Chapters no show when exported into iDVD

I am using FCE 3.5 and exporting a quicktime movie to iDVD version 6.04 But my chapter markers as set in FCE are not showing up in iDVD, can suggestions...thanx

In Timeline move your playhead to the second chapter marker point. The export will add one automatically about two seconds in, the name will be Beginning.
Hit the M key once (at point 2), a Green Chapter Marker appears in the Timeline at the playhead.
Hit the M key again, the Edit Marker dialogue appears.
Enter a name in the Name: field.
Next, click the large Add Chapter Marker button. <Chapter> appears in the Comments field, do not tinker with this.
Click OK and it's done.
Add as many as is required. I think the limit is 99 but that's more about the DVD limits than FCE.
The other thing I would do is not Select All Markers but use Chapter Markers instead.
Al

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Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Are you cropping your photos to the 16:9 ratio before creating the widescreen slideshow in iPhoto and exporting them to iDVD for a widescreen project? Most digital camera images are in the 4:3 size ratio and don't convert well to the widescreen. Also check the aspect ratio that you're playing the dvd in as that can have an effect on how the slideshow looks.
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I have a client whose photos look great in iPhoto & iMovie, but look all pixelated when exported to iDVD. I've tried making a slideshow directly with iDVD, but the photos still look worse than they did in the iPhoto slideshow.
The size of the photos is pretty large (as big as 5233 x 3546), which I'm guessing might be part of the problem, so I tried exporting them from iPhoto with a limitation of 720 x 540, but they still look bad. I expect a decrease in quality once I burn the DVD, but these look bad even in the DVD preview.
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All DVD slideshows are defaulted to 640 x 480 pixels. That's the standard. As long as the photos are in the 4:3 dimension ratio you can leave them at their fullest size. You can try using the Pro Quailty encoding to get better quality images. IMO the best image quality is obtained by creating the slideshow in iDVD from still photos. You don't get the Ken Burns effect, but in my opinion it's a bit over used too many time.
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Hi,
I created a FCE file of photos and audio that I applied motion, zooming, and other various effects to. The imported photos are PSD files. Some have a pixel dimension of 972 x 648 (1.5" x 1" and 648dpi) and other are 3888 x 2592 (4" x 6" and 648dpi). I know that the pixel dimensions are the one that video uses, not dpi, so I had converted some to the lower size. I don't see a difference between the higher and lower sized files though. I changed the pixel aspect ratio to D1/DV NTSC (0.9) as well.
When I set the keyframes for movement, I made sure I used even numbers for the vertical setting. None of the photos are scaled over 100%. They range from 50 - 90%.
When I export the file from FCE to bring into iDVD, I have exported it as a QuickTime movie (with and without the self-contained movie option).
The problem I am having is that the slideshow in iDVD looks AWFUL. The images are blurry & pixely, text from LiveType is pixely, it's shaky, and there are moire patterns. It looks like I took pictures with my cell phone and used them. I am viewing it at actual size, but it is still terrible.
I'm wondering if the extra information in the files are causing the problem. (I come from a print background, so deleting the dpi goes against my nature - LOL!). Should I go back and convert all of these photos to a smaller sized file? If I change the resolution to 72dpi, the pixel dimensions change and I will have to rescale/reposition ALL of my photos (over 360 of them) - right? Is the fact that the computer screen is showing the interlacing adding to the problem and it won't be as bad when it is on the tv? Is there a different way to export these to fix the slideshows?
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Me again,
I'm still having a hard time fixing this. I've put so much time and effort into these "slideshows" and I am still having problems with interlacing on the photos I could cry. I hooked up a tv to the computer today to see what the video "really" looks like and I was able to fix the video problems with the de-interlacing filter. The photos are nice and crisp. However, since I've applied movement to them (ex: cropped photos move across the page vertically or horizontally) and they are filed with the horizontal lines. Moire patterns, too. The de-interlace filter and flicker filters don't seem to fix them.
I found one of your posts before about how to remove moire & flicker by adding a blur filter:
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Where is the Blur > General Convolution? Was it removed from FCE 4.0.1? I've got another one-to-one session scheduled, but it's not for another week and I need to get this video done by thurs eve.
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When I exported it to iDvd, the audio gets out of sync with the video. By the end of the first song, the video is about 2 seconds ahead. By the end of the last image, the last song is cut of by about 30 to 45 seconds. I tried exporting the slideshow directly to iDvd. I also exported it as a large movie & it did the same thing.
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