IMovie '11 slideshow. Help!

I've been making a slideshow with music for a graduation. Went to finish it up this morning by adding a few more pictures...and it won't take them. They just bounce off. I read about people have movies over an hour long, but my show is only at 4:22. Whats the deal? How do I fix this?

Hi
Best way to Show Your movie is to connect projector to Your Mac and Play. Best possibly result.
To do DVDs
• iMovie'08 to 11 are not tools of choice - as they discard 50% of the picture quality by trashing every second line in export to iDVD ( Whatever method known to me are used - can't be done at 100% )
• For best possible DVDs use
iMovie HD6 - or -
FinalCut
as they can deliver interlaced SD-Video to iDVD (and that's the DVD Standard and best that can be done as DVD)
About making DVD to others
• Do not burn more than three DVDs at a Batch - let DVD-burner cool down 20-30 minutes till next set. The DVD-laser can easily over-heat (expensive repair)
• Use high quality DVD brand (not working DVD is bad PR) - I only use Verbatim
• I only use DVD-R as they play on more and even older DVD-players (not knowing what other people might have)
• I set down (IMPORTANT) Burn Speed to x2 or x4 to get as few Burn Errors on the DVDs as they then also plays better at "Others"
• To let iDVD and Mac OS run OK - I also secure a minimum of 25Gb free space on Start-Up Hard Disk.
Good Luck - Yours Bengt W

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