How do I format photos for using in imovie [16:9] widescreen?

I have tried cropping photos in iphoto and not-cropping them in order to import in my imovie. The imovie is going to be created in 16:9 widescreen, but it keeps pillarboxing my photos regardless of how I crop them. AND I have the preferences unchecked to automatically letterbox or pillarbox.
Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Bob W.

Bob,
First, be sure that after you use the constrain button and arrange the 16:9 crop box where you want it, that you click the crop button. The crop won't apply until you do.
If you have an external image editor (set it as your external editor in iPhoto Preferences. Open a photo from within iPhoto, edit in the other app, then Save - not Save As) you can use it to resize your photos. After some experimentation I found the size 873 x 480 was the only size that had no black bars in the iMovie project.
For more info on my size experiment, including input from some iMovie experts, look at this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4334136&#4334136. Also follow the link posted by Matti Haveri in the last post of that thread. It links to his page where he explains the math of photo vs. movie, including the best sizes for 4:3 and 16:9.
Ignore my amendment about 875 x 480. In a related thread http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=4345498 Matti Haveri concurred that 873 x 480 is the only size that puts no black bars on the sides or top and bottom of the screen.

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