Duration of still images between 0,1s and 1s... How to?

Hello,
After looking and reading at many threads... I figured out that I needed to ask for some help...
Here's my problem, I'm making a stop motion video on iMovie 10, and I can't find the way to change the duration of still images between 0,1s and 1s... no matter what duration I enter, iMovie always change it back to whether 0,1s or 1s...
I know that there's a solution as I did it before on the same version of iMovie (wish I wrote down how I did that!)
I can do it with the precision editor, but only picture by picture... I have 200 of them, so it's way too long!
I know there's a solution!! Just can't remember it / find it...
Hope someone will be able to help me!!
Cheers!
Nico
PS: I can't use the "." in iMovie to change the duration, I have to use the "," (french standards I guess...)

I just did some testing on this, and it seems like the Still/Freeze Duration, Preview Pre and Post-Roll changes depending on what audio/video settings you have chosen. Try selecting DV NTSC in Easy Setup. Then check your User Preferences -> Editing.
DV NTSC:
Still/Freeze Duration: 00:00:10:00
Preview Pre-Roll: 00:00:05:00
Preview Post-Roll: 00:00:02:00
Try switching to DV PAL in Easy Setup, and check your User Preferences -> Editing again.
DV PAL:
Still/Freeze Duration: 00:00:12:00
Preview Pre-Roll: 00:00:06:00
Preview Post-Roll: 00:00:02:10
When importing still images using the DV PAL Easy Setup, the stills get a duration of 10 seconds, even though the User Preferences -> Editing are set to 00:00:12:00.
Can somebody please explain why it is like this? I hope there is a logical explanation

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