Exporting Stills to iPhoto from iDVD

Is it possible to export stills from iDVD? I have an antique home movie on DVD and can't find any way to export stills from it to iPhoto. There are no copyright problems and I only have the DVD.

use Grap (in the Utilities folder) go get a large screen shot of the picture
Will Grab capture DVD images? I originally started using SnapzPro because "standard" screen capture methods wouldn't capture DVD images.
640 x 480 x 72dpi images
640x480 pixels are all there are in the video image. With Photoshop the pixel size can be bumped up a little. A bigger problem will probably be due to interlacing artifacts.

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Batch Export Stills Broken in FCP5?

In FCPHD you used to be able to batch export stills by setting markers in your clip
1) Choose a clip, put in markers where you want to export
2) open the export queue window (window -> export queue)
3) drag the markers into the queue window
4) select the batch folder in the queue window, and change the settings to your specs.
5) export
I can't seem to get this to work now - it just makes the markers subclips in the queue even when I set it to export stills it just gives me a white still.
Does this no longer work in FCP5 or am I forgetting something?
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Thought I'd give this another try now that everybody's back from holiday.
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Patricia
IS this your Hard Disk is full?
OS X needs about 10 gigs of HD space to function normally. It uses this space for things like Virtual Memory and temporary files and other OS operations.
I have cleared out all extraneous files, so there should be room on the disc
How did you do this? Did you empty the trash?
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I've searched the forum and found a few threads that sounded like they pertained to this issue, but I didn't see much discussion beyond the question or any answers that had confirmations that they solved the problem.
I've created a slideshow project in iPhoto '08 (version 7.1.5), and I used the "Send to iDVD" option from the "Share" menu to send it to iDVD '08 (version 7.0.4). The export appears to work, a menu button appears in iDVD, and I'm able to work in iDVD to make changes to the theme, menu text, etc. However, if I try to actually view the slideshow movie in iDVD (either by double clicking on the menu button in the iDVD interface, or by using the "Preview DVD playback" button and then choosing the movie from the DVD menu), iDVD crashes. This is happening consistently. I've gone to my Movies folder and found the exported movie file that iPhoto created. This plays back in QuickTime Player just fine. If I add the movie to my iDVD project manually (as opposed to using the "Send to iDVD" option in iPhoto), it still causes iDVD to crash if I try to preview it.
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I discovered this problem while teaching a class to 12 students who don't know much about doing creative projects on a Mac. There are going to be 12 folks who don't think very much of Apple's computers and/or its software if I don't get this problem solved quickly (last day of class is tomorrow). Everything has been going along swimmingly up until this final step of getting the slideshow into iDVD and then burning it to take home. I'm stunned that this isn't working since I've never run into this problem before, but it's happening consistently with every workstation I've tried here in this lab. All computers are running iLife '08. We're all trying to do the same thing. Slideshow project created in iPhoto, trying to send it to iDVD for burning. I been doing stuff with iPhoto and iDVD for years without problems, so I didn't think I needed to run through an entire process here in this lab before teaching the class. I just expected everything to work like it always does. D'oh!
Help!

UPDATE:
In case you're interested.... Just because iDVD crashes when I try to preview my slideshow movie from iPhoto doesn't mean I can't successfully burn my DVD project to disc. I was skeptical, but it works. The burn process went off without a hitch, and the DVD plays back using Mac OS X's built-in DVD Player.
Another workaround is to use the "OneStep DVD from Movie..." option in the iDVD file menu and avoid working inside of iDVD.
Someone suggested that perhaps my trouble was connected to using a legacy theme as opposed to one of the newest 7.0 themes. Any truth to that?
Just because I can burn a DVD successfully doesn't mean I wouldn't still like to fix the crash problem if possible. I'm grateful that I now know that I can work around the crashing problem, but I do think it's something that should be fixed and not just avoided.

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I can make a slideshow from Iphoto that fits all of the pictures and I can customize the transitions for each slide.
I'm just wondering which one provides a better quality slideshow. I understand that Iphoto has a few more options to work with, but slideshows can only be exported to small, medium, or large. Will there be a noticeable quality difference between the two programs?
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I made the video 720X480 or 'large'.
This is actually the rectangular ('thin') NTSC DV video pixel size - in digital still image terms the real size is 640x480.
I've noticed, sacrificing a dvd to do so,
that the slideshow I made from iphoto fills the
entire screen while the one from idvd does not. I've
also noticed that some of the edges (nothing really
major) are cut off on my CRT TV.
CRT display devices (like TV sets) have something called 'ovescan' to hide the syncronization pulses included in the video signal.
iDVD gives you a choice of correcting for overscan if your DVDs will be viewed on TV sets (but on computer monitors, you will see black edges).
The video does not look as good as it could, but I
guess it is acceptable. I wonder if we'll have
higher quality options in the future release of IDVD?
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Is there is a way to export the themes from iDVD to DVD Studio Pro?

OK...so here's what I'm trying to find out: is there is a way to export the themes from iDVD to DVD Studio Pro? Or can I build the project in DVDSTPRO and import it to iDVD to build and burn?
I've read several threads here and haven't come across my specific question. If I missed it, please copy me a link. Otherwise, I'd like to use the templates/themes in iDVD with my FCP project.
I was thinking about importing the project from FCP to iDVD. Then, I thought about the markers etc....
So, if anyone had an idea, tip or link, I'm all for it!
Thanks!
ron

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• [root]/Library/iDVD/Favorites: This folder is located at the root of your disk.
• /Network/Library/iDVD/Favorites: This folder is on a network system specifically
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Importing photos from iphoto into idvd

I am trying to import photos from iphoto into idvd for a slideshow. When the photos move into idvd they are not in the same order as they were in the iphoto library. What could be the possible cause of this?? I did go into iphoto and place comments in after the fact. Would that have anything to do with it?

Try this possible solution from acgray on Mac OS X Hints:
I have worked with many users who like to take iPhoto albums and make DVDs of them with iDVD. However, one very annoying bug (feature?) has to do with the fact that when you are in iDVD, it randomizes the sort order of the Photos in your album. Not only that, but it is painstaking and time consuming changing the order in iDVD.
My solution..
Select All in the album in iPhoto you want to use in iDVD as a slideshow. Then use File -> Export -> File Export. The secret is to select "Use Album Name" as this will rename the images in sequential order, based on the order that you put them in. Save them in their own new folder somehwere easy to find (ie on the Desktop).
Then, in iDVD, either drag, or I believe you can import the entire folder into the Slideshow project window, and voila! your slides are in order. I believe you can throw away the folder with the exported images as they should now be saved into the Project, but don't quote me on that.
Here are a few other helpful links on this topic:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8967410&#8967410
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9159493&#9159493
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10963514&#10963514
http://www.kraehe21.de/iptja/
Hope the above suggestion/s help but if not just come on back.
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Exporting Stills from video

I have created several still clips from a video project but I can't seem to transfer the stills to iPhoto by selecting all, naming the file and saving the file in jpg. I have tried both ways (importing from iPhoto and exporting from iMovie) but when I export the file from iMovie to iPhoto it does not appear in the library. ??? When i click and drag a single pic to the desk top it still has the .div extension
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select frame by positioning the playhead in iMovie
then hit -F (as Freeze, or Frame)
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my guess is, you've selected a clip (=video, not still), and did choose motion-jpeg as export option... THAT is not compatible with iPhoto...

Export from iDVD to link slideshows

New to working with DVD projects and may have made error in creating slideshows for upcoming event. I have now made several slideshows within iDVD by getting individual photos from iPhoto (and other locations) and audio tracks from garage band. It looks pretty good actually and I have burned a trial DVD. Each slideshow plays well with the audio, however at the end of each it returns to main menu. My desire would be a one click play from the main menu but now I'm not able to link all the slideshows together.
Reading previous posts looks like it would have been better to develop slideshows IN iphoto or imovie and then import to iDVD. Nevertheless - this is wher I'm at. Questions:
1) Can I export the individual slideshows to iMovie or QT and then splice together and then put back in iDVD (or something to that effect).
2) If I make one slideshow within iDVD am I able to make sure the audio tracks stay with the appropriate slides or will it "blend it all together" and add the audio tracks/adjust slide transitions.
By the way, it works OK as, it just requires menu selection at the end of each set of slides. This is really a "fine tuning" couple of questions and I'll know better next time.
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Yup, it would have been easier in iPhoto or iMovie. The only way I know to "export" from iDVD is to actually create the DVD (or disk image) and then extract the slideshows. But there's a fair learning curve for that process and a loss of video quality unless you use Roxio Toast, or something similar, to put the project back together on DVD.
I'd live with your current DVD, or use iPhoto.
John

Exporting videos and photos from iPhoto

I have upgraded from Mountain Lion to Mavericks (Clean install) and downloaded the new iPhoto
but since then, when ever i try to export my videos, the program gives me Error message saying that "it can't copy the file".
and after deleting my photo library, and reuploading the photos and videos, MANY TIMES!!! i start facing a new problem:
the iPhoto was able to export the videos, but when i tried to play the videos i recieve error message "this video can't be opened"
of course i tried different programs and i got the same error; while the original files play normaly.
the other BIG problem, which i just noticed now, that iPhoto is deleting my GPS information from the photos after exporting them!!!!!
i had this MacBook Pro for a year, and i started to hate apple and MAC and I don't trust anything i do with it..
anybody can help me to fall in love with MAC again?!!?!
please help!

Thank you for taking the time and answering my question.
I decided to earse the disk, as i had so many problems with the laptop as it was extremly slow in almost everything.
and keep in mind that i only have Microsoft office 2011, and itune, iphoto, and recently i added Keynote, Numbers, Pages and ESET Cyber Security.
70% of my photos are still in an external hard drives as the original files, so i didn't backup them from the old version of iPhoto. The rest which i did back them up, i did through the Exporting option in iPhoto, using the settings as :
and that was ok, after doing the clean install of the OS, and upgrading to Mavericks, all the problems started with iPhoto.
For some reasons, iPhoto was refusing exporting the videos, and after different times of deleting the library and rebuilding it, iPhoto accepted to export the videos, unfortunately i didn't take a pitcure of the error message at that time. Now, this is what is going on:
It will export the videos and most of them they will have the icon of QuickTime, as not readable videos;
and when you try to open them this what you will get:
by QuickTime:
By mplayer:
and when trying the VLC or iTune, they simply do nothing, like you never loaded any files in them.
and i have used the ! ? alot, as it was the only way to express my anger, as since i decided to by a MAC, i have never had a good easy peaceful day with it.
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Compressed image going from iPhoto to iDVD

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I am curious about this as well. I can scan or import photo into iPhoto and they look perfect. Matter of fact, I know these are high quality images because I scan them in at 300dpi or larger and verify image settings in photoshop. They ALWAYS look good in iPhoto/Photoshop and in preview mode from iMovie but once burned in iDVD they come out like a low res preview in iPhoto - I keep waiting for it to bring in the high quality version but this never happens?

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