Non-Proportional Crop or Ken Burns

I am learning the new iMovie. I can't figure out how to non-proportionally crop photos by dragging just one side of the crop tool in or out. The entire box changes size in both dimensions. I don't want that. I just want one dimension to change.
Hope you can help.
Tom

You could try  Edit > Select All  then click on the crop button and change the setting from Ken Burns to Fit.
I find that this only works if you do not have the Automatic Cross Dissolve transitions in place.
If you do, File > Project Theme and uncheck the transitions and remove them.
After you have changed from Ken Burns to Fit, you can re-apply them.
Easiest way in future is to set up your project (File > Project Properties) before you start adding photos.
z.

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