Imovie still images only stretched to 60seconds

To all
quite new to imovie and using 08, but when i put music to a still image, the still image can only be stretched to 60 seconds.
it doesn't seem like its a problem to copy the image and make a second image for a second 60 second length, creating 2 still images with music, to 120 seconds length.
is that the correct way to do things?

There is a limit of 99 seconds in iMovie 08, but you can put multiple identical images back to back.
If you upgrade to iMovie 09 or iMovie 11, this limitation is no longer there.

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