Spinning disk

I am relatively new to Final Cut Pro. Everything has been working fine until last night. I was trying to import a still picture into my project and when I selected the pic I got the spinning disk. It would take sometimes 10 minutes or more to import the picture. It usually takes only seconds. Can someome tell what my problem may be or what to check in my set up. Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks.

Those images are much, much larger than necessary for video work.
You will speed things up if you downsize them to something closer to DV resolution (aka 720x480). If you are planning on some pans and zooms then account for the extra screen real estate you'll need (for example: a 2x zoom might start with an image 1400x900 or so)
a couple of other thoughts:
How much RAM do you have? Less than 1gb is an issue.
What are your settings in System Settings>Memory & Cache?
- application should not be more than 80% unless you have 4gb or more RAM.
- Still Cache might need to be bumped up given the size of your images.
good luck.
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