[Lucky8]

I apologize for a nood question.
When I export my iPhoto slideshow to Quicktime .mov file to burn in iDVD, picture quality dramaticaly degrades. The largest movie file option is only 720X480.
Is there a way to burn my iPhoto slideshow to DVD without loosing picture quality? I like that automatic ken burns effect.

[jimi5150]

Depends on a couple of things . . . first, you should start with pictures that are larger than the 720X480 resolution. If they're smaller you're needing to enlarge them which will affect quality. Second, you're re-compressing an already compressed movie out of iMovie. That will also affect quality depending on what codec you used. You should export directly from iPhoto to iDVD. Don't make a movie first to bring into iDVD. That will give you the best image quality.

jimi

[Lucky8]

Originally Posted by jimi5150

Depends on a couple of things . . . first, you should start with pictures that are larger than the 720X480 resolution. If they're smaller you're needing to enlarge them which will affect quality. Second, you're re-compressing an already compressed movie out of iMovie. That will also affect quality depending on what codec you used. You should export directly from iPhoto to iDVD. Don't make a movie first to bring into iDVD. That will give you the best image quality.
jimi

Yeah, I tried doing it in iMovie but they came out worst.
Anyway, my pictures are RAW pictures from a 4 mega-pixel camera which resolution is 2272 X 1704.
Do I have to make them smaller i order to maintain good PQ?

[Lucky8]

Anyone ever heard of http://lqgraphics.com/software/phototomovie.php?
I wonder if its any good?

[alimunnik]

When it came to burn my 1 hour ten minute slide show using optimum settings, I was prompted to either insert a double-sided DVD or lower the quality settings. I did the latter with disappointing results.
Later I trimmed my slide show to a svelt 56 minutes and burned it on a standard DVD dic on best quality settings. The results were much better. I also discovered that on a slideshow it is the added audio tracks that are much more mega-byte hungry. Cutting down on transition effects also keeps the file size more manageable.