How to turn off Ken Burns Effect

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.
Click Apply.
BUT: here is NO checkbox to deselect Ken Burns Effect.
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.
It would be great if somebody has an idea to turn off Ken Burns Effect.
Thank you
Christian

Go to File/Project Properties and you can define the default behavior for adding stills to your project.
After clicking File/Project Properties, you will click on the Timing Tab. There you will see how to set the default still photo duration and the initial photo placement.
You an set it as Ken Burns, Fit, or Crop. You can always change it later in the Rotate, Crop, Ken Burns tools, but if you are importing a lot, it makes sense to set the default as the one you are most likely to need.

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of Apply because you are updating an existing clip,
not importing a new one.
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Thank your for your input and in the last couple of days I have been able to produce the iMovie. But I now have another question about burning it.
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