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I was 3 minutes or so into a project and using Ken Burns effect of many pictures. I also have video clips, music, titles and narration in the project.
Around this point, while trying to add a Ken Burns effect to a picture, the start, finish boxes appeared but I could not manipulate either box, nor continue.
After a restart, my project will play but any attempt to add pictures and the effect had the same result.
iMac (M1, 2021)
Have you tried Luis' suggestion to disable 3 finger dragging in System Settings?
Have you tried Luis' suggestion to disable 3 finger dragging in System Settings?
Nobody is disputing that it's a bug. I just mentioned the workaround. It should of course also work with three finger drag.
And to let Apple hear you, you should add your voice to those of us reporting it to feedback. Apple is not hearing you here, we are just users.
https://www.apple.com/feedback
Thank you and I tried the suggestion and once back in the project I had the same result.
In attached screenshot, the boxes are available, but can not be manipulated. Also, the program is "frozen" at this point and needs a "force quit", however in that force quit menu, it does not say the usual "not responding" beside iMovie.
I have this issue as well and I can definitively trace it to the most recent App update (10.4.1) from June 2024. The problem started immediately after the most recent update. I have rebooted, I have deleted iMovie and reinstalled, I have deleted my entire iMovie library and THEN reinstalled the app, nothing fixes it. It is IMO absolutely an iMovie App problem, and sadly I believe we will have to wait for Apple to correct it. It is extremely frustrating.
Try booting up in Safe Mode and, after everything loads, immediately shut down and reboot in normal
mode. Then see if iMovie works properly.
Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support
Safe Mode often will shake out glitches and conflicts that cause problems like you are experiencing.
-- Rich
Thanks to all, I borrowed a friends mouse and Ken Burns effect and program working normal with a mouse. My trackpad was the problem it appears.
Thanks
pburke8
Try deleting the preferences.
Restart iMovie whilst holding down the Option and Command keys until a window appears asking whether you want to delete the preferences. Click the Delete button.
If iMovie opens with no projects loaded you may have to navigate to your iMovie Library and double-click it.
Thanks Rich and Ian, I had already tried another new project and got the same results.
I also created another user and imported a few of my media pics and video. I opened iMovie and created a new project. I put a few pics on the timeline and tried to manipulate with Ken Burns and got the same result.
So, I'm thinking that perhaps iMovie is corrupt. I have read a bit about moving it to the trash, but not deleting it and then a new download and install of iMovie from the App Store.
If you are familiar with that procedure I would welcome advice, I've not done that before.
In any case, things are pointing that way and I need to research my next steps.
BTW, there are no "critical" projects I will loose, so a "blank slate start" might be my best option.
Open the App Store and click on your name at the bottom left corner.
All the apps you have ever had should be revealed on the right hand side.
Scroll down until you find iMovie and click the Download or Update button which will be alongside or below the app.
Yes I have tried clicking on both start box and finish and no response to that action. Strange because the mouse is not frozen, I can move it around, but both start and finish boxes won't respond or move. In fact I click anything on the program, no response. I have done many iMovies and this is new, just came out of the blue?
Thanks for your help, on to further steps with the program.
A similar problem occurs in FCP and there the known workaround is to disable three finger dragging in System Settings. Perhaps the same bug exists in iMovie, and hopefully the same workaround applies as well.
pburke8 wrote:
If I disable 3 finger drag, how do I move objects? I just have a track pad?
Click and drag.
(FWIW, I have never used three finger drag and I have used a Mac with trackpad for over two decades)
Thanks and yes I also tried the "click and drag", it gave me the same result. Very erratic, varying results on dragging and positioning.
I just created a new project with, setting enable Ken Burns for pictures with 3 sec duration. (same as my first project). Project plays with alternating zoom in and pull out effect using Ken Burns. I can change that direction with the "swap" arrows so all pictures will zoom in.
However, the moment I try to change the starting point or ending point of the zoom, effect has a mind of its own. It might respond to my moving it or not or freeze. This happens with both three finger or click and drag.
Your comment spurred me on to disable my track pad and borrow a mouse and that has resolved the issue. I would not have thought it would be my track pad, but it appears to be. Thanks for your answer.
just a note: those of us who like and regularly use Three Finger Drag, do so because we generally hate click and drag... so, while it's great that click and drag works for your way of doing things, it doesn't work for everyone, including me.
also: Disabling Three Finger drag (or using a mouse) corrects the issue.
Note to Apple: we have found the source of the problem, something between iMovie and Three Finger Drag isn't working right, pls fix this. tks.
imovie ken burns effect stopped working in project
