iMovie help

Toccata · Toccata #1 (**permalink**)

10-09-2011, 02:43 PM

I want to make a video that has a single still picture with music in the background. I've selected the picture and imported the audio, but it only plays for a few seconds! When I double-click the picture to open the Duration box, I seem to be limited to seconds rather than minutes (Converting minutes to seconds results in the "Exceeded maximum duration limit" message. Can someone please help me? Thank you.

chas_m · chas_m #2 (**permalink**)

10-10-2011, 03:05 AM

Yes, I think the longest iMovie lets you have ONE still picture on screen is 99 seconds or some such.

No big deal. Select the picture again, reimport it as a "new" still, set that for whatever the max is, repeat as needed for as long as you want the picture to appear. Be sure to turn off any "automatic" transitions.

Toccata · Toccata #3 (**permalink**)

10-10-2011, 10:44 AM

OK, thank you!

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Member Since: Oct 09, 2011 Posts: 10	10-09-2011, 02:43 PM I want to make a video that has a single still picture with music in the background. I've selected the picture and imported the audio, but it only plays for a few seconds! When I double-click the picture to open the Duration box, I seem to be limited to seconds rather than minutes (Converting minutes to seconds results in the "Exceeded maximum duration limit" message. Can someone please help me? Thank you.
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