Coordinating music and photos in iPhoto videos

I have been having a great deal of trouble coordinating the pictures with the music that I try to add to my iMovie videos. By this I mean that I simply want the song to play to the end. I know that I can keep adding photos from iPhoto until I have enough to support the music, but isn't there a simpler way? This way is overly tedious.
Maybe I misunderstand the instructions/information. Here's what I do.
A.MUSIC SETTINGS in iPhoto
(1) Put checkmark before "Play music during slideshow".
(2) Highlight chosen song
(3) Click CHOOSE
B.SLIDESHOW SETTINGS
There are two choices here, either of which would SEEM to solve my problem, but don't:
(1) Place dot before "Play each slide for a minimum of ___ seconds. The music will repeat for as long as the slides play".
(2) Place dot before "Fit SLIDESHOW to music. Slide durations will be adjusted to make the slides play as long as the music plays
To me, this looks like I can use either option to get the desired result, but it doesn't work like that. To me, it looks like I could just select, say, 100 seconds for item 1, or just "Fit SLIDESHOW to music" as item 2 states. Wrong. Neither way works for me.
I'm talking about one three-minute song with as many pictures as iPhoto requires. Where am I going wrong?

Some rules of thumb:
A minute long slideshow can have a maximum of 60 images - 1 per second, assuming no cross fades.
10 per minute will feel busy
5 per minute will give people time to view the images comfortably.
You know that the iPhoto slideshow is no more than a quick and handy way to do this. Other apps offer more control - and some can even upload directly to YouTube.
Alternatives to iPhoto's slideshow include:
iMovie, on every Mac sold.
Others, in order of price: PhotoPresenter $29
PhotoToMovie $49.95
PulpMotion $129
FotoMagico $29 (Home version) ($149 Pro version, which includes PhotoPresenter)
Final Cut Pro X $299
It's difficult to compare these apps. They have differences in capability - some are driven off templates. some aren't. Some have a wider variety of transitions. Others will have excellent audio controls. It's worth checking them out to see what meets your needs. However, there is no doubt that Final Cut Pro X is the most capable app of them all. You get what you pay for.

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