Does export size alter aspect ratio?

Hi, I asked a smilar question in the imovie community but thought it would be better here.  Though the nuance of this question is a bit different...
I created a montage of old pictures and video clips in iMovie '11 and need to eventually create a DVD in 4:3 aspect ratio.  I exported the movie in 1080p (1920X1080). 
a few questions:
1. Does the HD export size matter and will iDVD try to sqeeze the widescreen format into a 4:3 ratio?
2.  Should I instead export it as large 960X540 to prevent problems when I make the DVD?
3. How does export size affect the ultimate aspect ratio? ( saw some similar posts but not really what I need to know)
thanks

Since you're using iMovie 11 use the Share ➙ Media Browser menu option and, yes, select the Large size.
Do not use the Share ➙ iDVD option since that throws away every other line of the movie resulting in a greatly reduced image quality.
Once you have the project as you want it save it as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image menu option.  This will separate the encoding process from the burn process. 
To check the encoding mount the disk image and launch DVD Player and play it.  If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding was good.
Then burn to disk with Disk Utility or Toast at the slowest speed available (2x-4x) to assure the best burn quality.  Always use top quality media:  Verbatium, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.
OT

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