IMovie 08 slowing down

Subject: I movie slowing down
G5 Imac @ GHZ PowerPC
1.5 GB DDR SDRAM
Hard Drive 234 GB 125 available
Leopard 10.5.1
Imovie ‘08 7.1(506)
Help! This is becoming a big deal in my life when I expect to have time to edit and things just slow down so I can’t work on my projects. I may have to go back to Final Cut Express, but I like the promise of quick and easy editing.
I did import and edit a 2 minute tape a few weeks ago and was successful. Now I can’t seem to do another project.
iMovie 08 seems to have a tough time playing back video, importing video, making edits, when i hit a button it seems to take a few seconds to react.
I have run disc permissions, I have switched to thousands of colors vs. millions.
Help?
Todd

You can't do it within iMovie 08, but you can using external (free) software.
Details are here:
http://karsten.schluter.googlepages.com/slowmowithim08
Karsten is a major contributor to these discussion groups

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