Importing iPhoto Slideshows

Is there any way to import good quality iPhoto Slidewhos into iMoive? When I export a slidehow from iPhoto then import it to iMovie the quality is very bad. Whne I export from iPhoto the quality setting is set at highest. Also when I try to simply export the slideshow directly to iDVD, the qalit is still not as good as if I was playing it from iPhoto. Please help.

The iPhoto slideshow displays a collection of photos, not video. It's essentially showing one photo after another, which by definition looks great. (iPhoto is smart enough to add transitions and the Ken Burns effect as the photos are displayed.)
When you export that iPhoto slideshow to QuickTime, the Mac creates a movie. Each photo is re-sized to fit the frame size of the movie, and the photos are converted to video that plays 30 frames per second — instead of one photo for 5 seconds, then another for 5 seconds. The movie has a smaller frame size. And since the image has been converted to another format, doesn't have the quality of the original.
When you import that slideshow to iMovie, iMovie may have to convert the video again, depending on the type of iMovie project it is.
When iDVD burns a DVD it does pretty much the same thing. It converts the iPhoto images to an MPEG-2 movie that can be played on a TV via a DVD player.
These conversions all have to do with preparing the slideshow to play on a TV. The display resolution of the TV is the controlling factor.
If playing on a TV is NOT your goal, you have other options. You can export the iPhoto photos to a large-frame QuickTime movie, for example. That export option is not offered for an iPhoto slideshow, unfortunately, but it is offered for a collection of photos. The exported movie can be set to play each photo for 5 seconds, for example. You can even import that movie to iMovie (which will, of course, convert it to DV.)
Karl

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