Fx Stabilizer - iMovie 06

I am still running iMovie 06 HD, by choice, and am looking for a 3rd party image stabilizer plugin that will work with either iMovie 06 HD and/or FCE 4.
I tried downloading a Demo of fx Stabilizer on 8/20/09, and it did an excellent job.
The only downside is the edited clip shows a rectangular *BLUE BOX* showing the parameters of the edit, even when I export to Quick Time or FCE.
Is anyone familiar with the fx Stabilizer product?
http://www.digitalthoughtsoftware.com/fx/
Am I receiving this *BLUE BOX* because I am using a Demo version of fx Stabilizer?
I emailed this company 36 Hrs ago asking for help and offering to buy their Pro version, if they can assure me this *BLUE BOX* is not there.
Does anyone out there have any feedback, or suggestions?
Please do not waste my time recommending iMovie 09.
I'd purchase it if I could export iMovie 06 to my external drive and still use iMovie 06.
I really would be very appreciative of some timely suggestions that would help me resolve this issue, as I need to stabilize 3 frames of this project before exporting to FCE 4 for final editing.
Thanks!

smenge wrote:
.. this *BLUE BOX* because I am using a Demo version of fx Stabilizer?
yepp, that is their version of copy protection ..
downloaded the demo (and their example video..) - works as promised.
I do own geethree.com 's Slick8 package, which incl. a Stabilizer too ..
both work same, .. both have the 'problem', not to show any preview...
you have to fly thru the dark..
I assume, purchasing a licence# from f/x will vanish that 'box'.
usually, such a watermark will NOT vanish from allready applied effects.
you have to erase the effects (click on clip, hit backspace) and apply gain...-

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