IMovie 6 Problems/Bugs - Frustration!

I have used iMovie for quite some time but this recent iMovie v6.0.2 has been increbidlyI have used iMovie for quite some time (at home) but this recent iMovie v6.0.2 has been incredibly disappointing. Problems to date:
- Adding simple transitions has become a nightmare. I often experience black frames (appears as a “Blip” when viewing) at the end of cross dissolve transitions. Usually when they are preceded with a still photo using the Ken Burns effect. Only fix is to start deleting and adding the content again hoping they will not appear.
- Still images appear worse then previous versions. The still images look very pixilated and fuzzy. Another strange thing for a split second before the transition starts they appear clear and crisp. So if I have a bunch of stills with transitions in between you get an odd visual of (pic) pixilated – clear – transition – clear – (pic) pixilated – clear – transition – etc. Again, the clear image before and after a transition only lasts a brief second.
- iMovie will occasionally just crash and disappear while I’m working on a project.
Anyone have any suggestions? I’m disappointed because I got my company to buy a Mac for video editing but with these issues my 5 minute video took hours to create. I liked to get this fixed to redeem the Mac’s reputation around here. It’s a MacBook Pro 17” (w/ OS X v10.4.7) and a pretty clean system no strange add-ons or anything. Thanks, for any help.
disappointing.

GOOD LUCK!
I'm having the ...... same problems.... I AM DEAD IN THE WATER!!!!!!
Cant go back to imovie5. I've neve had so many problems with iMovie.
I use it to make presentations for the company I work for. But now I am dead in the water.... can't do anything. It took almost 3 hours to get out a 10 minute DVD.
iMoive6 kept crashing, and crashing, and crashing. Then the photos would get corrupted and I would have to start over.
I tried deleting preferences, but that didn't help at all.

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