Exporting movies from iPhoto?

using version 6
the slideshow from iPhoto of photos is a world of difference using the same photos in iMovie.
Is there any way to keep the slideshow quality of iPhoto and export it into iMovie, and keep the quality?
My digital camera takes photos and movies. I would like to combine the two.
But iMovie almost destroys completely the quality of the photos.
I know I can export to iDVD and have two separate viewings, I guess. one for movies and one for photos. Does anyone know of a way to make movies export from iPhoto?

ain11:
You can create a slideshow in iPhoto and then use the Share->Send to iDVD menu option. That will create a .mov file of the slideshow, save it in your Movies folder and put it in an iDVD project.
For just the photos, put them in an album in the order you want and then in iDVD create a slideshow, open the slideshow section, go to the Media/photos section and locate the album in iPhoto you created. Select the photos from that album and drag into the iDVD slideshow window.
A way to get better quality movies out of iMovie into iDVD is to not let iMovie do the rendering of the assets. Once you have the movie complete close iMovie. Then open the movie project package, Control-click and select Show package contents. Navigate down until you find the SharedMovies/iDVD folder. There will be a .mov file that you can drag into an open iDVD menu window. Be sure not to put in a drop zone for the menu.
That will let iDVD do the rendering as it uses those assets in the project. IMO the sharpest quality is obtained by importing the stills into iDVD and creating the slideshow here. You can have titles and comments if necessary. The downside, if it is one, is no KB effect. IMO, no loss but others really like it.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.

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