Freeze Frame problem

I have been trying to add a freeze frame at the end of a movie but the frame created is not at the end and it causes a jump. Is there an easier way to create a freeze frame rather than right clicking

Al is right, you should check with the FCP forum.
But the same happened to me with FCE HD 3.5.
So I have 2 hints:
- was the timeline selected (no clip selected in it) before Make Freeze Frame ?
- as a workaround you can make a temporary sequence were to set the clip(s) with filters, drag this sequence into the main timeline, and apply Make Freeze Frame to that. This worked with me.
Piero

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The following information is extracted from the FCP User Manual, and gave me an explanation to such black extra frame at the end of my edits that I used to fund too. I hope it helps you.
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FCE 1 and 2..... http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93688
FCE HD............ http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301182
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