Desktop Picture Changing Time

Do any of you know if there's a way to set the desktop picture to change slower than 30 seconds but faster than 5 minutes?
Is there a script or terminal command out there that will work?

Hi there,
Appears you can edit the...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist
You'll need either Property List Editor, (part of Developer Tools installed), or PlistEdit Pro...
http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/plisteditpro/
1 minute equals 60.00000 in Default>Change time, so change it in Seconds.

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