IMovie 6.0.4 - photo settings window - gone!

The photo settings window in iMovie 6 does not appear, nor can I figure out how to activate it. So I'm stuck with the Ken Burns settings of some now forgotten project.
Would re-installation of iMovie 6 help? If so, where do I get the re-install?
I'm stuck with iMovie 6 due to G4 Mac.
Appreciate any and all help with this. Thanks, Steve

I am having the same problem.
I am using iMovie 6.0.3 and I can't see the photo when I click on photo settings. It was working earlier. Very frustrating.

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Hide/Show Photo Settings

6 has gone and put the Ken Burns setting behind a button. I want "Show Photo Settings" to be my default. I hate having to press the button each time I want to set Ken Burns on and off.

The Photo Settings window is probably hidden off-screen.
The Photo Settings palette "sticks" to the project window. If you position the palette to the right of the project window, close the palette, move the project window to the right side of the screen, then open the palette, the palette has been moved with the project window and is now located off screen.
Move the project window back and the palette should immediately reappear, or appear when the Show Photo Settings window is next pressed.
If you can't find it, re-launch iMovie.
This is one of a multitude of iMovie 6 user interface bugs. If history holds it will probably never be fixed.
Karl

"show photo settings" and ken burns glitch? please help :(

hi, i'm having a problem,
my software is the latest version, so is quicktime, all my updates are up to date, i'm not using an external hardrive.
i was creating a music video composed of all still pictures and everything was going fine untill today.
the "show photo settings" display box has a glitch or something.
the slide bars for the ken burns effect have disappeared.
a checkmark on the imovie display is now visible and the apply and reverse buttons have disappeared.
i can no longer exit out the photo settings window the same way as before.
when pictures are added to the timeline they are much too long.
i'm unable to keep the ken burns affect box checked, it keeps unchecking itself and it wont allow me to change any photo settings on certain pictures and on the ones it will allow me to when i press "apply" or the checkmark it stalls and wont render the file (the red line doesn't fill and just stays there)
when changing the length or display time of the picture it will delete itself and replace it with the next picture in line.
can anyone help me? i've spent a massive amount of time on this video and would like to finish it. i dont know what the problem is. maybe i clicked something i shouldn't have?
thanks in advance

i'm estimating around _1000 pictures_ ... they are all being stored on the desktop ...
WOW!
... how long does your poor Mac need for booting??
The >40y old Xerox metaphor of a Desktop/Folders/trashbin had the concept of simulating reallife.. would you store ~1000 pics on your desk while glueing them into an album (ever glued 1k pics into an album?) ...?
I assume, your System is 'cluttered'. totally cluttered.
try to clean up ... in Finder, clean your File 'System'... create folders (many folders...), use the pre-installed structure your Mac came with (how about storing pictures in... ehm, Pictures?), why not using iLife as intended (import into iM from iPhoto), why not using the integrated 'File Management' of iPhoto to create albums, to give your mass of pics some structure, finally consider to use approbiate apps (if you try to create a stopmotion-like movie, QTpro or Boinx' istopmotion are better tools) ...
keep in mind, a Mac needs at last 10-15GB free on internal drive to act normal.
export as much as you can to external drives (firewire connected, 'MacOsExtended' formatted), don't forget to give these harddrives structure too .. you know how to create Folders in Finder?
after all is set and done, your desktop is clean, everything is in its place, use Disk Utility to check&repair... finally, reboot your Mac, give it a chance to 'recreate' itself in better shape
... and there's still a high chance, that the fragile file management of the 20$ consumer app iMovie is still overwhelmed by >1000 stills in one single project...

Photo Settings Grayed Out

I am creating about a 20 minute photo slide show with music. Suddenly, in the middle of working on the project, the "Show Photo Settings" button has grayed out for all but those photos that have the Ken Burns effect. The only way I can get it back is to delete the photo and reimport a new photo. That could get tedious with 200 photos. Is there any other way to fix this?

Yes, I think you've nailed it. When we send an iMovie project to iDVD, iMovie will offer to render any UNrendered photo clips. That includes photos imported with the Ken Burns checkbox OFF. (Those imported with the Ken Burns checkbox ON are rendered by Ken Burns, so iMovie won't ask to render them again.)
After iMovie renders them on their way to iDVD, those clips are no longer editable with the Photo Settings window. So that would explain the behavior you see.
There's another problem. There's a bug in iMovie that renders the photos with very poor quality when rendering it for iDVD. Photos acquire the "jaggies". Photos with certain kinds of content — straight lines, lap siding on buildings, roof lines, power lines — can look pretty terrible.
Once those photos have been damaged, the only way to repair them is to re-import the photos.
The jaggies can be avoided by doing any ONE of the following:
1. When iMovie asks permission to render the images for iDVD, do NOT grant permission. Then iDVD will render the photos.
2. Turn the Ken Burns checkbox ON when importing the image. Then Ken Burns will render them and iMovie won't ask later. (Note that Ken Burns can be set to have no zoom or pan. It looks like a still image, but it has been rendered into a clip.
3. Instead of Sharing the project with iDVD, use iDVD to import the iMovie project to the iDVD project. (Dragging the iMovie project into the iDVD project window is one way to import it.)
Karl

Show Photo Settings stays grey

I'm trying to edit photos in my movie. I'm trying to use "Show Photo Settings". However it remains grey for some photos while it works for others????? I do not have any transitions or text in these photos, I can't figure out why I can't get to their photo settings? Can anyone help?
Mac OS X (10.4.9)

If the photo clip has been edited in any way — you've added a special effect, for example — iMovie no longer considers it a photo clip.
With the clip selected in the Timeline, choose Advanced > Revert Clip to Original. It may be necessary to do that that more than once to revert the clip all the way back to the original. Now when you select the clip iMovie should enable the Photo Settings button.
Karl

Show Photo Settings

In the tutorials, reference is made to selecting "Show Photo Settings." Well, I cannot find the "Show Photo Settings" options, button or icon.
Suggestions?

Example text from tutorial below:
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 (WHERE IS THIS????).
In the Photo Settings window, deselect the Ken Burns Effect checkbox.
Click Apply.

Ken Burns Effect window not there when I click on "Show Photo Settings"

Hi
I am using IMovie HD v 6.0.3 on my mac book pro v 10.4.11. When I press "Show Photo Settings" in imovie, all I see is a large preview window with the photo panning and zooming. There is no window box with a small preview window, zoom, speed controls, and Ken Burns check box, etc. on the interface. So, as a result, the only control I have is a stop, and grab.
Where is my Ken Burns window with all the controls? Is there a download or a fix for this? What am I missing? I have a project loaded with photos and a deadline, so I figured if I used imovie instead of final cut pro, it would be much quicker and easier.
Please help....
Thanks,
Anneita

Thanks for your reply! Your suggestion makes perfect sense.
However, just before I received your reply, I made an appointment with a Mac Genius at the local Apple store, and guess what! The transparent box was hiding way down the bottom of the screen, and that's why it couldn't be seen. He found it! Duhhhhh......
Thanks again.

Black window for Show Photo Settings

Using iMovie 6.3. I have edited several photos and put them in place for iMovie. but without Ken Burns effect. When I want add editing, ie. Ken Burns effect, I get a black window which makes editing impossible. This only happens with photos previously dragged to bottom row and not to new attempts. When I click Show Photo Settings, the edit window goes black. Can I avoid this?
Gene O'Meara

I suggest that we all give Mac the feedback, that they need to give us a update Fast. As Right now... as in NOW
I find it unbelievable that this problem is still here.
Please. Every one who stops by with this problem, Please give iMovie the feedback
How to give iMovie feedback:
Open iMovie
Go to iMovie menu
Click Provide iMovie Feedback

Unable to drag a photo into imovie 08 no photo settings available

Hi - any help appreciated - I'm unable for some reason to drag a photo into my project. It's the first time I've used iMovie 08 but am quite a proficient mac user. Photo Library is visible and I can select photos no problem. The photo settings dialog box doesn't appear and if I drag over to the editing window it doesn't appear (but there is a green plus).
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Hayley

My photos are on an external drive too and have no issues. That doesn't rule out the external drive as a problem for you but hopefully confirms for you that you should be able to get it to work.
What happens if you drag the photo or a photo from either your desktop or from the iphoto application itself.
Have you tried closing imovie and re-launching it.

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I downloaded iMovie HD since iMovie 08 does not allow many alterations.
Any advise?
Thanks.
-Joe

Hi amf62 - there are lots of topics in this forum related to creating slideshows. There is much debate about what is the best method - using iphoto, or imovie, or one of the third-party apps. like Photo-to-Movie, Still Life, or Foto Magic.
And synchronising with music has its own set of topics!
A search through the forum's search facility will be helpful, but here's one to sart you off:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=460692&tstart=0
Karl Petersen is perhaps the best forum helper to give you advice on this.
One of the most important issues has to do with maintaining the best possible picture quality. If you import with the KB function turned on, then a serious bug is avoided. If you import with it off, then when you send your imovie to iDVD via the imovie DVD button, you will be asked if you want the project to render. DON'T choose that option, as it badly affects picture quality.
Also note that the quality you see on screen is usually not as good as the final quality.
Hope this helps.

I have an older version of imovie. After I change the photos using the Ken Burns effect and save them, the next time I open the file and click 'show photo settings' to change the zoom, the picture appears black and I can't change the zoom?

I have a five year old version of imovie that generally works fine. However, when I add a photo using the 'Ken Burns' effect then save the movie, the next time I open the file and click 'show photo settings' the picture appears black and I cannot change the zoom. Any suggestions?

Have you rendered both iOS 7 and iOS 8 (both of which will work on your iPhone 5) out of the question entirely without trying every possible configuration? The animations can be disabled entirely, if that's the problem. And if the whiter-brighter user interface is the problem, there's reverse-contrast modes that darken everything. You can expose accessibility controls to gain immediate access to these functions to toggle them on and off. I guess my point is you may have decided against upgrading the OS based on an early experience with iOS 7 when Apple has since made changes in later revisions to address some of the usability complaints.
Now, Apple's instructions for downloading older versions of apps is to do so from the Purchased list, not from the app's product page.
See here:
Install the latest compatible version of an app on an earlier version of iOS or OS X - Apple Support
Let us know how that works for you.

"Show Photo Settings" not always active window in "Media"

I am trying to change the viewing time of photo clips in my movie. When I click on Media, sometimes the "show Photo settings" tab is active, but sometimes not! very frustrating...any iaeas? I have saved the project, closed imovie, reopened...it's very skittish!

Hello, and welcome to the discussions.
First, close iMovie and reopen it and see if it now works. If not, delete iMovie's preference file. Close iMovie, go to your Home folder (YourUserName)/ Library/Preferences/com.apple.imovie.plist Be sure to select the correct one; if you have another version of iMovie the plist file for it might have a number such as iMovie7.
Drag the plist file to the trash. iMovie will create a new fresh one for you when you relaunch it.
Reopen iMovie and see if it works now.
Be sure you have a photo selected when you try to click on 'Show Photo Settings.'
Post back if none of the above resolves the problem.

Cant seem to make photoshop default to open photos in Windows. Its defaulting to Adobe and I changed settings, still not working

When I upload photos from my phone to computer Cant seem to make photoshop default to open photos in Windows. Its defaulting to Adobe and I changed settings, still not working. Even when I press preview on photo and they open in windows photo viewer I cannot save the file to my computer. I have Photoshop CS4

infact both are same only..http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB572Z/B/mini-displayport-to-vga-adapter "http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB570Z/B/mini-displayport-to-dvi-adapter"

"Show Photo Settings" Bug

In v6.01, I can drag a batch of jpegs to the edit line,, a one at a time I can click on the picture, Click on the Media button,, click on the "Show Photo Settings" button and the Preview window goes black. No picture appears. The only workaround I have found is to delete the picture and drag a new one in.
This has happened on one,, or several pictures in a row.
Save,, Save,, Save........

Not emptying the trash is a terrible solution. As the imovie becomes too big to fit on a DVD unless the trash is gone!
There's another (better) workaround that's been discovered since this Topic began. It rescues iMovie's own copy of the source image so the image is available later when you want to Update the clip. The workaround also lets you empty the iMovie trash to discard OTHER items.
When a photo is imported with the Ken Burn checkbox ON, iMovie immediately puts its own copy of the photo in the iMovie Trash. You'll see the Trash bulge by 117K or so. (It shouldn't go in the Trash, but it does.)
The workaround is to immediately open the iMovie Trash window and drag the image to the Clips pane. It's no longer in the Trash so it won't be discarded when you empty the Trash.
if you Update the clip later, the Update will (successfully) use the image in the Clips pane to Update the clip.
Karl

Clicking Photo Settings Button Changes Hue of image

I have been struggling with this for some time.
When I import a jpg file ( file created from exporting from iPhoto ) to iMovie, it looks fine on the preview window until I click the Photo Settings button. The images hue chages to an orang/red. All I want to do is add the Ken Burns Effect.
At first I thought it was a problem with the iMovie project, as I have done this in the past with no issues. So I created a new project, added just the jpg and attempted to do the Ken Burns Effect on it.. once again the hue changed to the orange/red.
Then I though.. the iMove Prefs must be corrupt. I deleted the com.apple.imove.plist .. or whatever it's called from both prefrences directories ( root and home ) The started a new project again. imported the jpg attemted the Ken Burns Effect.. no dice.. same orange/red hue.
I wish I could blam iMovie and then get some brainy apple engineer to fix it form me, but alas.. other jpg files can be imported and Ken Burns works fine on them.
What is different about the jpg's?
The ones that don't work were actually dv stills made from quicktime pro, that were imported to iPhoto and then exported as jpg.
The one that work were created by the digital camera. ( original format is jpg )
Strange... eh?
I even tried opening the exported jpg file with apple preview and saving as a psd, and use that in iMovie.. but I still get the same orange/red hue change when I bring up the Photo Settings dialog in iMovie.
Why does this happen?
How can I fix it?
Travis Harper
Multimedia/IT Advisor
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Just a side note..
I just discovered that I do not have the problem on my PowerMac G4 450 that was upgraded to 1Ghz Sonet Chip. I believe the Key is my Graphics Card.
My Graphic Card in my Old Mac is 32 Meg Radeon card. ( does not support Core Video )
This makes me believe that he proble is deeper that the iLife apps. I believe the issue is with Apple Core Video and how it handles images.
Without Core Video, my images no longer get the red/Orange hue in iMovie.
Some more tests are needed, but at least I have a work around for now.
Travis

IMovie 6.0.4 - photo settings window - gone!

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