Non Linear Editing Travails

Question I'm editing together a sort of slideshow in final cut express and there are LOTS of pictures that need to go in. Is there a way to set it so I can just drag them in to be 2.20 secs instead of the regular 10 secs? I'm SURE there must be a way to do it (it would save a ridiculous amount of time). THANK YOU Charlotte Answer Hi Charlotte This is so simple you're going to kick yourself! ;) I use Final Cut Pro, but I'm pretty sure it works the same in FCE. Go to >Final Cut Pro > User Preferences (or press Alt-Q /Option-Q). Click on the 'Editing' Tab. Set your desired duration in the Still/Freeze duration window (top-left). Click OK. Now, select all the stills, or the bin they're in and hit backspace. This will "delete" them from the project, but not from the hard drive.* Now re-import them (if they're all in one folder, choose > File > Import Folder and this will create a bin with the name of the Apple Folder). They will now a...

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How does this theme look? Not bad, sort of Ubuntu-ish. I'll keep it for now.