Audio Duration In iMovie 11

[Moasson]

So here is the deal. I come from Windows and I had no problem making a clip with just audio and a single image.

In iMovie 11 I cant figure out how to increase the duration of my audio file with just one image. When I insert the image, it's only 4 seconds long and my audio is about 15 minutes but it only plays 4 seconds with that image. I cant just drag the audio or image to make it longer.

It's very stupid to keep adding the same image which takes only 4 seconds over and over to make 15 minutes. This was so easy in Windows.

Any help is appreciated.

 

[Dave Braine]

The music will only play for the duration of the clip, be it a photo or a movie clip.

To extend the time for a still photo, move the mouse over the photo and click on the gearwheel, then click on Clip Adjustments. It now depends on whether you have the "Display time as HH:MM:SS:Frames" option in iMovie Preferences ticked, as to how you set the time for the Clip Duration.

If you have it ticked and you want to set the time to 3 minutes, you need to enter 180.0 seconds or 3:00:00 minutes. If you don't have it ticked you can enter it as 180 or 3:00 minutes.

 

[Bashar]

whatever i write i still keep getting 30:00 only which is 30 minutes

any other place i need to look to make it 57:28 like i need?

 

[Dave Braine]

If it's for a still image like the OP, just do a copy and paste of the image.