# iMovie - timing a slideshow to music

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imovie-timing-a-slideshow-to-music/185778>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 2, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imovie-timing-a-slideshow-to-music/185778 "2003-07-02T14:43:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![rhinostylee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@rhinostylee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhinostylee)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imovie-timing-a-slideshow-to-music/185778/1 "2003-07-02T14:43:43Z")

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The other day I started putting together a slideshow on iMovie (not iMovie 2) and am having a blast making photos blend into each other. I have lots of tricks up my sleeve photo-wise since I am proficient in Photoshop.

But now I want to add music, and it is not as easy as I hoped. I don’t want to simply play a song throughout the entire slideshow. I want to time the movement of the slides to the music. I also want to have the songs blend into each other; I don’t want to simply play one song and then another.

My guess is that I need to use another program to edit the music how I want it, and then apply this music to my slideshow.

So here are my questions:

1. Do iMovie or iTunes have the music editing capabilities that I am looking for? If not, what program does?
2. How can I time the slides to go with the music? Do I insert the music first, then tailor the slides to fit?

Thank you very much for your input. I love this program!

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**Author:** ![rhinostylee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@rhinostylee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhinostylee)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imovie-timing-a-slideshow-to-music/185778/2 "2003-07-02T16:30:47Z")

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Wow- I guess there’s not too many iMovie specialists around!