Titles off center. imovie08

Question

I have several posts regarding the crashes experienced using imovie08. My post today is in regards to the titles that I put into my project. II am working in 16:9 (shot on the camera in that format, and I specify 16:9 when creating an Imovie08 project) When I add titles using the scrolling credits, all of my type is all center aligned just left of center. It almost appears that Imovie08 does not recognize that fact that I set the project to be 16:9 and is centering it for 4:3??? I don't' know but you spend time doing somthing and the this simple operation gives my projects a very bad "feel", like I forgot to hit the align button. I hope Apple fixes all of these quirks with the next update.....I love the new Imovie08 in theory, but I have to give it an "F" in actual functionality thus far...great concept, very poor execution of this application on Apples part. They should have never released the "new version" with all these bugs in it. Especially for a company that has this "media " reputation...Apple /PC commercials....yeah my Apple can make movies but the type is off center, it keeps crashing and losing info(projects)..so if you want to keep things you create, and have your titles actually centered in the frame, use a pc?? BTW i would never buy a pc, but when my pc friends see this #$%7 it doesn't make them want to switch to Apple anytime soon. Bad move on Apple's part in releasing a sub par product...keep the quality high. That's why people like Apples, because they work.

Answer 1

I just wanted to add that I too am experiencing the issue of "centered" titles being shifted slightly to the left of center. This is NOT an issue of failing to select centered justification in the 'Show Fonts' box. The titles are center-aligned, but their center point is somewhat left of the center of the frame.
I'm working in 4:3 format, incidentally, so this isn't a 16:9-specific behavior.
Note that the text appears correctly centered when I'm typing or viewing it in the edit box. It doesn't shift to the left until I preview it or play back the project.
*Here's a specific thing I've found that triggers the behavior:*
-- When you're typing your scrolling credits, as long as they all fit in the original edit box, your title will center correctly.
-- As soon as you add one additional line of credits, forcing the text to scroll up in the edit box, your text will be shifted to the left when you preview it.
-- If you delete the added line, so the text no longer has to scroll in the edit box, your title again will center correctly.
So, I guess a workaround is to split long scrolling lists into multiple titles. But you shouldn't HAVE to do that. I'd say we've exposed a bug here.