Image Stretched in DVD Menu

Hey!
I'm having some issues with an image I made for the DVD menu. I created an image in Illustrator (720 x 480), saved it as a JPEG maximum quality and imported it into DVD Studio Pro. The DVD is in SD and is dimensions are (720 x 480). However, when I import the jpeg, the image is vertically stretched.
Does anyone know why this is happening? The dimensions I created the image in is the same as the dimensions of the DVD. Why would my image be stretched?
Thanks for the help!

Thanks Drew!
That Tiff suggestion brought me one step closer. The photo isn't stretched or squished anymore!
However, I'm still experiencing some issues.
So the DVD menu's display mode is set for 4:3 and the resolution is 720 x 480
The actual m2v video track's aspect ratio is also 4:3 and the resolution is 720 x 480
Once I import the Tiff file, the file's properties that show up in the window say
Format: Quicktime Picture
Width: 720
Height: 480
Layers: 0
I'm not sure what Quicktime Picture means but I'm sure it's irrelevant. What I'm getting to is, the size of the tiff is 720 x 480. However, when I put it into the dvd menu, the image is not squished or stretched but it doesn't fill up the whole screen. There's about (estimating) roughly 25 pixels of whitespace above and 25 px below the image. The image is centred on the DVD menu, but it doesnt fill up the whole screen.
When I simulate the DVD and hit the play button, once the video plays, it fills up the whole screen.
I don't understand why the Tiff doesn't fill up the whole DVD menu screen even though it is 720x480 and the DVD menu's properties are 4:3 and 720x480.
Do you have any other suggestions of what I can do?
Thanks a lot!

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