Choose themes in iMovie or iDVD?

OK, I've created my movie but now I am confused. iMovie has all themes has all these themes and I am prepared to add a theme. But, when I read about iDVD I note that iDVD is full of themes also.
If I am going to burn my movie from iDVD, should I wait until I arrive in iDVD to add my theme or should I add the theme in iMovie first?

It's sad but you can not export Themes from IDVD into your imovie. This is really burning me up! IDVD has so many more themes you can download to its application but with Imovie you are limited to just the few and can't add anymore or import any from idvd.
the themes in idvd are just for opening chapters of your movie. I even tried to re import the movie after I burned the DVD into Imovie so I could cut and paste the themes that were burned on the DVD but it only plays it won't import. If any one has a trick for this I would be sooooooo happy!

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    The other gave Multiplex Errors
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    So had something to do with chapters
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    As a final experiment, I moved "bad" chapter mark about 5-10 sec's beyond original point and passed to iDVD, the multiplex errors now magically went away and I was able to finally create my disk image.
    I have no idea why this worked, but thought I'd mention here in case someone else runs into similar problem.
    Rich839
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    Russ One - suggest this
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    • No Chapter mark in or within 2 seconds from any transition in movie
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    I have completed the slide show i am making, but not sure what to do now. I want to burn it to a dvd, but not sure if i can do that from iphoto or do i need to export to imovie or idvd? If i need to export, will iphoto save a copy in iphoto? This may be really stupid, but I don't see an obvious way to save my slide show in iphoto. Please Help!

    Export the slideshow out of iPhoto as a QT movie file via the Export button in the lower toolbar.  Select Size = Medium or Large.
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    I keep getting the following error message while sharing my iMovie to iDVD.  "Unable to prepare project for publishing"  error (-2125).  I'm running iMovie 09 v. 8.0.6 on a iMac with OSX v 10.6.8, 2Ghz core duo, 1GB 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM.  Any ideas why?

    That particular error comes up for a number of reasons, sometimes it's the size of the movie you're trying to export. Bengt Wärleby a longtime contributor to the iMovie Discussion Group has advised a number of people on this error code, so I am going to link to his latest advice he's given to anyone trying to export to DVD from iMovie: Bengt's tips for great DVDs.
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  • Will not share Imovie with Idvd. Gets so far and then a box saying Unable  to prepare project for publishing because an error occured (-41)

    Cannot SHARE project from IMovie to Idvd. Gets so far and then a box with a message saying Unable to prepare project for publishing because an error occured (-41).

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    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1502?viewlocale=en_US
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    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1502?viewlocale=en_US

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