My iMovie '11 Wont Let me...

My iMovie wont allow me to cut away, Picture in picture, green scren and anything having to do with the click and drag menu even though i have "Show Advanced Tools" Checked
(I previously had trouble with iweb with the similar dark menus)

Try deleting iMovie's preference file. Close iMovie first then in Finder navigate to the file named "com.apple.iMovieApp.plist" in your User (Home) Library>Preferences folder. Trash this file. When next opened, iMovie will create a fresh file with the default settings. You may need to change some settings to suit your own preference. To do this, in iMovie go to the menu item iMovie>Preferences and make any changes in each of the tabs.
Deleting the preference file will often fix any unusual behaviour in iMovie. See this Apple article regarding iLife Troubleshooting Basics (deleting the preference file is mentioned there):
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3249
John

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whitbooks wrote:
.. want to import from pictures ..
if you don't like the convenience of the iLife package,
_drag 'n drop the pic-file from any Finder Window into project._
.. It is just too difficult to get the pictures inthere and if i do put them in i can't find them on the hard drive.
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I know, a matter of +Thinking Different+ ...
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