Please Help! My transitions are fading too much audio out!

Question

Hello all,
I am still using the old iMovie 08. I am just making a simple video, but in certain trasitions btwn clips, the transition is cutting off too much of the audio at the end of the clip right b4 the transition begins. I have tried playing with the "set duration" function on the transition, but it is not working out properly, and doesnt chop exactly where you want it to b/c its trying to blend all the 3 pieces together so it looks like it averages them out, chopping out whatever amounts it wants from each of the 3 pieces. It basically makes it so you can't hear the last couple words from the speaker right as the transition is starting.
-Is there anyway to edit the transition properties and either turn off audio fading right b4 the transition -OR- to at least adjust down the amount of audio it cuts into at the end of my clip prior to the transition?
-Or is the only thing that u can edit on transitions is the "set duration"?    THANKS!!

Answer 1

It's regrettable that you deleted files without having backed them up first. The first thing you need to do is back up what's left of your data. You can do that with Time Machine or by other means, but you need an external hard drive to hold the data.
Whatever you did delete without backups is most likely gone forever. You could send your hard drive to a data-recovery firm, but the service will be very expensive and may not recover anything. The less you do with the computer before then, the better the chance of success.
The iPhoto library is corrupted and you won't be able to open it. You may be able to extract what's left of the images, but first you have to back up.