Over the past 3 days, I have been using Windows MM 2011 without any issues whatsoever. I saw that there was a 2012 version of MM available so I downloaded it today to see what added features it may have, as I found that although the 2011 version is very user friendly, it's somewhat limited. The 2012 version is flawed. The transitions option does not work properly and none of the fixes MS has suggested thus far have worked for me and I've tried them all. I have 4 images that I want to use in the very beginning of the project I'm working on. There is nothing wrong with any of these images. I have been using them just fine the past several days. However, in this 2012 version when the first image transitions to the second image, an apparition of the first image remains visible in the frame of the second image. The same thing occurs in the transition from the second to the third and the third to the fourth and so on. As a result, I cannot properly judge how long I should set the duration time for each transition. I tested multiple transition options to see if the problem was universal regardless of the type of transition selected (Blur, Crossface, etc.) and the problem persists. Some of the transition options are worse off than the others, but they all have this apparition issue. Altering the duration of the transition serves in either blacking out the images completely or showing them in the preview playing out of order. I rearranged the images and that did not help matters. I started a brand new project with new images and it's still the same. I precisely followed the steps to repair Windows Essentials 2012 and that did not help to solve the problem at all. I also uninstalled and reinstalled MM 2012 and that did not solve the matter. The video portion of the project also experiences issues when transitioning so the problem is not isolated to just pictures. NOTE: As a test, I made a short 3-minute movie composed of a video clip and pictures. Even though the transition problem with the apparitions was still happening in MM, the MP4 version of this movie is completely absent of the apparitions; therefore, the problem is definitely with MM and the preview it shows of the project that is currently being worked on. Please help fix this issue. I have a Sony Vaio Laptop that runs Windows 7.