Export Quicktime Conversion

What would be the best all around specifics for an exported movie file that contains only JPegs (about 300+) and .aiff music files?
It's basically a slide show of sorts, but the last time I exported it to check out how it would look on tv, the images would come out with blurry or sharpened sides as they would transition into eachother, and would sometimes turn black and white momentarily.
Also, it's looks a little "stretched" on the tv screen. Kind of like Violet Beauregarde that the end of Willy Wonka :P
Thanks!

Since you are using FCE you should first choose the +sequence format+ for your movie depending on your TV (whether standard or HDTV) before importing your jpegs.
Assuming you'll show your movie on a standard TV your sequence format should be either DV-PAL (25 fps) or DV-NTSC (29,97 fps), I'm not sure what's used in Perto Rico. If you want a 16:9 format you should instead choose either DV-PAL Anamorphic or DV-NTSC Anamorphic.
Then after importing your jpegs and editing the timeline you should *Export/Quicktime Movie* (not Using Quicktime Conversion) and import the resulting .mov into iDVD.
Some notes for SD:
- the resulting quality will always be lower than the original jpeg quality, since the SD resolution is very likely lower than the original jpeg resolution
- don't rely on the quality as shown by Quicktime Player, because this is not meant for interlaced video but progressive video; also the FCE Canvas cannot show the final quality on a Mac progressive monitor
- you could check the movie quality while editing in FCE (without exporting and burning DVDs) by connecting your Mac to your TV through the firewire connection and a converter, or your camera used as a converter, from firewire to analog.
- you may then fix each image and check right away how it will appear on your final TV by applying any useful filter: blur, antialias, etc.
If instead you have a HDTV you may use a sequence formatted with one of the Apple Intermediate Codecs available in FCE, and for sure you will get a better final quality.
Piero

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