Won't let me apply effects

Everything in iMovie HD 6 seems to work fine apart from not being able to apply effects. I've tried most of the effects. I have no problems changing settings. It even renders or looks like it's rendering but nothing changes with the clip. It's the same as it was before.
Can anyone help?

same thing.
had my imac harddrive replaced and now the quartz composer effects dont work. I've been researching for the past 3 hours. Does anyone have the answer to this.
I'm led to believe it has to do with not having the latest codecs? or something is off with my quartz composer (tho i see it renderin in preview) or this is just a bug that no one has the answer to.
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