Blurry photos -- EUREKA moment !

I just stumbled onto something that seemed to help with the old 'imported photos are blurry' problem. Mac mavens: I'm no expert, so maybe you can weigh in on this and see if this may actually be a solution, or if my hopes will soon be dashed. Maybe this can help solve this problem once and for all.
I'm working on a movie - a kid's DVD that consists entirely of illustrations. Every time I'd import into iMovie HD from iPhoto -- you know what happened. Fuzzy photos. Frustration. You know the drill. Just for the heck of it, I hit 'file', 'new project' -- but this time.. when it asked me for my import source, I changed it from DV to HD 720, then opened another using the HD 1080i setting, and the photos are now CRYSTAL CLEAR. Yes -- crystal clear in iMovie. Please tell me I'm onto something (he asked nervously)
Mac OS X (10.4.7) iMac G5
Mac OS X (10.4.7) iMac G5
Mac OS X (10.4.7) iMac G5

Please tell me I'm onto something (he asked nervously)
Yes and No. Yes, in that both 720p and 1080i projects display a better quality image than does a DV project. In other words, the image looks better in iMovie. And it looks better after exporting to a QuickTime movie that's played on the computer, in part because the image is so much larger than DV.
But since we can't burn HD DVDs — at least not yet — that quality isn't retained when we burn a DVD. The HD gets converted back to ho-hum quality.
There is one advantage to creating HD slideshows. When the day comes we ARE able to burn HD DVDs, your projects will be ready to burn. You'll be able to avoid the embarrassment of watching DV slideshows some day with your grandchildren, and one asking "Grandpa, why do your slideshows look so weird?"
Karl

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Hi Larry,
Thanks for your reply,
I did a rebuild of the library, but the error remained.
To answer the issues you have with my post:
1/ My post is not about books, but the original posting dug deeper and got to the issue of editing photos in iPhoto and having the same problems as I experienced and described. Exporting a photo in a book or in an email, what ever export/production mode is, it came down to a problem of photo Edit in iPhoto.
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3/ Also, on "the "sharing" by email works but is failing as well"
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