Combining video with still pics

Hello.
I want to create a movie where I've input video, then cut back and forth between the video and some still pics but utilizing the soundtrack from the video all the while having the uninterrupted soundtrack from the video play...make sense?
Any suggestions would be very grateful.
Thanks!
Mike

Hello, Michael,
What you want to do is 'Paste Over at Playhead' each of your still photos onto the video track so that the photo replaces the video, but not the audio. It works great and you can easily do this by following the directions in your iMovie Help file.
Basically, you put your movie into the 'Timeline' view and then split the video at the point where you want the photo to start and thenThe audio will appear underneath the video track.
You then put the photos over the clip and the movie will play the video and audio with the photo in it instead of that video clip.
Here are the instructions from the Help:
+*Inserting video clips or photos in a passage while maintaining running audio*+
+You can paste a new video clip or photo over an existing clip while retaining the audio from the original clip. The video cuts away to a new picture, but you continue to hear the sound from the original clip.+
+To replace images in a clip while maintaining running audio:+
+Choose iMovie HD > Preferences, and then click General.+
+Select the "Extract audio when using Paste Over at Playhead" checkbox.+
+Select the video or photo that you want to insert.+
+Choose Edit > Cut or Copy.+
+Do one of the following:+
+To paste the entire video you selected in step 3, position the playhead at the first frame to be replaced. When you paste the clip, it will replace a portion of video equal to its length.+
+To paste over a specific segment of your movie, select the part of the video clip you want to paste over. (To learn more about selecting part of a video clip, see Related Topics below.)+
+If the video you're pasting is longer than the selected frame range, the excess video will not be pasted. If the video you're pasting is shorter than the selected frame range, the extra space will be filled with a color clip (or the still image, if you paste a still image).+
+Choose Advanced > "Paste Over at Playhead."+
+The audio track of the original video is retained and appears in audio track 1 of the timeline viewer.+
Post back if this does not work

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