4:3 stills in a 16:9 project

I have a 16:9 project to which I want to add a slideshow. The stills appear OK during editing but the people look fat when the DVD (16:9 project) is played. I know how to adjust each still's aspect ratio but there are 161 of them. Doing each one individually is out of the question. Is there some sort of global operation in FCE, iMovie, or Photoshop I can use to adjust the aspect ratio of the stills? Thanks

I'm not sure if this feature in FCE or not, and I'm not near an FCE system right now to check, but in FCP you can correct one, then copy it. Select (highlight) all others, right-click on one and choose Paste Attributes. When the Paste Attributes window opens, click on Distort.
-DH

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Message was edited by: Onur

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