IMovie Text over Still Clips

This is an iMovie HD, not iMovie 6 problem.
No matter what I try, I cannot place a caption over a still picture on my movie. I type the text, check off "Over Black" and choose an effect to drop the text onto the movie. I select "Preview" and it works fine. But when I run "Play" the text will not appear. I even followed the advice of a "Genius" at my nearby Apple Store.
Any help would be appreciated.
Paul FitzPatrick

ill take stab at it , im not sure what you meant by still clip , wouldn't any still clip have to assigned a certain amount of editing, or time frame using the Burns effect? after doing that , then yes you would drag the title on to the clip from the titles window , not where you put the text , so if for instance you chose 3D spin , you choose your color , and font , and enter the text , then drag the "3D spin" on to the clip , not the text , and unless you are creating a seperate clip , by clicking on over black , the title should be the same time as the clip you are adding it to , and if there are already transitions at either end , you have to split the clip and drag the title to the split ,, what I did like about the windows movie maker when I used a PC , was you were not limited to just "over black" as a title back ground , you could choose the color , and the transparency of the letters or am i missing someting?

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