Replacing video with graphics while maintaining audio

I have video of some presentations I do. In spots of those videos I want to replace the video with a graphics. How do I edit out the video and replace it with the graphics without editing out the audio?
Thanks
PM

A cutaway is what you're looking for.
http://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.0/#movf525350f0
Matt

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Hi Liz:
Welcome to discussions!
This is a relatively easy procedure-it's just more difficult to explain than do..;)
First-let me ask you a few things:
Are you using audio that was imported on the original video (recorded on the Dv tape)? If it is, you will need to extract the audio.
Are you importing audio from another source-like iTunes?
You will need to know the length of the video you are deleting and make sure the photos are the exact length if you are wanting exact replacement and audio sync.
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Know you're saying "...what?" about now. Post again if I have lost you .
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OK, yeah, CUTAWAY. But, I have the audio "purpled". Should it be? And my photo is sitting ABOVE the place where I want it. How do I get it to go down where it's supposed to? I really need a step-by-step here. I see how to manage the duration of the cutaway, but I don't see how to actually get it INTO the track, and how to "un-purple" the audio track.
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Just turned off background rendering.
I'm not certain what you mean for specs in a specific point in the video, but here are the specs for the entire edit I initially received:
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2 Audio Channels
Total bit rate: 12,083
Size: 951,735,770 bytes (951.7 MB on disk)
Here are the specs for the exported video that has the audio issue:
Dimensions: 1920 X 1080
Codecs: H.264, AAC, Timecode
2 Audio Channels
Total bit rate: 12,274
Size: 966,817,082 bytes (966.8 MB on disk)
The video is 10:28 minutes long and the audio leaves at 5:57.
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