How can I fix photos that won't move in iMovie?

iMovie essentially not working re creating new video since photos in new projects do not move normally but stay on frame without moving to next frame although timeline moves and music plays.




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iPad Air, iPadOS 18

Posted on Feb 14, 2025 11:42 AM

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Posted on Feb 21, 2025 09:20 AM

Hi,


The issue that you mention has been reported by several others on this forum. It appears to be related to iOS 18.2 and later. What has worked for others is placing a short video clip anywhere in the timeline (can be a 1 or 2 second clip), and that has corrected the problem.


Also, you can change one of your photos to a video by exporting it as a slide show .mov and then importing it into your timeline as a video file..


-- Rich

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Feb 21, 2025 09:20 AM in response to sam2mike

Hi,


The issue that you mention has been reported by several others on this forum. It appears to be related to iOS 18.2 and later. What has worked for others is placing a short video clip anywhere in the timeline (can be a 1 or 2 second clip), and that has corrected the problem.


Also, you can change one of your photos to a video by exporting it as a slide show .mov and then importing it into your timeline as a video file..


-- Rich

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