Pictures not showing up without transition?

Question

I am currently trying to use iMovie HD 6.0.3 to make a slide show/movie of pictures and whatnot. I have used iMovie before, so have successfully made movies in the past. However, when trying to have certain pictures line up with the music correctly I don't use transitions in order to have them appear suddenly and with no fade-in/fade-out or anything. Without the transitions the picture doesn't appear until the bar is hovering over the picture after it, which makes timing almost impossible.
I was able to successfully do this on an older version a few years ago, a copy of which I still have on my newer computer. When I opened it, the effect does the same thing, only it didn't previously. I have a disc copy too, so I know I could have pictures appear without transitions in the past.
Is this a known problem or am I doing something wrong?

Answer 1

It might not be, but this looks like the same problem described in this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2382794&tstart=0
and the solution probably is the same. The problem has been known to manifest upon upgrade to Quicktime 7.6.6. The solution found to have worked by other posters is to revert back to Quicktime 7.6.4 as described in the above thread.