Help with importing photos & settings

Hello - I used an Epson V700 scanner to import older photos.
Oddly enough, in Finder window, the photos look somewhat digitized. But in iPhoto, in Preview window, they are of good quality.
I wanted to use iMovie project, like a slide show, using the photos. When I put them in the project, their quality is good but I can't control whether they fully display. I deselected Ken Burns effect, tried various themes, but photos don't always fully display. The photo resolution is good.
How do I get the photos to display fully - no Ken Burns effect wanted either. I am not an iMovie user - I use FCE but the photos are digitized when importing to FCE.
Thanks.

I have the Epson V300 so I am jealous.
A couple of thoughts, I will sometimes scan as TIFF, but I will convert to JPEG before using in iMovie.
Check the Aspect Ratio of your photos vs. the aspect ratio of your movie.
The movie will be either 4:3 or 16:9. You can set this in FILE/Project Properties.
The photos may be different.
You have three choices. Open the Inspector to the rotate, crop, ken burns tab.
1) Ken Burns - (you said you don't want this)
2) FIT - will fit your photo into the aspect ratio of your movie by black bars (letterboxing)
3) CROP - will fit your photo into the aspect ratio of your movie by cutting off the top and bottom (or sides) if necessary.
Or in iPhoto, PhotoShop, Acorn or the like, you could crop the photo yourself to match the aspect ratio of the movie.

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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=778068&tstart=0
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Message was edited by: Bastropguy

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