Question about editing / modifying video

Is it possible to blur out a logo in the one of my clips? Are there any tools in iMovie to do this?
imac G5

Ok, I tried the plugin you recommend and unfortunately it didn't work out quite the way I wanted it to. I purchased and it (I should have just tried it first before I bought it) and tried to use it and all it did was pixellate the entire clip, it did not allow me to select the logo that needs to be blurred out in the clip. I need to be able to select the area in the clip, not just the whole clip. Even if it's not a blur, maybe even a black bar that I can resize and move around to black out the logo in the video.
I sent an e-mail to CFX support and they told me that their pluggins don't work at all with Intel based macs like mine. This is what I'm running, and this is what he wrote back to me and said....
Mac OS X Version 10.4.4
Processor 2 GHz Intel Core Duo
Memory 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM
iMovie Version = HD 6.0.2 (267)
---- cfx <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Sir,
thank you for your messages, and the additional information you
provided. From your second mail (below), we see that you have now correctly
installed the plug-in (as you correctly deducted, the plug-in had to be
installed manually by dragging it into the corect location).
Unfortunately, you are using an Intel-based Mac. Because we are still
waiting for a compiler that can produce the required shared libraries for
Intel-based Macs, our plug-ins are not yet Intel compatible. This means that
you did nothing wrong installing the plug-in. iMovie simply refuses to run
it.
Sincerely,
Cf/x
Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated beause I really need to finish this video

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