IDVD 6 / Slideshow Question

I created a slideshow in iPhoto; then "shared" it to iDVD; then burned a copy onto a DVD. Now when I go back in directly to iDVD and select "Open an Existing Project" to select that project it's not available. Actually the filename is there (under "movies") but it's not in bold print (meaning I cannot select it). Do I have to send the project to iDVD (from iPhoto) each time I want to burn a copy? Any assistance is appreciated.
Thanks.

Yes- you will need to edit and the resend it to iDVD.
As far as the black bars are concerned:
How to crop photos in iPhoto
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61366
Preparing images for DVD slideshows
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=164926
iMovie: Black bars around video
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300997
Sue

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  • IDVD/iPhoto slideshow issues

    I've been reading in these discussions and although I've learned quite a bit, nothing has helped fix my particular issue. first let me just add my two cents here, I just used the iDVD/iPhoto slideshow to make, process, and burn to disks extensively in June, and used some of the same photos as now, and there were no problems with quallity, nothing, so I'm saying these issues have come about with updates or changes since then in the way the programs work.
    That being said, here's my problem the final disk distorts the pictures in the slideshow, they look as though there are moving parts in some of them, a sort of waving shaky effect, reminds me of the old television sets when there was a problem with the vertical hold and were about to start rolling, remember that? Also, over saturated color, and darker.
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    Then I recreated the slideshow in iDVD by sending it from iPhoto, checked all the boxes for Ken burns on all the individual pictures, as well as making sure it was checked in the settings, I changed the format to wide screen then saved to disk image as soon as it was finished, and played it in the DVD player, where it was distorted as disks burned from iDVD, (interestingly enough when played through the iDVD the show is beautifully rendered with no distortions, so there goes the theory aboout monitor vs television being toi blame). I bought verbatim DVD disks, but if the DVD player already shows distortion, it is not in the burning process, but in the processing in iDVD.
    During this several reports have been sent to apple on my behalf, saying iDVD suddenly quit, when in fact it hadn't or I had simply closed it, but there were reports so I sent them.
    Something within the progarms has changed. Is this an issue waiting to be fixed? Do I have to do something different because of a change? Quite truthfully, I am too ignorant to make the whole slideshow in iMovie, I've tried, it's too much for me and I don't have the time or inclination to learn it when I was extremely happy with the way iDVD/iPhoto made my slideshows before.
    Any suggestions would be appreciated. thanks

    Have you read: iDVD 6.0 Help - Preparing images for DVD slideshows at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iDVD/6.0/en/17.html ?
    Feeding iDVD high-resolution still images doesn't help quality.
    the final disk distorts the pictures in the slideshow, they look as though there are moving parts in some of them, a sort of waving shaky effect ..
    When sharp, still images are used you will see interlacing effects that make parts of images flicker. Images on a TV set are interlaced - meaning you see two slightly different images (called 'fields') that alternate at a 1/60 second rate making the image appear to 'shimmer' of 'flicker'.
    (interestingly enough when played through the iDVD the show is beautifully rendered with no distortions, so there goes the theory aboout monitor vs television being to blame).
    Sorry, but using the preview function in iDVD does NOT represent the final quality of the DVD that will be produced because it uses the uncompressed source material - think of it as a 'for position only' view of the project.
    iDVD produced DVDs WILL look better on a conventional CRT TV set (which has less than 640x480 pixels in NTSC) than it will on a computer monitor (with many more pixels) full screen.

  • IDVD 8 - Slideshows work fine when viewing in iDVD, howver once burned

    iDVD 8 - Slideshows work fine when viewing in iDVD, howver once burned the slideshows pause and crackel. I have tired this on two differnet PowerBook G4's that I own and I get same results.
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    Might be the media you're using...
    I recommend a disk image burned to Verbatim DVD-R at 4X or slower using Toast or Disk Utility. You can set burn speed in iDVD '08 if not creating a disc image.
    David Pogue also recommends Verbatim on page 356 of his book:
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  • IDVD Slideshow Question

    I exported an iPhoto slideshow to iDVD. I used the Ken Burns effect. I've got around 200 photos and it plays great, no problems but....
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    Sorry but you have to go back to iPhoto for edits. If double-clicking a slideshow just plays the slideshow and doesn't bring up the slideshow editor, the slideshow may have been created in iPhoto. Slideshows created in iPhoto are sent to iDVD as QuickTime movies, which means you can't edit them.
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    SDMacuser

  • Slideshow into iDvd - Workflow Options Questions

    I have about 300 pictures in an iPhoto Slideshow that I want to be able to play on a DVD player.  I think I'm doing something wrong, because the .mov file I export from iPhoto is 3.97 GB, but the Disk Image out of iDVD is only 1.11 GB.  Besides the file size question, I welcome any other feedback on my approach below.
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    Do you agree with the particular settings for the slideshow, and for exporting the slideshow suggested in the link above?
    What is the benefit of saving as a Disk Image, rather than buring straight out of iDVD?
    I'm a bit confused / concerned about the file size drop from exporting the .mov to creating the Disk Image.  What is happening there?
    Thanks a lot for your thoughts.

    There are many ways to produce slide shows using iPhoto, iMovie or iDVD and some limit the number of photos you can use (iDVD has a 99 chapter (slide) limitation).
    If what you want is what I want, namely to be able to use high resolution photos (even 300 dpi tiff files), to pan and zoom individual photos, use a variety of transitions, to add and edit music or commentary, place text exactly where you want it, and to end up with a DVD that looks good on both your Mac and a TV - in other words end up with and end result that does not look like an old fashioned slide show from a projector - you may be interested in how I do it. You don't have to do it my way, but the following may be food for thought!
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    http://www.lqgraphics.com/software/phototomovie.php
    (Other users here use the alternative FotoMagico:  http://www.boinx.com/fotomagico/homevspro/ which you may prefer - I have no experience with it.)
    Neither of these are freeware, but are worth the investment if you are going to do a lot of slide shows. Read about them in detail, then decide which one you feel is best suited to your needs.
    Once you have timed and arranged and manipulated the photos to your liking in Photo to Movie, it exports the file to iMovie  as a DV stream. You can add music in Photo to Movie, but I prefer doing this in iMovie where it is easier to edit. You can now further edit the slide show in iMovie just as you would a movie, including adding other video clips, then send it to iDVD 7, or Toast,  for burning.
    You will be pleasantly surprised at how professional the results can be!
    To simply create a slide show in iDVD 7 onwards from images in iPhoto or stored in other places on your hard disk or a connected server, look here:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1089

  • Iphoto slideshow questions

    I am running iphoto 9.5.1 with OSX 10.9.3 I am making a slideshow that I will eventually export to an external HD. When I make a title for the first picture it does not save for some reason...I have to constantly redue it. Why?
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    , but it only works on my computer!
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    OT

  • IDVD & Fotomagico - Newbie Question

    I am currently trying a demo, Fotomagico, that creates a slideshow, prepares a file to burn to DVD, and automatically opens iDVD to complete the burn process. I am having difficulty completing the process. When I select the "burn" icon, it informs me that the "path" has not been established? I cannot find any info under Help with regards to this message and was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction.
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    RG

    Welcome to the forums.
    iDVD is Apple's standard consumer application for making DVDs that play on a DVD player (as opposed to using the DVD simply as storage media). It's what you would use whether you made the slideshow in iPhoto, iMovie, or iDVD (yes, you can use iDVD to create a slideshow and burn it to disc).
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    John

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    My Mac came with the following:
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    Wow, thanks. It's good to know iDVD is still an option, even if I don't buy the Superdrive (is that even possible, to get the Combo Drive taken out of my current Mac and a Superdrive put in? There's a question still unanswered.)
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    Requirements:
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    * PowerPC G3 processor and Mac OS 10.2 users, see Toast 6 Titanium or Popcorn
    * Mac OS X v10.3.9 or later
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    | |
    | System version : Mac OS X 10.2.8 (6R73)
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    | |
    | Machine speed : 867 MHz |
    | Bus speed : 133 MHz |
    | Number of processors : 2 |
    | L2 cache size : 256K (times 2) |
    | L3 cache size : 1MB (times 2) |
    | Machine model : Power Mac G4 (version = 2.1) |
    | Boot ROM info : 4.4.6f2
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    DIMM0/J21 DDR SDRAM 256 MB
    DIMM1/J22 DDR SDRAM 512 MB
    DIMM2/J23 empty
    DIMM3/J20 empty
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    | |
    | Flags : 0x8051<Up,PpoinToPoint,Running,Multicast> |
    | Ethernet address : 00.00.00.00.00.00 |
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    | Subnet Mask : 255.0.0.0 |
    | |
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    | |
    | Card Type : NVDA,GeForce4MX |
    | Card Name : NVDA,Parent |
    | Card Model : GeForce4 MX |
    | Vendor ID : 10de |
    | Device ID : 172 |
    | ROM# : 1121 |
    | Revision : a5 |
    | |
    USB Information:
    USB Bus 0:
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    | |
    | Product ID : 33282 ($8202) |
    | Vendor : HCF USB V.90 Data/Fax Modem |
    | Device Speed : Full |
    | Power (mA) : 500
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    | |
    | Disc Burning : Fully supported.
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    Hard Drive:
    | |
    | Disk Size : 57.26 GB (1K = 1024) 62 GB (1K = 1000) |
    | Unit Number : 0 |
    | ATA Device Type : ata |
    | Device Serial : VNC303A3L6AAHA |
    | Device Revision : VA3BA52A |
    | Device Model : IBM-IC35L060AVVA07-0 |
    | |
    Hard Drive:
    | |
    | Volume Size : 57.26 GB (1K = 1024) 62 GB (1K = 1000) |
    | Ejectable : No |
    | Writable : Yes
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  • IDVD '08 Slideshow Audio Drop Out

    Hi
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    The behavior you described above is actually normal for iDvd for anything over 99 images per slideshow. Not much you can do about it short of creating multiple slideshows as you mentioned above. That or making your slideshow as one long QT movie but you may notice a quality loss.
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    http://www.lqgraphics.com/software/phototomovie.php
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  • IDVD 6 slideshow image quality

    Still image quality in iDVD slideshows is a topic that comes up again and again on the iDVD forums.
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    I have updated some of my comments on the web page.

  • First time using iDVD for slideshow, need some guidance

    I want to make a dvd that consists of 3-6 slideshows, plus "extras". Each slideshow will have 50-150 photos, but the "extras" section I want to have all the photos (including some not used in the slideshows) for a total of about 1300 photos.
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    2. Can I put anything in the "drop zones"? or does everything just go in the "slideshow" section?
    This is the first time I have ever used iDVD and could use any help or suggestions at all.....
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    Don't use over 99 images in a slideshow. You may have trouble:
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302961
    1. Just create a new extras slideshow menu from the main menu by using the + button and select Add Submenu. Then go there and add slideshows the same way, only select Add Slideshow and then drag your images in; or use the Import funtion.
    2. Drop Zones are for single images/movies.
    I think you need to spend some time learning how to do this, rather than guessing.
    iDVD 6 Getting Started PDF download
    Apple's iMovie Learning Site
    Apple's iDVD Learning Site
    iLife ’06 Multimedia Tutorials
    General Learning Center
    Ken Stone: Authoring in iDVD 6
    My favorite, by far:
    iMovie HD & iDVD 6: The Missing Manual
    You can download Chapter four: Camcorder Meets Mac.
    iPhoto 6: The Missing Manual

  • IDVD photo slideshow problem

    Dear All,
    I just want to burn all my photo edited in Aperture into a disc DVD. I choose iDVD but it seems it can't achieve what i basic need.
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    I like to make DVDs of my best photos every year. Here are my experiences.
    1. Last year I ended up creating the slideshow in iDVD ('06), saving it as a disc image and burning it from Utilities. The visual quality was good - better than with any other method I tried including using iMovie HD - but there were drawbacks. Only one transition was allowed throughout and every transition and every slide had to be on screen for the same length of time (I chose 2 seconds and 5 seconds respectively). Creating a sound track with multiple pieces of music and sound effects to go with it was a painstaking process.
    2. After that project was finished I upgraded to Leopard X and iLife '09 and started another project in iMovie. I ran into problems creating a clear, crisp DVD. I experimented with different methods of sharing - iTunes, iDVD, Media Browser, export using Quick Time, and export movie. The first four did not produce good results: either the product itself had images that were blurry with jagged edges, or the blurry, jagged edges appeared when I dragged the icon into the background of the theme window in iDVD. Only 'export movie' gave acceptable results: excellent visual images when played using Quick Time Player, or dragged into iDVD and then burned to a disc.
    3. Last week I upgraded to Snow Leopard - version 10.6.1 and that upgrade has turned out to be a mistake as far as this slideshow/movie project is concerned. Shortly after the upgrade I added a few more photos to my iMovie project and shared using 'Export Movie' as usual. Disaster! Colours will not hold through certain transitions and effects like Ken Burns and picture in picture. Reds turn to blue before and after some transitions and 'flashes' of colour appear on images to which I applied the Ken Burns effect. Last night I was on the phone for 1 3/4 hours with an Apple tech support person. She had me try everything - creating a new user, trashing and reinstalling iLife '09 iMovie, trashing plists and caches. Nothing fixed the problem. Finally she gave up and said that she would do more research on her own. If she doesn't find a solution she will refer the problem to Apple engineers. She will get back to me.
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  • Can I Do Pan & Zoom Motion in iDVD Photo Slideshows ?

    I just moved over from a PC to an iMac, and am trying to make a DVD out of a lot of still images. In Roxio Easy Creator, you could select a Pan & Zoom option for the slideshows, which would give the effect of the photos moving around while the slideshow played, it simulated motion and looked really cool.
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