Transitions with layers in iMovie

I am working with students on an iMovie project and when they insert a transition in front of or behind an advanced feature (picture in picture, green screen, or side by side) the transition doesn't work. Any ideas why or what I can do to get them to work? Thanks!

You are correct. You cannot use transitions leading into a PIP or Green Screen.
iMovie renders in one pass, and the effects you are describing would require multiple renders. Final Cut Pro allows multiple renders so you could easily accomplish what you are describing.
The poor man's way of doing it in iMovie would be to create a movie with the PIP, and then SHARE it to a high quality codec like Apple Intermediate Codec through SHARE/Export Using QuickTime. Then import this movie into an event. Drag the appropriate sections into a project. Then add a transition. Then do the final Share.
This gets you multiple renders in iMovie, although in a kludgy way.

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