Adding still photo to video

I have a short video that I want to add a few still photos into, but I don't want to disrupt the flow of sound. What I mean is, the sound needs to keep lined up with the video even when the still is playing. I tried to crop the portion of video I wanted to eliminate and checking it's size and making the still the same size. Deleting the video and placing the still in it's place. I don't think this will work because the still can't be made the same size as the eliminated video. I hope I'm saying this correctly.

There is a function called Paste Over at Playhead, accessed from the Advanced menu, that is designed to handle this sort of thing.
So, if you want to insert a still into a video, and have the audio continue to play while the still is playing, you would first check the box in your iMovie general preferences to Extract Audio When Using "Paste Over at Playhead". Then you place your still in the timeline, Control-copy it, place your playhead in the spot in the video where you want to insert the still, and then select Paste Over at Playhead from the Advanced menu. The still will be inserted and the audio will continue to play while the still is being played.
If you do not want the audio to play while the still is playing, follow the same procedure as above, except first go to your iMovie general preferences and uncheck the box that says Extract Audio When Using "Past Over at Playhead".
Play around with it a little until you get what you want.

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