IMovie auto shortening clips, cant re-size

I convert stills into clips and then use these as transitions. However as I add more transitions and video clips, iMovie keeps shortening all the actual video clips in the project to the point where they are only 1 second if that. If that wasn't bad enough it does not let me re-size them to their original length. In fact just starting a new project and adding a video clip (just one clip in an otherwise empty project) creates a loss of 1 second for me. Can anyone help with this?!? It is starting to look like a waste of $5.

When you tap the photo you should see two yellow circles, one on the start and one on the end of the photo. Drag the end sircle to the right and this will make the photo display longer in the video.
In the video clips, there seems to be some loss due to the transition function.

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