What's up with this new iMovie?

I have been trying to use the new iMovie for the first time and am finding it very user UNFRIENDLY! You can't edit the tex size/color in many titles, you can't slow down title frames, and many more things that have been causing me grief. The Help section with the program is almost useless and certainly not up to the quality I expect from Apple prodcucts. I know the product was free but it doesn't seem to be any better than iMovie 11 that I was using before and now don't have. The tutorial for iMovie 11 was excellent and walked you through all of the editing and enhancing capabilities in the program. Apple needs to get a tutorial out or I will have to go back to iMovie 11!
Stu

Have you looked at the online help:
http://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.0/
The old version is still available on your computer in the Applications folder, inside a folder called iMovie 9.0.9

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