Ken Burns duration???

Is there any way to have the Ken Burns effect go from start to end and then allow the clip to remain visible for an additional second or two? It seems that the clip changes to the next clip immediately after the KB effect reaches the end. Thanks in advance.

1. After setting the Ken Burns effect, copy and paste the clip and position the copy so that it follows directly after the original.
2. Click on the copy, then click on the gear icon (cogwheel) on the clip and select Cropping, Ken Burns and Rotation from the pop-up menu.
3. In the viewer you will see the Ken Burns Start and End frames. Drag the Start frame to exactly match the End frame.
4. In the Clip Inspector adjust the duration to how long you wish to hold the frame - this should now show no motion effect and match perfectly with the final frame of the preceding Ken Burns clip.
Note that you can easily reverse the Start and End positions. This allows you to add continuous motion to a clip, such that you can zoom in, then pan left or right or up and down etc. by using copies of preceding clips - explained as follows:
Working with a copy, in the lower left corner of one of the frames you will see a tiny left/right arrow icon. Click on this. The frames will now reverse, such that the Start frame becomes the End frame, and vice versa. Now move the End frame to the new position. Click Done. When viewed, you will see, for example, a seamless zoom in from (say) a wide shot to a medium shot, then a pan across to another face or object. There is no jerkiness, it all works quite smoothly.
Note that I was using iMovie '11 to check this procedure, but I think it all works in a similar way in iMovie '09. I'm not sure about the reverse method - but there is an icon in iMovie '09 that does this, I just can't recall if it was in the actual frame or elsewhere in the Viewer.
John
PS Sorry, started posting this before seeing AppleMan's post - got interrupted (baby sitting today)!
Message was edited by: John Cogdell - added PS

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    1) copy the photo with the Ken Burns effect
    2) place the copy after the original photo
    3) edit the copy, reverse the order of the Ken Burns effect using the arrows next to the word "Start" so the end point is now the start point, change "Ken Burns" effect to "Crop", and change the duration of the copy
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    - place the copy before the original photo
    - edit the copy by just changing the "Ken Burns" effect to a "Crop"  (i.e., crop using the start point),and change the duration of the copy
    If you have a "pause, ken burns effect, pause" don't use a transition after the 1st pause and before the 2nd pause. 
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