IMovie 08 slideshow infinite loop - with Applescript and Automator?

As many people I try to use iMovie for a slide show with an infinite loop. But there is no button inside the program for it. I don't want to export the project to use the loop function of Quicktime. Because that means compression of the slide show photos - Export with Quicktime: H.264, Best Quality.
I already compressed the photos with JPG in High Resolution (Photoshop) and dropped them into the project. The result of double compression is not fine (enough). And the amount of data increases.
So I tried to program a short Applesript for an infinite loop in iMovie. First it seemed to be very simple. iMovie "cmd g" starts the fullscreen presentation of the project. At the end you press "spacebar" and it runs again.
(Finder object)
tell application "System Events"
tell application "iMovie" to activate
keystroke "g" using command down
end tell
(Pause)
tell application "System Events"
tell application "iMovie" to activate
keystroke "space bar" (or "arrow left"?)
end tell
(infinite loop)
Unfortunately it didn't loop. At the end of the presentation the screen remains black. Only a beep signals that the Applescript pressed the spacebar. What did I wrong?
In some groups people say it's impossible to program a script for iMovie because it does not support Applescript.
Blackletter

I made a simple mistake in the code.
wrong:
keystroke "space bar"
right:
keystroke space
Now the infinite loop runs in iMovie!

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and still now its so hard to understand some how.
but I am in need of understading now with the printed documents from my computer.
and I wonder , so there are many defferent way to communicate with anyone out side of the world, right?
like I know email , fax, facetime,
but there are other way now I think because of the documents I found.
and also with applescript and automator can do anything possible like even the child can click one and start conecting etc..
I have the copy from its ,
does anyone have time to explain me what it is?
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but I am quite serious for my situations.
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Mac OS snow leopard to lion to moutain lion,,,,,
but I don't know when it started yet.

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Applescript and automator will automate mundane manual repetative task that seem to take forever. These scripts fill in iWeb's void that makes it hard to implement advance features such one click ftp publishing, code editing, swithching domain site files, etc. Don't miss out on these scripts that will save you ton of time. These are scripts you shouldn't be without.
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Solved!
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%^&* YOU SKYPE! Your "support" is a JOKE!
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---------------- HANDLERS ----------------
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And here's a page where they explain how to use automator and the Services to do what I <allmost> want, with some adaptation.
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http://hbase.net/2011/08/17/move-selected-files-into-a-new-folder-using-applescr ipt-and-automator/
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It It could either be a folder action (I drag and drop the files into a folder and boom, they get their folder around them)that I would set on a folder on a network drive, or locally, it doesn't matter, or a service (right clic on the file and boom folder around it.
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Hi,
Make an Automator Service (Service receives selected "Files or Folders" in the "Finder.app").
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Attachments:
reseting_time_whlloop.vi ‏70 KB

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-- Stephen Norum
-- [email protected]
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