Movie Creation from an Image Sequence

Question

Hi, my question is about how to use iMovie to create a movie from an image sequence.
I have much experience doing this in Quicktime Pro. I just import the image sequence and select the time interval for each frame.
I want to use iMovie 4 nstead of Quicktime Pro to do this because I'd like the frames to span variable time lengths and be synced to audio. I'm sure this is easy, but as someone new to iMovie I have no idea how to do it.
thanks
Powerbook G4 15 aluminum   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

Answer 1

Another way is to import the sequence directly into iMovie, automatically importing with the duration you want. iMovie lets you set a duration from 1 frame up.
• iMovie lets you select any number of images to import at the same time, so you can select one image to import or a sequence of images in a folder. (Use the Import command so the numbered sequence arrives in the proper order.)
(To import all the images in a folder, press Command-A after navigating to that folder. Otherwise use Command-clicking and Shift-clicking to select the images.)
• Imported images always conform to your current Ken Burns settings. So if KB is set to import as 5 seconds with no zoom, that's how the images arrive.
But you're not limited to <n> seconds. You can force KB to import as 1 frame, 10 frames or whatever. The trick is to first configure KB to import with that duration.
Trouble is, the KB duration textbox is buggy so you can't type your desired duration there. But KB can be set another way, by clicking on any previously-imported image. So the trick is to create a clip with the duration you want, then use it as a "template" for importing other images.
To create a clip with the duration you want, double-click on a previously-imported clip and set its duration to <n> frames. (Type 00:00:01 for one frame.) Before importing the sequence, click on that clip, which sets KB to apply its settings for the next import(s).
One can create a series of "template" clips, one for each duration commonly used. Before importing each new set of images, click on the clip you want to control the next import.
Unfortunately, once images are imported there is no way to simultaneously Update all to a new duration using a textbox. It may be easiest to simply re-import the images with a new duration.
Karl