Best approach to merge .mov movies?

Hello there,
I have some movies I'd like to merge into a single one, but trying to maintain as much of their current quality as possible. I'd like to see if anybody has a recommended approach. So you know, I currently have FCE4 and the iLife suite v9, but no other tools. However, I'm open to suggestions to additional tools if necessary.
For example, I have a slideshow created with iPhoto and saved as a movie in a .m4v file (MPEG-4 video file; codecs: AAC, H.264; dimensions: 960x540) and a Quicktime movie created with LiveType (Quicktime movie; codecs: Animation; dimendions: 720x486).
Regards,
MV

Hi Miguel,
The goal would be to see if we could get the two movies as close as possible to a sequence size that we could use to combine the two in FCE. I've never made a slideshow within iPhoto, but what frame-sizes does it let you choose from when you export it from the program? My preference has always been arranging slideshows in FCE or iMovie to give you as complete control of the process and compression as possible.
As for the LiveType project, go to +Edit > Project Properties+ and select the *NTSC DV 3:2* preset so that the frame-size changes to 720x480. Make any tweaks needed to your project to make sure everything fits into this new frame-size. Do not export the project as a movie, you can simply import it into FCE as a project file and everything should go fine.
Within FCE, create a new DV-NTSC sequence and import your LiveType _Project File_ as well as your iPhoto slideshow movie file. Arrange both of them in the DV-NTSC sequence to your liking, then click Option-R and go to +Sequence > Render Only > Mixdown Audio+ to render the sequence out and prepare the audio for exporting. If you like how it looks, go to +File > Export > Quicktime Movie+ to export the sequence as a full quality QuickTime file of the original sequence.

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