How to change duration of multiple photos

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How to change duration of multiple photos

Greetings - I'm trying to change the duration of multiple photos in iMovie. Basically, I'm trying to change the duration of about 300 images (to make a time-lapse movie), but can't for the life of me figure out how to do it.

I need to change the duration of every photo to 0:03, but when when I do so, it automatically imports the photos with a duration of 9:29, and I can only change the duration of individual photos after import. I made a time-lapse move a while ago but can't remember how to do it. Any thoughts?

Apple iMac G5, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Mar 26, 2009 7:06 PM

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Rich839

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Mar 27, 2009 8:03 AM in response to Film915

Select a group of your stills in the time line. (I would do maybe 30 at a time, because to do the whole 300 at once might overwhelm the machine -- though you could try.) Then go to Media > Photos > Show Photo Settings. In the Show Photo settings dialogue box, set your duration to 0:03, and then hit Update. The selected photos should all update to 0:03. You may need to remove the transitions first.

Another way would be to set your duration for 0:03 on the first photo that you import into your timeline. Then all other photos that you import afterwards will have that same duration.

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Film915 Author

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Mar 27, 2009 9:09 PM in response to Rich839

Hi, Rich. I actually got it to work using the second method you mentioned, but had to import directly from the Photo Library and not the album I created. I think this is a serious PITA and should be fixed to make it easier to change the duration of multiple photos.

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Rich839

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Mar 28, 2009 9:04 PM in response to Film915

Glad you finally solved it.

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