Photo Settings in iMovie HD

When I click on "Photo Settings" to change the Ken Burns settings...the current photo that I am trying to change goes black which prevents any change to photo settings.
I downloaded iMovie HD since iMovie 08 does not allow many alterations.
Any advise?
Thanks.
-Joe

Hi amf62 - there are lots of topics in this forum related to creating slideshows. There is much debate about what is the best method - using iphoto, or imovie, or one of the third-party apps. like Photo-to-Movie, Still Life, or Foto Magic.
And synchronising with music has its own set of topics!
A search through the forum's search facility will be helpful, but here's one to sart you off:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=460692&tstart=0
Karl Petersen is perhaps the best forum helper to give you advice on this.
One of the most important issues has to do with maintaining the best possible picture quality. If you import with the KB function turned on, then a serious bug is avoided. If you import with it off, then when you send your imovie to iDVD via the imovie DVD button, you will be asked if you want the project to render. DON'T choose that option, as it badly affects picture quality.
Also note that the quality you see on screen is usually not as good as the final quality.
Hope this helps.

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