Inserting arrows into Imovie '11

Hi
I need to insert an arrow into a movie to highlight a certain point. Posts in Imovie '10 tell you how to do this very easily, this however does not work for Imovie'11. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

This is the iOS iMovie forum.
You need to go to the iMovie Mac forum.
But you should check your export settings.
The preview that you see on the edit window is a preview, and not meant to be the final quality.
Also if you are editing an SD project it will resize to SD resolution.
If you're losing bit depth then look at what quality you are editing at.
Video is not 48 bit, and will never look as good as a full resolution photo still.

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