Why are my clips black after render?

I new to am using FCE 4.0.1 and have used an earlier version (FCE 1.??) in the past so I know how to do what I'm doing. But, what is so frustrating is that I've brought some .jpg images into the timeline, I turned on viewing of the levels line as I like to use it, I added a little motion then a cross-dissolve between some clips. After rendering, the images are now black. At the cross dissolve, however I can see the image just for a moment, then black again. If I take the level line and bring it down then up again, I can then see the picture. But, of course, this makes it not being rendered. As soon as I render it again, I have the same issue. This is whether I have it on Safe RT or Unlimited RT.
I'm stumped and really don't have to resort to imovie to make this project.
Thanks for your help.
Cayleen

Trashing preferences and the user data folder did not work.
Let me say, this is the first time using FCE since installing it on my computer. Prior to this, I had an old imac running 10.2.8 and I was using FCE 1.??. Before purchasing the upgrade from apple, I called to verify that an upgrade would work...needing to install FCE 1 on this computer for the first time and then installing FCE 4. I was told it would work by their tech department. I was on the phone when he "tried it out" on his end.
I could try to uninstall and do a reinstall, but, my question is would this even be necessary if I've never even used the program once before now? Do you suppose there might be an issue with the upgrade from 1 to 4? So bummed and would like to figure this out.
Thanks for your help and opinions.
Cayleen

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