Collecting images from imovie/idvd project

Though now I know I should have collected all images in a folder before using in imovie project, is there any way to collect them back from the project now. I wanted to put all images used on a disc for my records....
thanks for any suggestions.

Thanks. I thought that was part of the problem. I had done that because I don't have an iLife '05 disc. All I have is my powerbook G4 install disc. Can I use this disc on my Desktop?
If not is there any way I can burn my video project with the older software on the desktop?
Thanks
Ben

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READ THE ENTIRE MESSAGE BEFORE DELETING ANYTHING !!!
To delete a movie from iDVD: Open iDVD. Click once on the movie title to highlight it. Hit Delete. It should disappear in a poof of smoke.
If you have chapters in your movie, you need to delete the Scene Selection text button also.
But, when you reopen iDVD after changing your movie, before doing anything in iDVD, iDVD should give you a message that your 'assets have changed' and ask if you want iDVD to update. Click on yes/ok, but check your iDVD project before burning. The way it is supposed to work is that iDVD recognizes that you have made changes to your iMovie, uses the revised iMovie in its files instead of the first one, and uses the updated iMovie when you burn to disk or create a disk image. It is a nice feature so that you do not have to delete the iMovie already in iDVD and have to put in your updated newer version; iDVD is supposed to add the update itself, using the newer version of iMovie. It worked that way in iDVD 6.
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If you do have chapters and/or incorporating the changes in iMovie does not work, the only 'fix' is to recreate the iDVD project. It takes time but is not difficult since you have done it once. Open a new iDVD project and put the updated iMovie into it. Do a "Save as Disk Image" to create a disk image file of your iDVD project. Play the disk image file with DVD Player. If it plays correctly, burn your disks from the disk image file using Disk Utility or Toast. You can delete the old iDVD project.
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(your User Interface is for sure english!)
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+I'm having a little troubele deciding from idvd or imovie, which is the right direction?+
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Hi
A. I don't use the *Share/Export to iDVD* function in iMovie. iMovie rendering can harm
the photos in a movie.
I do: close iMovie, Open iDVD and import the movie project here (icon with a Star on it)
or just drop the icon into iDVD.
B. Some photos with thin lines most often starts to flicker when viewed on a TV.
I do: In a photo editing program eg PhotoShop or Elements: Apply *Gausian blurr*.
Just slightly. Resulting in non-flickering photos.
C. One can rather easily find out if this will occure by:
• Connect Your miniDV (tape) Camera via FireWire.
• Analog out of Camera to a TV-set
• Set in iMovie. Playback via Camera
Now You see on the TV what the final Quality will be like.
• Flicker (add Gausian Blurr to those photos)
• Color, brightness & contrast
• Over all playback rythm and sound
Yours Bengt W

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These are all converted from VHS, imported to iMovie, using a Canopus AD300.
is this why Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro cost so much?? (better encoding) Any insight into this problem is very much appreciated..
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VHS converted to digital is fairly low in quality (I've done enough of it myself to know) and doesn't produce DVDs with the same quality DV video does (which in turn isn't up to 'commercial quality' levels).
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Hi Gary
My advice would be as follows:
During sampling (from VHS) and producing DVD disks. Collect those best
moments as full quality QuickTime clips on eg. an external (FW and Mac
OS Extended formatted) hard disk.
Then when ready assemble the most memorable moment DVD disk as a
full quality project.
To go from Your DVD disks back to be able to edit in eg. iMovie is not
stright forward and You lose quality.
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Tedious and You lose quality.
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