Duration of clips keeps changing

I'm making a graduation movie and the duration of the photos keeps changing.  I've set the duration through inspector and hit "Done".  I work on the project for a little while and then the durations I've set change.  How do I keep them from changing?

Placing certain transitions in your project can change it's total duration.
To mitigate that, after you place a transition, select it and click the little gear icon below.  Choose Transition Adjustment then adjust the Overlap to Maintain Project Duration.
Matt

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