Grainy pics and importing other video

Hello all. Couple questions...
I've tried to copy and save photos from the net, to use in between video clips on my project...but once I import the photo, and try to use it in iMovie as a photo, it's all grainy and pixilated. Any advice on smoothing it out?
Also, is there an ability to import existing video clips (from other saved or downloaded movies) and drop them into the middle of your iMovie project?
Thanks in advance!

Hi Faye,
as J told you, pics from the iNet are highly compressed AND often don't have the right resolution... a video (NTSC) is around 640x480 in size, so any smaller pics need a "blow-up" =>pixilated.
in case, you want to compare to best-practise, have a read here on Dan's excellent website:
http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/video/2003.shtml
second, in the prefs of iM you can set the preview-quality of iM; and, you can judge the final pic quality ONLY on TV, because a computer has a different concept of displaying pics/stills/vids..... sounds silly, but if you give the pics in some pic processor as Photoshop a lightly blurr they look better on video!
concerning "usage of commcercial dvds" at first the disclaimer: respect local laws! esp. copyright, copyprotection etc..... the workflow is:
get for 20$ the Apple mpeg2 plugin
and for free the tool Streamclip
(with that combo you can NOT override copyprotetion mechanisms! ... but you do know how...)
http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6010.shtml
http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6018.shtml
Streamclip allows you to select parts of the dvd, and offers the right format for iMovie (dv stream)
hope you find this answer helpful...

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