Problem viewing iPhoto library

For some reason, whenever I try to view an enlarged picture in iPhoto, it will just appear black, although the thumbnail will appear fine. This happened to me after my computer got a large kernel panic attack, which caused my computer to get a kernel panic every time I booted up. (virus?) Eventually it stopped, but now most of my iLife apps are broken. Help?
In console, it shows the following message when trying to view an enlarged image:
iPhoto[271] Can't open movie: -2020
Message was edited by: -Shadow-

Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the apple and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild.
If that fails:
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD

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