Ken burns effect help for iMovie on iPhone 16 plus

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Ken burns effect help for iMovie on iPhone 16 plus

Hi there, so I have the Apple iPhone 16 Plus and I do not own a Mac computer, so let’s get that right out of the equation .I cannot go to an Apple computer or an iPad and fix iMovie ;now when I’m trying to make my iMovie. I guess from my research, it says it’s the Ken Burns effect. My photo keeps popping up huge, and I need to resize the photo. So it’s not all zoomed into the center of my flower photo. However, I’ve tried Googling it and YouTubing it. There are no answers on how to do this through the iPhone, only through the Mac Computer.

iPhone 16 Plus, iOS 26

Posted on Nov 22, 2025 6:23 PM

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Answer 1

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Rich839

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Nov 23, 2025 8:37 AM in response to Laraslillies

Hi,

You are using Magic Movie. There is limited editing with Magic Movie. Try doing your project in a regular iMovie project. You should be able to tap Edit and then tap the photo in the timeline, and then enable or disable Ken Burns to get rid of the zoom by pinching the photo on the display screen.

-- Rich

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Nov 23, 2025 2:42 AM in response to Laraslillies

On iPhone iMovie:

The “huge zoomed-in photo” happens because of default Ken Burns effect.
To fix: tap the photo → tap the Ken Burns / magnifying glass icon → adjust Start (green) and End (red) framesby pinching and dragging.
You can also turn Ken Burns off and use Fit to display the full photo.

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