IMovie 08 Slideshow - sync slide transitions to music?

Does anyone know how to sync slide transitions to music in iMovie '08? I naively assumed this would be easy, but I can't figure out any way to do this. The idea is that I want to vary the timing of some slide transitions in order to keep to the beat of the soundtrack.....
Thanks in advance

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I Photo 08 Syncing slide show to music

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The random transitions can only be random when played in iPhoto.
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I have this old iPhoto 4.0.3 version in my PowerBook. Is it possible to create a slide show that's put to music? More importantly, can the transition from slide to slide be varied (e.g., one slide changes after 4 seconds; the next slide changes after 10 seconds; the slide after changes after 6 seconds, etc.) or am I limited to one consistent slide transition interval? Do I need to upgrade to a newer version of iPhoto? Or do I need to use an entirely different application to do varying slide transition time intervals?
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No, you can't vary the time interval in the same slide show.
There are many ways to produce slide shows using iPhoto, iMovie or iDVD, but they all have one thing in common: they reduce the quality of the photos to that of a movie still frame and sometimes limit the number of photos you can use.
If what you want is what I want, namely to be able to use high resolution photos (even 300 dpi tiff files), to pan and zoom individual photos, use a variety of transitions, to add and edit music or commentary, place text exactly where you want it, and to end up with a DVD that looks good on both your Mac and a TV - in other words end up with and end result that does not look like an old fashioned slide show from a projector - you may be interested in how I do it. You don't have to do it my way, but the following may be food for thought!
Firstly you need proper software to assemble the photos, decide on the duration of each, the transitions you want to use, and how to pan and zoom individual photos where required, and add proper titles. For this I use Photo to Movie. You can read about what it can do on their website:
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(Other users here use the alternative FotoMagico: http://www.boinx.com/fotomagico/homevspro/ which you may prefer - I have no experience with it.)
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Once you have timed and arranged and manipulated the photos to your liking in Photo to Movie, it exports the file to iMovie 6 as a DV stream. You can add music in Photo to Movie, but I prefer doing this in iMovie where it is easier to edit. You can now further edit the slide show in iMovie just as you would a movie, then send it to iDVD 7, or Toast, for burning.
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Dear Mac Users:
Happy Holidays! I am writing to find out how to edit a copy of an iMovie project. A friend made an
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*24 December 2009*
*Dear Mac Users:*
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What I want:
Add music to a slideshow, which will loop as the slideshow plays;
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Here's what I suggest if iDvd'09 is the only app at your disposal currently.
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http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/dvdstudiopro/intuitive-design-environment.ht ml
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Slide Shows to Music

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Thanks for asking, but as I use PS to edit my wedding photos I thought that may be someone out of the, 'however' many people there is using the Adobe forum site could assist me. May be someone would have suggested that there is some Adobe software that could do this? I thought this was the reason for having forums, may be I was wrong?
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Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:25:37 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Slide Shows to Music
Pardon me for asking but why are you asking this in a forum devoted to Adobe Photoshop?
You may get an answer but you'd be better off going to our friend Mr Google.
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I Also can't sign in to adobe with the program. It simply spins and I had to force close the program.
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I am using photoshop Elements 10 under the create tab...slide show.
Used it on my desktop several times. Deactivated it and installed on new lap top about 5 months ago. Had not used it other than for photo editing until today.
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Why does my slide show with music crash back to the album on Retina display?

I really enjoy making slide shows that have music on iphotonand have done it for years. Suddenly after working with slide shows and music on my new Mac Book Pro 15" with retina display the slide show crashes back to the album display after the first slide. The title comes up, the music starts the first slide comes up and then it just stops and goes back to the album display. Everything was working fine until Sunday when I installed the new Iphoto.

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