Problems after reverting to leopard

Hi I was wondering if any one was having problems with imovies after reverting back to leopard from snow leopard?
Snow leopard wasnt compatible with some of the programs i needed for work so I re-installed leopard from the disk provided, I then reinstalled the ilife applications (including imovies) and installed all updates. when i then open an imove project all the clips, chapter markers etc are there but when i try and watch it there is no video output, the sound from the clips is still present however.
i also have similar problems with iDVD as projects saved in time machine wont open. nor have the themes been installed from the DVD

Hello and welcome Cassie,
We'll need a bit more information to be sure of the problem.
Can you provide:
1. A more complete description of your Mac? (model, processor, RAM)
2. A more complete description of the kind of re-installation you performed? (Was it an archive and install?)
You can get the Mac info by going to the Apple Menu (top left) and selecting "About this Mac" - then clicking on "More Info" in the info window which appears. You can copy-paste the above info in your reply.
The probable reason you can't access your iMovie and iDVD projects in a Time Machine backup is that you probably ran TIme Machine - after - installing Snow Leopard. TM is designed to work "within" the OS environment and might not be able to "cross back over" to 10.5. That is just my "working theory" at the moment, others may have more correct information.
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