Importing iphoto 09 pictures into imovie 09 with ken burns movement!

Im making a video on imovie 09 using still images i took and imported to iphoto. Then i import those iphoto pictures into imovie, BUT all the pictures have moving "ken burns" crop effects on them after i import them to imovie!!! i know how to fix it, by going to the "crop tool" and "ken burns" adjusting the start and end effect of this movement but my question is....
how do i change this setting so I dont have to tediously use the cropping ken burns tool on every clip which will probably make all the images appear shaky??????

Go to FILE/PROJECT PROPERTIES and you can set the default behavior when importing photos to the project.

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First time poster, long time lurker.
is there anyway to use non iPhoto pictures in iMovie.
As a professional tog, I have never really used or liked iPhoto, so have mine catalogued and filed elsewhere.
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It's you, and people do mind you butting in. Stop hijacking other people's threads, it is not the done thing.
If you have a question start you own post, jumping in on another thread just causes confusion.
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http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/iMovie3FixesIssues.shtml
http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/iMovie4FixesIssues.shtml
http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/%7Eshmhav/iMovieHD_5bugs.html
http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/%7Eshmhav/iMovieHD_6bugs.html
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