Interactive Photo slideshows - FCE HD or DVDStudio Pro???

Greetings,
Which software is best to do nice professional Photo slideshows on DVD to play on a regular home DVD Player- Final Cut Express HD or DVD Studio Pro?

I do slideshows on the side for many people. I started using iMovie at first and it is a very simple and easy program to use. Later, I found that I craved more advance options and upgraded to FCE; once I did this, I realized how clumsy iMovis is. So, I think that you should use iMovie for the first few slideshows you produce and then you will make the logical upgrade to FCE. iMovie is a very good program to help you to get accostumed to producing videos and slideshows while FCE will help you expand when you feel your ready to do so. If you want to check out some slideshows made both on iMovie and FCE got to my website at http://www.smilevideodallas.com

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