IMovie 10.0.3 Photo Duration

How does one apply an adjustment in duration to all photos in a movie? I have 198 photos and need to adjust them all at once.

Never mind--found it.
Edit>Select in Movie>Photos
In the Adjustment bar, click Clip Information button (far right)
Duration box

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Many people have posted on this issue, including myself. I've spent a lot of hours on problem, and have come up with a solution that allows me to vary both the image duration and the transition duration in my movies.
Here's my process that I have posted before and that I still use:
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Wait!
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OJ Redmond wrote:
... the timing goes straight from 0.29sec to 1.00sec....
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the digits behind the . are not tenths but frames ...

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