How to fix slideshow video quality (iPhoto export)

Like many others I mourn the loss of iDVD support in iphoto. For many years I created sideshows in iphoto and exported them to iDVD and burned very acceptable DVDs. I still have iDVD, thank god, but all links and references to iDVD have been purged from iphoto. The only option I could see was to use the export function whichi I did and chose 720p. I imported the resultant quictime files into iDVD abd burned a DVD. The vidoes were contrasty, dark and soft. Seriously inferior to DVDs made back in the day when there was a direct "export to iDVD" function. What can I do make the best quality DVD from my iphoto slideshows?

If you have fewer than 99 slides in the slideshow create the slideshow with iDVD. I find that I get better quality resuts that way.
However, if you have more than 99 use iPhoto and export as 480p only.
The gamma you're referring to is in regards to the monitor calibration.
If you have access to an older version of iMovie, i.e. specifically iMovie 6 HD I strongly recommend getting it and using. It and iDVD 7 were the best combination for created iDVD video DVDs. iMovie 6 HD was also the best for adding multiple audio tracks to a movie and editing their start and stop points:
With iMovie 6 HD when you've completed the movie all you need to do is drag the iMovie project file into iDVD for import. The top iDVD users in the iDVD forum recommend iMovie 6 HD as the best to use.
Regardless of the iMovie version you use follow this workflow to help assure the best qualty video DVD:
Once you have the project as you want it save it as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image menu option. This will separate the encoding process from the burn process.
To check the encoding mount the disk image, launch DVD Player and play it. If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding is good.
Then burn to disk with Disk Utility or Toast at the slowest speed available (2x-4x) to assure the best burn quality. Always use top quality media: Verbatim, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.
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