IMovie projects displaying wrong photos

After upgrading to iMovie 09, my old projects that were "in the works" now display the wrong photos. When I preview the movie, it has the right photos. I don't understand. Even the movies that were finished and put into iDVD now show the wrong photos in the Project window.

I am having the exact same problem. I can't seem to find a workaround, even duplicating the project file gave me the same issue. My best solution is you can make a separate project, drag the photos you want to show into there (with any transitions or effects you want) and then export that project as a separate QuickTime file. Then reimport that newly created movie and it will work because iMovie is reading your "photos" as a movie file now. I did this and it worked for me, even though I admit it's a pain. But at least I didn't have to start my project all over again. Good luck!

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It is also designed to export these "movies" to DVD formats for playback on a TV. Your TV is a lot lower resolution than your computer monitor.

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I'm using iMovie11 with photos from my Aperture library. I use the media browser to add photos to my iMovie project. Can anyone tell me what iMovie's expected behavior should be after I'd done the following:
1. Created an iMovie project and added photos from an Aperture album via the media browser.
2. Did some editing of said photos in Aperture. Aperture prefs set to "Always" share previews with iLife and iWork.
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With iMovie 09, you would have to delete and re-add after you did further editing of photos in Aperture or iPhoto. I assume (but have not confirmed) that it works the same way in iMovie 11.
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I'm trying to export an imovie project to idvd. The project is a slideshow of photos from iphoto with an itunes soundtrack. When I click "create idvd project", it advises that its needs to "render & proceed" , but nothing happens. I've also tried using "Share" and clicking idvd in the imovie menu, but that does not work either. I'm using imovie 4 and idvd 4. Has anyone else encountered this?
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Hi Peter
This is an often reported problem.
No I don't have a direct solution but
instead of using iPhoto to make Your Slide Show You could do as I do.
I start a new iMovie project
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- etc
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named HPfurz and install it)
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