What is the best way to prepare a slideshow?

So far, I've used iDVD to create a slideshow. And I just tried using iMovie to make a slideshow. Since I'm new to Mac, I'm not sure which is the best way to make a slideshow (or music video). Although I thought using iDVD was alot easier than iMovie, I'm only able to burn it onto DVD, not CD...
Would someone be kind enough to guide me into right direction? FYI, I don't have any third party softwares... I was hoping to make the best out of iMovie, iPhoto, and iDVD... but copying onto CDs not DVDs...
Thanks!

To burn a CD with all the transition effects and background tracks, consider making a VCD or SVCD, which can play on a lot of DVD players and PCs. The problem is, you'll need the third-party Toast software. The directions are here, but they're complex:
http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/%7Eshmhav/SVCDon_aMacintosh.html
Without Toast, you can pick "iTunes" from iMovie's "Share" menu, then burn it to a data CD from iTunes, which will play back on any Mac or PC with iTunes installed:
http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#imovie-sharing-30
If the iTunes file is more than 600MB, try exporting again with a smaller resolution. You may need to pick "Export to QuickTime..." from the "Share" menu, which may give you more aggressive compression options, then burn the saved file to CD through the Finder:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303599
There are a few other ways to make slide shows. One way is to use GarageBand to make an "Enhanced AAC Podcast", which will let you slip photos from iPhoto into a soundtrack periodically. You can drag your background track from iTunes into a new GarageBand project, then add photos. After exporting to iTunes as an enhanced AAC file, you can play the slideshow on any recent iPod or AppleTV, or burn it to a data CD from iTunes, which should play back in any Mac or PC with iTunes. You can also send it to a .Mac account via iWeb. This makes much smaller files, but you won't get the Ken Burns effect and other cool transitions. For more info:
http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#garageband-podcast-51
http://podcasting.about.com/od/enhancedpodcasts/f/enhancedpodcast.htm
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=GarageBand/4.0/en/6624.html
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