Batch Change Clip Lengths

Does anyone know how to batch change the length of clips in imovie 06. I have already imported all my pictures (about 300) and want to change their time length. I don't want to have to reimport them, so hoping I can just batch change them all. THANK YOU!!!!

Sure. Just select a clip and press command+A (or choose "Select All" from the edit menu). Click the "Show Photo Settings" button and adjust the duration slider.
Of course, there's a catch if you have unique pan and zoom settings for the various clips -- those unique settings will be lost, and all the clips will adopt the start and end (Ken Burns) settings of that first clip you selected. Of course, there's no problem if a) Ken Burns effects are not employed, and b) all clips are to be shown at the same zoom setting.

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