How to remove automatic ken burns effect in iMovie '13

I am currently doing a stop-amimation using imovie '13 (10.0.2).
When I move photos into the movie sequence, they automacitcl have ken burns applyed.
Obviosly this is bad for a stop-animation, I need the whole photo and for it not to move!
how to I remove it? please help!

Select project and click on Settings above the viewer. Against "Photos placement" choose "Fit" or "Crop" rather than "Zoom". This will prevent KB effect on new photos that are added. Exisiting ones you will have to change individually (or possibly copy and paste into a new project with Fit or Crop set - not sure if this will work).
Geoff.

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Hello
working with iMovie HD 6.0.4
I do have iMovie 11, but can't figure out how to manage more than one soundtrack (Movie and Music).
So back to iMovie HD 6.
I searched the Help section regarding turning off Ken Burns Effect.
This is what it says:
To remove the pan and zoom effect from a photo in your movie:
Select the image in the clip viewer or timeline viewer.
Click the Media button, click Photos at the top of the Media pane, and then click Show Photo Settings.
In the Photo Settings window, deselect the Ken Burns Effect checkbox.
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Anybody know what happened?
The reason I want to get rid of it is that zooming makes stills unwatchable. I it barely ok in iPhoto but in iMovie, the resolution is totally messed up.
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