Still images to import and to be edited in a 16:9 project

Hi, I am editing a project shot in 16:9, i am trying to import picture in fc to be edited in the project, but they display in 4:3 and I need them in 16:9. How does it work? do I need to crop them or import with different setting, or scan them with different settings?
thank for the help

I fail to understand why you need 16:9. Your pics are 4:3...to "transform them" you will need to chop off part of the top, bottom, or both. Hack...gone. You cannot keep the full 4:3 image and convert to 16:9 without distorting.
So don't. Import the full 4:3 photo. Enlarge it to fill the screen, and then move it where you want it. It will cut off the top, bottom, or both. This is fine.
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David, your a genius!!! You posted your reply on my birthday, and I missed it until today!
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I opened Fotomagico up and created a slideshow, one that I had already created in FCP and had take me FIVE HOURS to create... in TEN MINUTES!!!!!!!!! Aaaaaaaaah.
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As far as I know, it's possible to tell FCP how long you want stills to be when you import them. Go to the user preferences, set still duration under the edit tab to, say, 5 secs and FCP should import stills at a length of 5 ecs. Right?
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My friend let me tell you something - I TOTALLY share your frustrations, and disgust with the poor results of Keyframe (within FCE).
I am not a software engineer, but my perseverance to try and try again, is far above average.
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