once images are on the time line?

Found it. Select the photo on time line, highlight the adjust symbol in the upper right hand corner, highlight crop button and chose "fit" or "crop to fill".

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  • How do I remove ken burns effect?!?!

    Hi,
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    1. iMove keeps on crashing on me, it seems like I have to close my eyes and pray that it doesn't crash before I get to save my project, which is most often than not.
    2. Probably the most frustrating, is the Kens Burns Effect. I can not REMOVE, DELETE, GET RID OF IT! (I don't know any other way to put it) I just want it out of my original clip! I did everything the iMove Help suggested I do.
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