IMovie or iPhoto

A very general question:
I need to create a Slideshow of photo's for a friends wedding. What is the best iLife program to use for this (iphoto or imovie)? Basically I envision a couple dozen photos with transitions between each, and music in the background. Would be nice to add titles, or captions to some of the pictures. Also I will have to burn the project to DVD to be played at the wedding, so I'll need to create some sort of simple menu (I think I do this with iDvd).
Thanks for any input, and sorry for the generality of the question.

Hello:
If all you are doing is a simple photo to photo slideshow without a great deal of editing, iPhoto may do a better job than iMovie.
The reason is that iMovie changes the photos to digital video and that can degrade the quality of the photo. Then you can send it to iDVD.
Sue

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