IPhoto, iMovie, or iDVD which is best for creating a slideshow?

I'm working on a project that's half slideshow, half video. The slideshow portion will incorporate music and the Ken Burns effect. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I can actually use iPhoto, iMovie, or iDVD to do this, right? If so, what makes the most sense from a process standpoint? flexibility standpoint?
I ask because I've experimented and it seems like creating slideshows is significantly easier in iPhoto than in iMovie, but wanted to know people's thoughts.
Thanks!

Hi Terrabay:
I have side-stepped your question most of the day and now I see everyone else has too!
So, I feel someone needs to step up and give you some answers...but-just remember-I am an iMovie junkie, so you are not going to hear kudos to iPhoto from me! LOL!
I honestly do not know if your slideshow will look better with iMovie (all that DV you know...) but since you said that you are adding video- well....
Go with iMovie-hey-no pain-no gain!
Seriously, iPhoto was made for photos and imovie for DV. You be the judge, but I think if you tinker with the iMovie options ( audio, transitions,titles, etc) you will see that iMovie is the way to make you memories live forever!
Whew! That is almost creepy....
:))Sue

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Trying to make slide show of daughter's wedding. Would like to be able to have a couple of movies also on it w/ a sound track from iTunes in the background. Ken Burns effect might be a nice touch. - Suggestions of which program would be best to use? Or a combination? Would like to be able to save to a DVD to be played on DVD player for TV use. As you can tell - a really extreme rookie here. Thanks for any insights.
~bruce.

There are many ways to produce slide shows using iPhoto, iMovie or iDVD and some limit the number of photos you can use (iDVD has a 99 chapter (slide) limitation).
If what you want is what I want, namely to be able to use high resolution photos (even 300 dpi tiff files), to pan and zoom individual photos, use a variety of transitions, to add and edit music or commentary, place text exactly where you want it, and to end up with a DVD that looks good on both your Mac and a TV - in other words end up with and end result that does not look like an old fashioned slide show from a projector - you may be interested in how I do it. You don't have to do it my way, but the following may be food for thought!
Firstly you need proper software to assemble the photos, decide on the duration of each, the transitions you want to use, and how to pan and zoom individual photos where required, and add proper titles. For this I use Photo to Movie. You can read about what it can do on their website:
http://www.lqgraphics.com/software/phototomovie.php
(Other users here use the alternative FotoMagico: http://www.boinx.com/fotomagico/homevspro/ which you may prefer - I have no experience with it.)
Neither of these are freeware, but are worth the investment if you are going to do a lot of slide shows. Read about them in detail, then decide which one you feel is best suited to your needs.
Once you have timed and arranged and manipulated the photos to your liking in Photo to Movie, it exports the file to iMovie 6 as a DV stream. You can add music in Photo to Movie, but I prefer doing this in iMovie where it is easier to edit. You can now further edit the slide show in iMovie just as you would a movie, then send it to iDVD 7, or Toast, for burning.
You will be pleasantly surprised at how professional the results can be!
To simply create a slide show in iDVD 8 from images in iPhoto or stored in other places on your hard disk or a connected server, look here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1089

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[5 Ways to Handle Sales Orders in IC WebClient: Which is Best for You?|https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/3040e1d3-da06-2b10-afa3-e0952aac10a1]
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How old is your Mac and is it used?
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I am not really being lazy, I just want to get things moving so that when I get round to building my site, I can keep moving at a steady pace.
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I posted to the flash forum but really looking for feedback from flash, flex, AIR users as well
I'm looking for the forums thoughts and advice on which of Adobe's current technology set (CS5) is best suited for creating small interactive applications/packages by users who would not have any background in coding and very little interest in learning coding.
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Is Java the best for creating business apps?

Hello everyone, I'm new to this. I programmed a bit in VB6 (lame to macho-coders... I know), and I really enjoyed it. Well I havent touched it for years and I havent even bothered trying to remember what I knew after finding out its all gone with .Net.
So I'm employed at a new firm and I'd like to get back the old app building skills I had and more.
I did alot of research on languages and decided that Java was my pick, but I'd like confirmation from someone who knows.
FYI, I only created very simple apps with VB6 a few years ago.. I do not plan to start programming as a career.
I just remember enjoying it immensely and have done side projects in the past for friends and business associates.. but I never got high powered.
I'd like to get deep into a language.
Did I make the right decision between C#/VB.net and Java? Try to be as unbiased as possible, as I realize this is a Java forum.
I chose after reading mainly these links:
http://www.csharpsoft.com/css/article.php?sid=9
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/faq/why_cs.asp
http://www.aspnetpro.com/Opinion/2002/04/asp200204pl_o/asp200204pl_o.asp
http://www.course.com/techtrends/java_0899.cfm (this one was especially convincing for me)
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1499017,00.asp
http://discuss.fogcreek.com/joelonsoftware/default.asp?cmd=show&ixPost=1751
The just I got from most sources was: pick the language based on what you Want to Do.
I want to create business apps, not necessarily cross-platform able ones. 98% of the time my apps will be used on Windows platforms anyway. And the performance boost from MS languages is enticing.
Plus I've read from a few sources that Java is NOT cross platform interopertable.
My main reason for posting is that I'm double guessing my Java inclinations.. because I'm having trouble finding tutorials for "guys like me".
I'd like to know exactly what the heck Swing is, I mean... I got THIS,
"The javax.swing package of classes is used to create GUI components for applets and applications. Project Swing classes enable programmers to specify a different look and feel for each platform, or a uniform look across all platforms. Swing is the project code name for the lightweight GUI components in JFC."
But I have been doubting my decision enough to not download and start playing with whatever the heck Swing is.
Also, AWT looks important but I do not quite grasp how that comes into play either.
Basically I have the latest Java and Netbeans downloaded... is this all I need besides to find a great tutorial (that holds my hand) to get started? Does this Java/Netbeans package have Swing and AWT included inside them?
Or should I stick with VB and go back to VB.Net to create my easy "crankem out" apps?
I have a sinking feeling that would be best for a non-career programmer hobbiest like myself..
Originally I figured Java would teach me a much more popular terse based syntax that would be much better to know if I ever did move on....
Thanks for reading.

THANK YOU to everyone that has replied this far. As you might have been able to tell from my disoriented post.. I have alot of questions and some questions I'm not exactly sure how to ask.
To define business applications- I was referring to these two ideas that SteveW2 coined: "Applications that front end a database? Multi user thin client apps? "
Mostly front end to a database and thin client apps.
Also, I should add my employer does have a full MSDN subscription so I do have access to everything at MSDN.
We have Visual Studio .Net 2003 at work as well. My company mostly programs in "MS" languages FYI.
I hope it was quite clear that I'm no zealot on brand. I'm a complete capitalist (hence the name), and have always been, "best of breed". So I have absolutely no language preference.
For general info, I am the network admin at my place of business and also do sales with small to mid-sized businesses.. but my degree is in local area network technology.
My interest in beginning programming again stems just for my personal interest... someday I DO plan to start my own business but not for quite some time. So programming is just something I used to enjoy to a small extent.
To be precise, I was only exposed to VB6. None before, none after. I created fun apps like a calculator, a simple database program, a program that half-heartedly 'locked' you out of a Win95/98 workstation without the password... things like that. And for now and the foreseeable future, thats an idea of the extent I wish to take this new venture.
I found it very simple and easy... good things as long as its still powerful... and it appears DotNet has equalized the languages (J#/C#/C++/C/VB) to a large extent. Please feel free to elaborate on why I'm correct or not correct on this analysis.
To address my "98%" statement, I meant in the foreseeable future everything I would ever create will be on ran on a Win32 system. But I do play around with Linux and wouldnt scoff at the idea of interoperability..
Being locked into MS platforms doesnt bother me either. So you probably have a feel for my neutrality.
I never realized how some people feel very strongly about languages (referring to most of the web, the responses here seem to be very fair considering I'm at Sun's site itself)!
I'm definitely more confused than ever now with the conflicting opinions.
But providing exactly WHAT I want to do with the language, will help.
I provided an example of some of the things I've done, and plan to do.. but there is one thing I've been wanting to create for years that will probably give you the best idea for my ambitions.
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Something I always doubted about the extremely easy, and lax, VB6.
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24p (.."progressive" ..meaning that the video frames are complete frames full of video, instead of being two fields which each contain only half the data..) is the frame rate used by movie cameras which use film.
Some video cameras can shoot at that rate - as you've found - but they still record the data onto tape at 30fps (US style) or 25fps (European frame rate).*
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"..he said that the human eye sees at 24 frames per second or equivalent.. so do i need a camera that shoots at 30 fps?.." ..all stuff and nonsense, I'm afraid. Cinema films are projected at 24 frames per second, but humans can see the flicker at 24fps, so each frame is shown twice - the projector shutter opens and closes on each single frame twice as the film moves through the projector at 24fps, with each static frame being revealed and concealed twice while it's temporarily stationary in the film gate.
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I know IMac messed up by no longer offering IDVD OR ILIFE on their new computers. Yes I too am mad I spent the money. But does anyone have a solution on how to work with the limited programs I did get? Or what programs do you suggest I purchase to be able to do something as simple as burn a slidewshow on a DVD!!!! I already purchases Xilisoft DVD which does not allow for photos only videos. I want to use both! I have had my new mac less than a year. Can I still return it?

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