IMovie slideshow duration difficulties!!!

I made a slideshow on my Ipad.  I'd like to adjust all the videos to a shorter duration.  Is it possible to do all the pictures at one time for uniformity and to save time?  Thank you for your help!!!

Yes.
iMovie 11 tutorials:
http://help.apple.com/imovie/
http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#imovie
and also these:
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/imovie_09_stone.html
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/imovie_09_stone.html#interface

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