Rogue Picture Monopolizes Slideshow in iMovie HD

I'm working on my first "Movie" slideshow in iMovie HD. I have been adding Ken Burns effects to many of my slides which includes a lot of copying so I can zoom in from and hold.
After finishing about 1/3 of the slides, a problem started happening...sometimes not always. I click on a slide to apply the effects and one slide from near the beginning pops up in the little window where you apply effects (the slide I want stays in the "monitor" window). I am unable to apply effects to the slide I have selected.
I worked around it last night by re-importing the slide I was working on, but the rogue picture still kept coming up and taking over (sometimes, not always). I have tried to delete it totally from the pictures I am working with, but can't find out how. I don't know if that would help or another would take over instead.
This is spooky! How do I get rid of the culpret and the problem?
PowerbookG4 Mac OS X (10.4.6)
PowerbookG4    

O.K. It looks like I have to answer my own question. After a lot of experimenting I found this...
The "Rogue" picture is always the first picture in the current album in the iPhoto screen in iMovie. Let's call it photo A.
The photo you would like to edit...we can call photo B.
The fix is simple...not really!
1) Quit iMovie.
2) Open iPhoto.
3) Open the album containing photo B.
4) Move photo B in the album so that it is the first picture. It will now become your "Rogue" photo...a new photo A.
5) Close iPhoto
6) Reopen iMovie.
7) Be sure the album with the photo you want to edit is selected.
8) The photo you want is now editable with the Ken Burns effect.
But, that still doesn't answer the question of Why it happens and how to avoid it.
CarylLynne
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