IMovie to iDVD with higher quality results

I have been working for several weeks on a 30 minute presentation using iMovie. It was a little slow at the start, but it's absolutely gorgeous now with video, stills, voice over, multiple CD tracks, etc. I am thrilled at the result and it's going to be given out to a lot of people who were involved in a huge service project. My problem is that when I export to iDVD and burn it, the photos are pretty bad. I've adjusted iDVD to highest setting, but it's still so disappointing. Options? Are there non-Apple solutions for this or another version of iDVD? I would appreciate your help. I have not been on here before so if this has been solved somewhere else--just point me there.

Also, iMovie 9 uses single-field processing when exporting, so basically you are losing every other horizontal frame. There have been huge discussion threads about this with recommendations for obtaining better quality exports: Ziatron prefers iMovie 6 with iDVD 8/9. Steve Mullen posts lots about video quality....but does not realy use iDVD.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12065177&#12065177
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11486202&#11486202
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10831381&#10831381
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11490388&#11490388
These threads can get you started....there is much more info in these discussions!

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PLEASE HELP again,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
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Check the Advanced ➙ Project Information menu option to make sure the playing time of the entire project, movie plus menu is below the 120 minute limit.
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Slideshow with high quality

I have a Photography Studio and I am trying to create client slideshows that display in very high quality. If I view the slideshow as created on iPhoto, the output is fantastic. If I burn a disc with iDVD (even on "Best Quality") the images as viewed from the DVD are not great. They become a little jaggy and some color shifting is evident. Not horrible, just not professional looking. My files are high quality .psd files. I have tried the process with high quality .jpg files, too.
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Hi,
I understand you want to create a DVD, right? Before you know how to get the best quality, you must choose what software to use . You can build slideshows using just DVD Studio Pro (DVDSP Folrum) and/or in a video timeline with FinalCutPro (FCP Forum).
Each soft need a different approach ! You'll find a lot of posts with useful information in that forums and you can post your own when you decide what tool use for your project.
If you want to build simple slideshows with just a transition or no transition at all, where the people can choose next prev and so picture, you can use DVDSP.
If you want a more sofisticated presentation where you can control completly adnvanced trasitions and zoom/pan effects, you need to create it in a video application like FCP.
You posted this question in Compressor forum, what is a tool for transcoding your video footage to, i.e. MPEG2 files to include in DVDSP.
About quality, think that Standard Definition DVDs have a resolution of 720x480 pixels (NTSC) what probably is absolutly low resolution compared with your original pictures, but doesn't mean your pictures will look bad. Any comercial movie DVD you watch has that resolution ! The advantage is that every DVD player (computer and stan alone ones) will be able to play it.
When you mention the iPhoto slideshow, I think you mean a slideshow you played directly from your computer what is a completly different approach that DVD.
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Please, I am in a very big problem I designed the project by Adobe director And you test the software on the computers on Windows and works with high quality When I tested the project on Apple Macintosh operating system, Li appeared a number of problems

Please, I am in a very big problem
I designed the project by Adobe director
And you test the software on the computers on Windows and works with high quality
When I tested the project on Apple Macintosh operating system, Li appeared a number of problems and you dissolve a large part of them
But I have a problem too big
The project works on some devices and others show me messages mistakes and why chasm different operating system version
Apple's Macintosh and these messages
"biosegnatures" can't be opened becouse it 's from undefined developer "
others
shokwave player error
pleas what can i do

Welcome to the Support Communities.
m.raslan wrote:
I tested the project on Apple Macintosh operating system
Click on the  menu at top left of your screen, choose About This Mac and, in the panel that appears, note the Version no. in the form 10.n.n. Then update your product list so we can see what version of OS X you're running on the Mac — see this tutorial:
Update your product list
m.raslan wrote:
"biosegnatures" can't be opened becouse it 's from undefined developer "
This Apple doc may help:
OS X: About Gatekeeper
m.raslan wrote:
shokwave player error
Is Shockwave Player installed?...
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/
...If not, get it here:
http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/

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Turned my T.V. off and the hiss went away.
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Low quality DVD outcome.. need help for high quality result ASAP!

Hi every 1,
(This is my first post, as I only got my iMac 2 weeks ago.. so please be gentle with me :P )
I have just been asked to turn a Microsoft powerpoint (PPT) into a DVD for "induction training video" purposes with voice overs and backing music. I have a professional music studio so providing high quality audio is fine, but trying to turn the power point into a high quality DVD file is my problem. This powerpoint has timing transitions (fade ins etc) for the timing of voice gaps. When using Microsoft PPT, you can turn the PPT into a Quicktime file which I was going to drop into iMoive then add the music and voiceovers.. this is when my problems started. Microsofts powerpoint doesn't add the transtiions and effect into render Quicktime movie, so I thought as my new iMac has iWork (KEYNOTE) I'd give it a try and to my surprise it all worked and the final mpeg4 quicktime movie result work great _when you look at it on the MAC_.
1) Problem
I then exported the file into iMovie and then my first Problem arose.... (grr). I movie lost it's sharpness and the images started to have pixelation.. that seemed to pulse in 1 seconds gaps.
I hope this was just an issue with the iMovie preview window and thought once I put it into iDVD and burnt it... the final result may be fine.. but I was wrong and the quality was crap... with the pixelation still there.
2) Problem
The other problem that came up was the about 25% of the edge of the total screen was cutoff. When i did the original file, I choose 4:3 ratio, and watched it on this..so where did the image size go wrong.. I also choose the "high quality" Quicktime file, but didn't go into the settings in the iMovie in the export section (which I should off), but after check the compression type was H.264.. and I also didn't change any settings in the 'export file' section in KEYNOTE.. this is where I think I must have gone wrong..
So in closing. my questions is:
-What's the best way to turn a PPT into a _high quality file_ so it looks professional once it goes through iMovie and iDVD.. or
- Should I just redo the whole production using iMovie ( by re doing all the work eg wording, transistion inside iMovie seems like a lot of extra word ) and so not use the PPT at all... and if I do this, then
- What's sizes, and ratio and compressions should I use for 4:3 ratio TV purpose (eg. whats size should a background image be that I do inside Photoshop, so I can put the transition wording over the top, so I see it on the TV screen and the edge doesn't get cutoff etc.?
I was very impressed with Keynote and would be happy to use this for most of the production.. but am I banging my head againist a wall...re fixing quality problems when exporting files into... can someone shed some light on this for me?
Sorry this is such a big post.. but I thought if I gave you most of the background you would have to ask so many questions.
Look forward to any help any 1 can provide..
Michael
Message was edited by: sycosingo

Matti,
Thx so much for your help.. it's really appreciated. This is by far the best result quality wise, (but I really am a perfectionist and personally are still not overall happy with the final product) but if my client is happy.. then I will continue down this track for this job.
ie Create TIFF;'s>Quicktime PRO>iMovie (transistions)>iDvd
You've been a great help and I hope it good enough for the client.
I find the images and wording lose their sharpness only after being imported into iMoive. I could still be probably enhance the quality level of the TIFF's once more, as I did the test slides in Keynote, then exported the 5 slides a individual as TIFFS out of Keynote, then imported the into QuickTime Pro as you suggested then followed your instructions all the way to the final burning of the CD. I also tried doing this in Photoshop using your suggestion of 720x576 images (for PAL) .. pixel aspect ratio to ~1.094 so you can see the correct proportions for 4:3 video output. When creating the new slide in Photoshop there were a few extra settings other than the ones you gave me... _so I would real appreciate what every setting should be when creating the NEW TIFF file in Photoshop for PAL 4:3._ I noticed when I did this the image crispness on the fonts was shithouse pixelated and shadows, even while looking at it from inside Photoshop )
As I tried mutliple ways of importing into iMovie (yours being the best suggestion) I really believe when dragging a TIFF or movie turns to blur on the way into iMoive. You can see the image is blurred from that point on.... _do I need to buy final cut pro or express to get a better image quality result?_
I also tried iMoive7, which I found was great to use video editing wise, but Apples has definitely stuffed up there by not give users a 'time line' to work with in the Audio section... but everything else in the video area was great to use.., but in my situation trying to line up the narration to slide, while having also background music is now impossible sadly.
Also I really like the 3D transitions in KEYNOTE, plus iMovie 7.. do you know if there are available for HD6 or if there's a 3rd party company that has smilar versions
Thx again,
sycosingo
Message was edited by: sycosingo

More than 1h with high quality!possible?

hey my dear creativity-friends,this my first post here and it's about the sweet iDVD.
is it possible to have more than one hour high quality DVD (burned by iDVD),HOW!?
i'v already done tow DVD projects with iMovie and iDVD,the first one was about 40 min , the results was outstanding,sharp and colorful
the other project was about 90 min the results was very pixely,blur and has alot of saml dots when the screen show dark pictures.
i used the same Cam on both projects and the same Mac on the same iLife06 and my PB G4 running the holy Tiger 10.4.6.
thank you guys
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If your PowerBook has a DL SuperDrive, you could encode a disk image as DL and burn that to a SL DVD-R. I did that and noticed a positive difference.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2339008&#2339008
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You are most welcome.
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USB on the other hand, transfers data as packets of information and is highly processor intensive. Furthermore, USB isn't constant and is more prone to dropped frames when transferring data or video streams. Hi-Speed USB 2.0 uses a "Master-Slave" architecture in which the computer handles all arbitration functions and dictates data flow to, from and between the attached peripherals (adding additional system overhead and resulting in slower data flow control)
Question: Which is faster Hi-Speed USB 2.0 or FireWire?
Answer: In sustained throughput FireWire is faster than USB 2.0.
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hey guys,
i have been trying to export videos and upload them onto youtube giving them a high quality look for some time now.
the website recommends for the best quality:
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there is even a video on it here:
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hmm i tried there suggestions and unfortunatly it came out pixilated!
i was excited to see the results too because that page given seemed like it would work...
i double checked all of the settings and they matched up with what they suggested...
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OK - So now that you have all completely ignored the original question - in hopes of proving your manly-hood....
Does anyone have an answer to the original question....
"What is the best way to connect to a high end home stereo to retain the best sound?"
For sure any connection going through the headphone jack will be a big step back - enough so that you would easily hear a sound quality loss in doing so.
For the few of you who would like to argue/bicker/rant on the nominal sound quality loss....keep on doing so, but for those who actually have some respectable advice we would love to hear it.
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so-called range we did!
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I am working on a project that with high resolutions of model and product images together.
Since I had to move elements on the layout. Model and product images are in different layers in Indesign.
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Putting the models and products together on one Photoshop "page" can wind up making the PSD file very big as there may be spaces between the models and products.
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