Length of Clips

Hi everyone,
Once I trim a clip. How do I make the duration of it longer? When ever I drag on the clip to make it longer, it just restores what I've trimmed instead of making the clip, itself, longer.
Also, whenever I import a photo into iMovie, it automactically adds a zooming-in effect to the photo. How do I remove that effect so the photo just stays still with no added effects?
P.S. I'm using iMovie HD version 6.0.3
Thanks!

Do you mean slow it down to make the duration longer? You can do that in Video Effects; Faster/Slower.
The other issue is fairly simple but my Mac is in the shop and I can't quite recall the procedure. Someone will fill you in shortly. If you're in a rush you might check the archives. This topic is a regular.

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In addition to Bengt's great advice, there is a known bug with Ken Burns.
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I can't understand why this is happening. I have done this exact same process with other 2 other clips and the timeline duration matched the clip duration, exactly.
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Thanks for these replies.
A bizarre design- making a nonsense of the integration from FCP sequence clip to Motion 3 for this treatment.
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Can a similar hardcopy be created for iMovie HD?
The iMovie HD project file is text too, but formatted differently. It's a properly list. Each property name (a "<key>") and value can be read in Apple's Property List Editor.app.
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Can't fully change clip duration...

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My students and I are doing a claymation type project and I am having some difficulty changing the clip durations once I've imported the photos into iMovie. I can get them in and changed down to 0:00:14 but not any shorter. I should be able to set them as fast as 0:00:03... If I change the clips individually, I can set them to 0:00:03, but if I try to change more than one at a time, the lowest is 0:00:14. With 500 odd photos for each group, changing the length one clip at a time isn't really a feasible option. Any suggestions?

Yes, the pics have to be in the Timeline before they can be adjusted.
Great that it's now working for you. As a retired teacher myself, I know what it feels like when things don't work as they should, and you have a disgruntled class breathing down your neck! Good luck with the project - sounds interesting.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAL
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Cannot change time in clip adjustment

I am having a problem altering the length of clips. I have a set of photos and want each still to be 0.3s.
I change the first clip to 0.3s and check "apply to all stills". Some are 0.3s, but others change to 1.3s, 1.1s or 0.1s. When I try to correct each individual still to 0.3s, it just changes back to 1.3s or 1.1s or 0.1s. It is almost as if iMovie wants the entire sequence to be a set time and is fitting the clips to that length.
Any suggestions?

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Complete name                    : E:\3_20\1st.avi
Format                           : AVI
Format/Info                      : Audio Video Interleave
Format profile                   : OpenDML
File size                        : 33.5 GiB
Duration                         : 21mn 33s
Overall bit rate                 : 223 Mbps
Video
ID                               : 0
Format                           : RGB
Codec ID                         : 0x00000000
Codec ID/Info                    : Basic Windows bitmap format. 1, 4 and 8 bpp versions are palettised. 16, 24 and 32bpp contain raw RGB samples
Duration                         : 21mn 33s
Bit rate                         : 221 Mbps
Width                            : 640 pixels
Height                           : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 4:3
Frame rate                       : 30.000 fps
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 23.999
Stream size                      : 33.3 GiB (99%)
Audio
ID                               : 1
Format                           : PCM
Format settings, Endianness      : Little
Format settings, Sign            : Signed
Codec ID                         : 1
Codec ID/Hint                    : Microsoft
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Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 1 411.2 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Sampling rate                    : 44.1 KHz
Bit depth                        : 16 bits
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