Epic Slideshow...Please help.

I have combed the manuals, discussion logs etc. but am yet to find a simple answer to my questions. Maybe there are none. My grandparents both passed away in the last month. I am not only archiving my pictures but creating a slideshow using final cut pro 5.1.4. The pictures I have scanned are huge... a total of 180 years of life, hundreds of pictures, all scanned at 600 dpi because some where 2x2. Even then some pictures are 4000 x2800 and 20mb. I have resized them down to about 5mb or so. I have seemed to get rid of flicker and lag associated with such huge file. Still I am having a problem exporting......
There are so many audio/video settings it hard to know where to go. This will be watched by 50 family members and friends, most with HD widescreen Televsisons. When I watch it on my computer it looks exactly how i want it to. When i burn it to iDVD it starts having lag issues when doing mild pans and zooms....the transitions.. fade in fade out, typically...or cross dissolve look "framey" and low quality. In the days of research I've done I can't seem to find proper settings (yes even the manual) on how to set the codecs or whatever they are....It will primarily be watched on 16:9 widescreen I image....but anything from old 4:3 televisons to laptops too. What settings should I use?...Should I reduce all pics to minimal size? Why do my transitions look so low res...? If anyone has any insight, please help. I don't know the difference in 1080i50 or 1080i 60...I have heard NTSC is not the way to go for a slideshow.....please help. How should I resize, how should I export, what am I doing wrong? It looks great for the most part on my on MacBook Pro 2.5ghz 2g ram 15 inch laptop....why cant i get it to translate on the televison?
I know parts of this question(s) have been discussed and appreciate anytime in helping me grasp what I am missing. This is so very important to me...also Livetype was a disaster... looked liked graphics from a 1982 sci-fi movie...sigh....I have done this before with success, but not in about 5 years. I fear that technology has made my task more complicated...
Thanks in advance,
Tony

First, I'll assume you meant to post this question in the Final Cut Express or Final Cut Pro forum as your question doesn't seem to have anything to do with Final Cut Server. Which NLE are you using? The answers you seek may vary depending on which one you're using?
-DH

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I have combed the manuals, discussion logs etc. but am yet to find a simple answer to my questions. Maybe there are none. My grandparents both passed away in the last month. I am not only archiving my pictures but creating a slideshow using final cut pro 5.1.4. The pictures I have scanned are huge... a total of 180 years of life, hundreds of pictures, all scanned at 600 dpi because some where 2x2. Even then some pictures are 4000 x2800 and 20mb. I have resized them down to about 5mb or so. I have seemed to get rid of flicker and lag associated with such huge file. Still I am having a problem exporting......
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Yes I considered using iMovie or iPhoto because of the size of this project but had little or no control over motion. Despite my obvious lack of knowledge I know my way around FCP to the extent I've needed it.
Perhaps I have been over thinking/researching everything because this project means so much to me.
I just wanted to make sure I imported my media correctly (scanned tiffs and music only) and export it with the proper settings so that it looks as professional as possible and nobody has a problem playing it.
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Path:            /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Identifier:      com.apple.iPhoto
Version:         9.2 (9.2)
Build Info:      iPhotoProject-626000000000000~2
Code Type:       X86 (Native)
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Date/Time:       2011-10-16 19:52:29.221 -0700
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)
Report Version: 6
Interval Since Last Report:          494872 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           6
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 2575 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   1
Anonymous UUID:                      70310EDC-B2CC-4946-B187-6B5EBE8F0AB2
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objc_msgSend() selector name: retain
Thread 0: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x9a1deaa2 __semwait_signal + 10
1   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x9a1de75e _pthread_cond_wait + 1191
2   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x9a1e03f8 pthread_cond_wait$UNIX2003 + 73
3   com.apple.Foundation                    0x993cfa1c -[__NSOperationInternal waitUntilFinished] + 55
4   com.apple.Foundation                    0x993cf9cd -[NSOperation waitUntilFinished] + 89
5   com.apple.Foundation                    0x993cf8c7 -[NSOperationQueue waitUntilAllOperationsAreFinished] + 237
6   ...pple.iLifeSlideshowProducer          0x0253b152 -[MPCropController cropSlidesForLayerGroup:inDocument:withOptions:] + 594
7   ...pple.iLifeSlideshowProducer          0x0253aef7 -[MPCropController cropSlidesInDocument:withOptions:] + 71
8   ...pple.iLifeSlideshowProducer          0x0251d7c2 -[MPAuthoringController authorLayerGroup:inDocument:withOptions:] + 4258
9   ...pple.iLifeSlideshowProducer          0x0251bf75 -[MPLayerGroup setStyleID:] + 325
10 ...pple.iLifeSlideshowProducer          0x0251bdf7 -[MPDocument applyStyle:] + 103
11 com.apple.iPhoto                        0x0018f5e3 0x1000 + 1631715
12 com.apple.iPhoto                        0x0018ec63 0x1000 + 1629283
13 com.apple.iPhoto                        0x0018ea11 0x1000 + 1628689
14 com.apple.iPhoto                        0x0018d93d 0x1000 + 1624381
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16 com.apple.AppKit                        0x9028d255 -[NSControl sendAction:to:] + 108
17 com.apple.AppKit                        0x90288d02 -[NSCell _sendActionFrom:] + 169
18 com.apple.AppKit                        0x90287ff9 -[NSCell trackMouse:inRect:ofView:untilMouseUp:] + 1808
19 com.apple.AppKit                        0x902dd6ed -[NSButtonCell trackMouse:inRect:ofView:untilMouseUp:] + 524
20 com.apple.prokit                        0x01a4721e -[NSProButtonCell trackMouse:inRect:ofView:untilMouseUp:] + 539
21 com.apple.AppKit                        0x90286a4f -[NSControl mouseDown:] + 812
22 com.apple.iLifeKit                      0x0196e4e2 -[IPKButton mouseDown:] + 434
23 com.apple.AppKit                        0x90284a58 -[NSWindow sendEvent:] + 5549
24 com.apple.AppKit                        0x9019d60b -[NSApplication sendEvent:] + 6431
25 com.apple.iLifeKit                      0x01994ac7 -[iLifeKit sendEvent:] + 55
26 com.apple.iPhoto                        0x0008d78b 0x1000 + 575371
27 com.apple.AppKit                        0x90131253 -[NSApplication run] + 917
28 com.apple.AppKit                        0x90129289 NSApplicationMain + 574
29 com.apple.iPhoto                        0x000114d0 0x1000 + 66768
30 com.apple.iPhoto                        0x00010ad9 0x1000 + 64217
Thread 1: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager
0   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x9a1d7382 kevent + 10
1   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x9a1d7a9c _dispatch_mgr_invoke + 215
2   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x9a1d6f59 _dispatch_queue_invoke + 163
3   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x9a1d6cfe _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 240
4   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x9a1d6781 _pthread_wqthread + 390
5   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x9a1d65c6 start_wqthread + 30
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0   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x9a1b0b5a semaphore_timedwait_signal_trap + 10
1   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x9a1de6e1 _pthread_cond_wait + 1066
2   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x9a20d5a8 pthread_cond_timedwait_relative_np + 47
3   com.apple.Foundation                    0x993c78e8 -[NSCondition waitUntilDate:] + 453
4   com.apple.Foundation                    0x993803b1 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:beforeDate:] + 279
5   com.apple.Foundation                    0x99380294 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:] + 69
6   com.apple.proxtcore                     0x0175b702 -[XTMsgQueue waitForMessage] + 50
7   com.apple.proxtcore                     0x0175a6b0 -[XTThread run:] + 416
8   com.apple.Foundation                    0x9938b4c4 -[NSThread main] + 45
9   com.apple.Foundation                    0x9938b474 __NSThread__main__ + 1499
10 libSystem.B.dylib                       0x9a1de259 _pthread_start + 345
11 libSystem.B.dylib                       0x9a1de0de thread_start + 34

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From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Please help with slideshow problems!
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