How can I change the black background around my photos in iMovie?

I hope you geniuses can help me with this. I am making a slide show in iMovie, but any portrait style photo has a wide black background. I've spent far too many hours trying to fix it (calling Apple Support etc.) but I'm still stumped.
One thought-- if I could convert my jpgs to a video file I could layer them because I movie allows you to layer video files over backgrounds.
Any ideas for me? Much appreciated. Michelle

Why not use one of the many graphic editing programs that are available (some are free) to create a new image with the desired background and aspect ratio with your portrait image in the middle?
Dan
P.S. Actually the best results would be to use Aperture but that's another 80 bucks.

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