Iphoto/slideshow/idvd

Has anyone burned an elaborate iphoto slideshow with success? I spent alot of time putting together 239 slides into a great 30 min. iphoto slideshow (with transitions, pans and audio) and am so so frustrated to have just spent 4 days trying to figure out how to burn it. After reading all the relevant posts & chats I've tried numerous lengthy attempts including: 'share-send to idvd, /also export as a movie to burn in Toast', / also tried making a disc images first/also imported as quicktime movie into imovie (in standard mode). No matter what, the audio seems gets out of sync with the slides and the photo quality weakens as well. And it's not consistent from one attempt to another.
The slideshow is scheduled for a 3 month international tour starting next month. I'll be up the creek if I can't get this burnt real soon.
Any feedback ??? I'd love not to switch from mac.
val
PS In idvd attemptS, I've avoided the themes, which I don't want, by dragging the iphoto slideshow( as a movie) into the first map box (which makes the dvd open on insert.)
Iphoto 6.06/ Idvd 6.04/ Powerbook G4

Try one of these. They both specialize in slideshows:
http://www.boinx.com/fotomagico/overview/
http://www.lqgraphics.com/software/phototomovie.php

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IPhoto/Slideshow/iDVD Basic Question

iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Wow so many questions! As I just said in your other thread, iPhoto and Fotomagico allow you to make a "movie" from your slideshow using more than 99 photos. One of my projects had 4 separate slideshows on the one disc - it was for a 50th birthday and had 3 segments: as a child, young married life, children etc. The whole project had well over 400 photos.
Other projects have 150 photos, 2 songs, and different transitions and titles (using Fotomagico) and are shared with iDVD so I can add the themes to make it more professional.
The drop zones are fairly simple once you figure it out. To "edit" the drop zones you have to press the menu button and then press edit drop zones. You either drop the individual photo's into each zone OR press auto fill. The drop zones will then be filled with your slideshow and each zone should start at a different point in the show. So in effect you have mini-slideshows playing on your theme (it is quite effective too). To adjust a photo (not a slideshow) within a drop-zone you just need to click on it and drag it to the position you want. Be careful though, if you are too zealous it will delete!
I can't help you with your last question, though I am sure someone else will.

Can someone please tell me a simple but effective method for burning a slideshow to DVD? Now that the connection between iPhoto and iDVD no longer exists, I can't figure out a way to get there with an acceptable quality result.

Can someone please tell me a simple but effective method for burning a slideshow to DVD? Now that the connection between iPhoto and iDVD no longer exists, I can't figure out a way to get there with an acceptable quality result.

Export the slideshow out of iPhoto as a QT movie file via the Export button in the lower toolbar. Select Size = Medium or Large.
Open iDVD, select a theme and drag the exported QT movie file into the open iDVD window being careful to avoid any drop zones.
Follow this workflow to help assure the best qualty video DVD:
Once you have the project as you want it save it as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image menu option. This will separate the encoding process from the burn process.
To check the encoding mount the disk image, launch DVD Player and play it. If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding is good.
Then burn to disk with Disk Utility or Toast at the slowest speed available (2x-4x) to assure the best burn quality. Always use top quality media: Verbatim, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.
If iDVD was not preinstalled on your Mac you'll have to obtain it by purchasing a copy of the iLife 09 disk from a 3rd party retailier like Amazon.com: ilife 09: Software or eBay.com. Why, because iDVD (and iWeb) was discontinued by Apple over a year ago.
Why iLife 09 instead of 11?
If you have to purchase an iLife disc in order to obtain the iDVD application remember that the iLife 11 disc only provides themes from iDVD 5-7. The Software Update no longer installs the earlier themes when starting from the iLIfe 11 disk nor do any of the iDVD 7 updaters available from the Apple Downloads website contain them.
Currently the only sure fire way to get all themes is to start with the iLife 09 disc:
This shows the iDVD contents in the iLife 09 disc via Pacifist:
You then can upgrade from iDVD 7.0.3 to iDVD 7.1.2 via the updaters at the Apple Downloads webpage.
OT

IPhoto slideshow to iDVD gives poor movie quality

Hello,
I would like to take an iPhoto 08 slideshow and turn it into a DVD disc.
iPhoto's feature: "Share > Send to iDVD" is really great, except that it converts my slideshow to a compressed QuickTime .mov file.
I really, really do not like what the QuickTime compression is doing to my image quality.
I seem to recall that iPhoto was once able to export as an uncompressed .DV file. But I can no longer find that feature or workaround.
Does anyone know of a way to turn an iPhoto slideshow into a .DV file? Or, at least some kind of video file that iDVD will recognize and which does not use compression (like AVI or something?).
Thanks in advance!

Another 3rd party slideshow application with many export options is PhotoPresenter. It has Full Quality option for exporting which is 768 x 576. It also has over 25 animated themes. This demo page has examples of some of them.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. Just put the application in the Dock and click on it whenever you want to backup the dB file. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.
Note: There's now an Automator backup application for iPhoto 5 that will work with Tiger or Leopard.

Iphoto slideshow to idvd: quality & burning issues...

I've made a few slideshows in iphoto due to the Ken Burns effect and also the ability to choose full screen or widescreen. I made DVDs for friends with full and myself with wide for my widescreen- and that works fine.
My question is about the quality of the movies. Obviously a substantial loss of quality from viewing the show in iPhoto on my Powerbook...
Is there a better way to do this with better results? Using iMovie? (Never have used that app before..) Each show has 100-250 slides and I choose a music playlist from iTunes. I am a quality freak and looking the uncrisp images isn't too thrilling.
(Even when playing the disk image in the DVD Player on my Powerbook and comparing with the original project file- it's a little more fuzzy.)
Also, I just got an external Lacie burner (I have combo drive) and have much unsuccess with burning. I have repaired permissions and create as a disk image in iDVD. It plays back great from the disk image in DVD Player on Powerbook. This specific movie is 2.4 GB and I have 10.1 free dis space.
Problems: (tried with 2 or 3 different movies)
*Disk Utility will not burn the image. It begins and then stops and says there are errors (not specific)...
*iDVD goes through 4 or 5 steps and right at the end says "Errors during burning"
(I was also getting a multiplexing error, but I freed up some space and didn't get that last time)
*TOAST- Using the DVD-Video from Video-TS (as recommended on various boards) does not work. It finishes but won't verify and nothing plays...
*TOAST- using DVD-Video: The menu made in iDVD isn't functional. Can't choose different slideshows... Won't highlight, etc...
*TOAST- using "Data" DVD-ROM (UDF):
THIS IS THE ONLY THING THAT HAS WORKED AND PROJECTS ARE ABLE TO BE VERIFIED. MENUS ARE FUNCTIONAL IN MY 2 DVD PLAYERS...
I have the newest versions of Toast and iPhoto and iDVD. It's been very frustrating. Can't figure out why iDVD and Disk Utility won't burn... and TOAST only works using "Data" instead of Video... My Powerbook is a 60 GB 12" G4 1.33 model. I'm so tempted to upgrade to a bigger hard drive and a Superdrive but I don't know if that will help anything.
Thanks for listening!

Video DVDs are 720X480 (NTSC). Much lower resolution than straight iPhoto slideshows and your original photos. Nothing you can do about this until either HD-DVD or Blu-Ray technology come to the market and are affordable.
iMovie will not be better resolution after it is sent to DVD. You could export to HD resolution QT files (H.264, etc.) and play those on computers with QT and keep higher resolution. But those won't play with commercial DVD players.
Disk Utility will not burn the image.
Can you verify the mounted image with Disk Utility?
Can you burn other data DVDs with the finder and with Toast succesfully?
You should be able to use both the Video_TS drag into DVD-Video for Toast and the direct image burn in Toast, as well as Disk Utility. I wonder if there is an error in the image, so see if you can verify the mounted image with DU.
John B

IPhoto slideshow in iDVD project

I have some questions on problems creating a iDVD project of an iPhoto slideshow:
1. Is it possible (how ?) to create buttons for scene selections, as in iMovie ?
My project contains one continuous slideshow (942 still pictures) which I want to divide in
chapters relating to the varuous trips I made during one travel.
If not in iDVD: has this breaking up of a single iPhoto slideshow be done in iMovie or iPhoto itself,
or by way of creating a 'Magic iDVD' ?
2. Can audio be imported with different sound clips ?
As for now my audio clip (3 min) repeats itself endlessly till the end of the project (48 min), and I
want to use various songs out of my iTunes library.
3. For a slideshow with its speed matched to the lenght of an audio clip, 10 seconds seems to be
the longest duration for one single picture. Can this be lengthened ?.
In my actual project, 10 seconds for each picture in combination with a cross dissolve seems
to work too fast in my slideshow.
I expected this transition to be added to their duration; instead it seems to take seconds away
from the linked stills.
If all these problems can't be adressed in iDVD 6: is iDVD 8 the better option ?

To get the versatility that you want, and because this is a complex project for iPhoto, I suggest that you bring iMovie into the work flow.
I would create a separate iPhoto slideshow for each segment of your trip (eg. Italy, France, etc.)
Then export each slideshow to your desktop as a High Quality Quicktime movie. There will be no loss of quality. Then create an iMovie project, and drag each Quicktime movie into the project. You can add your audio in iMovie, as well as chapter markers. Then save and close, and drag the iMovie icon (the one with the star on it) into an iDVD project. Just drag it to the edge of the iDVD display menu so it doesn't fall into a drop zone. Then save your iDVD project as a Disk Image (an option from the File menu). This will take awhile because all the encoding will be done as if you were burning a disk. To play the disk image, double click on its icon, and then open the DVD Player app on your Mac. Make sure it plays O.K. Then close it, and open the Utilities/Disk Utility app on your Mac. If it's not already in there, drag your disk image icon into the left side display panel in the Disk Utility Window. Then insert a DVD-R disk into your drive and hit Burn. The burning process will be fairly quick because all the encoding already was done when you created the disk image.
As far as I am aware, you cannot extend the length of a photo in an iPhoto slideshow beyond what the settings will allow you to do. If you want to go beyond that, I would suggest creating your slideshow in iMovie where you can display the photos for as long a duration as you want. In my opinion, 10 seconds duration for a photo is way too long, particularly when you have 942 still pictures. Whew! I would keep it to 5 seconds at most. You can always use the remote pause button of your DVD player if you want to display to your viewers a particular photo for a longer time.
In an iPhoto slide show you can import different audio with different sound clips. Go to iTunes and make up an album of the songs that you want to play in your slide show. Then, when you select your music from the media pane in your iPhoto slide show, select the album that you created, and the slide show will play those songs in succession as your slide show runs.
The cross dissolve transition will shorten the display duration of the photo on each side of it, and thus shorten the overall display time of the slideshow. The overlap transition will not shorten the overall time display.
I hope this helps. Good luck with your project/.

Trying to add album from iphoto into idvd slideshow. Not all photos are loading. Message "creating thumbnail images...(31 remaining). Been there a long time. What is wrong?

trying to add album from iphoto into idvd slideshow. Not all photos are loading. Message "creating thumbnail images...(31 remaining). Been there a long time. What is wrong?

Open your iPhoto Library, go to that particular album and verify that you can view the full sized version of each image by double clicking on them. Report back with the results.
OT

IPhoto Slideshow to iDVD - Audio problem

I created a slideshow in iPhoto and added music from iTunes. The slidewhow is about 40 minutes long and I set the length of the slideshow to match the music (about 10 songs). I shred the show from iPhoto to iDVD using the Share option. When I preview the slideshow in iDVD there is only 1 or 2 songs of audio depending on the time I shared it (I tried a few times). The slideshow keeps running, but with no audio. Any help is appreciated.
- Derek

You can get the songs you rip from your CD to export into iTunes by the following:
1. iTunes - Pref - Advanced - Import. Change import using to MP3.
Now all new songs you rip from CD will export with iPhoto
To correct those songs already in iTunes so they will export, do the following:
1. highlight song in iTunes Library
2. Toolbar go to Advanced - Click Convert Selection to MP3
3.Now you will have a duplicate of that song in your library. The one just added that you converted, add MP3 to title
4.Use MP3 song in your slide show.
5. Audio should export with photos.
Sue

IDVD 5 / iPhoto slideshow issue resolved?

I am working with iPhoto and iDVD 5. I'm having a problem that i found on the discussions dating back to December '05. I have a iPhoto slideshow with 570 pics and 12 songs. When I "send to iDVD" only the first song plays on the preview. The photos keep playing, just the music stops. Does anyone know if this bug has been fixed in iLife 6 before i purchase the upgrade?
Thanks
Danno

Hi Danno:
You know, I haven't seen that mentioned here as an iDVD 6 problem.
And, I searched the discussions and could not find anyone complaining of that.
My guess is, it just may be fixed.
:)Sue

How do i get my iphoto slideshow to idvd?

how do i get my iphoto slideshow to idvd?

Use the Share ➙ iDVD menu option in iPhoto.
OT

Sharing iPhoto slideshow using iDVD

After spending a painstaking amount of time, getting everything just perfect in my iPhoto slideshow, then using Sharing to export to iDVD, my sound and slideshow no longer line up.The slideshow now ends and the song gets cut off. I have even tried adding extra time to my slideshow and make other adjustments, but having to export takes time and I need it to end up the way I made it. This is only a 57 image, one song (4:08 min), slideshow. It goes off without a hitch in iPhoto. I have adjusted every frame for effects (no prepackaged iPhoto stuff) and duration. Any help here would be appreciated.
Dan
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Eventually, I want to integrate my .jpg pictures with music ( assume MP3) together to be seen and heard on a server. Is there a way I can accomlish this?
Have not tried to do that.
In iPhoto 6 there is a thing called Photocast. That might work. I don't use iPhoto, so I'm not much help there. You should visit the iPhoto 6 group.
but I can not create a successful DVD to distribute to famiy members. What am I doing wrong?
Apparently you are doing something wrong. I do that all the time.
Why don't you tell us more about your computer. Use my info below for guidance. There are some pretty steep hardware requirements.
iDVD 6 Getting Started
Apple's iMovie Learning Site
Apple's iDVD Learning Site
Ken Stone: Authoring in iDVD 6
My favorite, by far:
iMovie HD & iDVD 5: The Missing Manual
iPhoto 5: The Missing Manual
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IPhoto Slideshows in iDVD?

Does anyone know if this is possible to import an iPhoto Slideshow into iDVD?

Yes you can do this 2 ways (that I know of)
1) Open iPhoto
2) Select the slideshow in the Source Pane
3a) From the File menu select Export. This will export it as a movie (to be imported from iMovie or iDVD.
3b) From the Share menu, Select Send to iDVD.
Hope this helps.

Iphoto slideshow to idvd....with snapshot effect

Please help....I am trying to transfer a slideshow in iphoto using the snapshot effect. My music is tied to this slideshow. When transferring to idvd, the music doesn't sync and the snapshot effect is gone. It looks like a half-hearted dvd. How can I successfully export the iphoto slideshow to the dvd?
This has been a huge disappointment. I have done this in the past...but can't seem to do it. Is this an life09 issue?

Hi julie mcguire
And welcome to apple discussions. Do you have more than 99 images on this slideshow? If so, try reducing the total number to 99 or less.
Still no good?
Then drag and drop the plist for iDvd to the trash (quit the app first) followed by a full restart of your mac. The plist for iDvd is located in your preferences folder and looks like this:
com.apple.iDvd.plist
If this still fails to resolve the issue, then do likewise for the iPhoto app. And if this is the case, then you may need to start from scratch again (sorry).
Good luck and feel free to post back.

IPhoto slideshow vs iDVD slideshow

Can a slideshow in iPhoto be added to iDVD?
In iDVD when I select "add slideshow", it only lets you create a new slideshow.
Not add an existing one.

If you create the slideshow in iDVD you can add to it at any time via the Media Browser. Since you're creating the slideshow in iPhoto and sending it to iDVD a Quicktime movie file is created of the slideshow and that is added to iDVD.
If you want to join the existing QT movie slideshow with a new QT movie slideshow open both in Quicktime Player and do the following:
1 - click on slideshow A, type Command+A (select all) and Command+C (copy).
2 - click on slideshow B, place the cursor at the end of the slideshow and type Command+P (paste).
3 - Do a Save As and select the self contained movie option.
Any iPhoto slideshow that is sent to iDVD via the Share->iDVDE menu option will have the file saved to the Movies folder.
If the problem is you can't get the new slideshow added to an existing iDVD project just quit the new iDVD project that is created, located the new slideshow QT file in your Movies folder and add it manually to your existing iDVD project.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier versions) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. There are versions that are compatible with iPhoto 5, 6, 7 and 8 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. Just put the application in the Dock and click on it whenever you want to backup the dB file. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.
NOTE: The new rebuild option in iPhoto 09 (v. 8.0.2), Rebuild the iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup" makes this tip obsolete.

IPhoto to IDVD Slideshow problem

I made a slideshow ( 2900) photos from IPHOTO to IDVD ( used SEND TO IDVD for IPHOTO menu ) it took 6hrs.+ to complete the DVD, i did not save the project in IDVD but thhe system used 30 gig of hard disc space anyone known how i can recover the ( LOST ? DISAPEARED ) space
I'm usin OSX 10.4.6 and ILIFE 06
Thank You for ANY help
( I called APPLE but got NO HELP )

2900 photos! - that's quite a show.
Try to use the find-file to find:
Size greater than 500MB then hit the "+" button to add another criteria
Choose other, and then set visibility to "visible or invisible"
Then find and see what comes up....should find large temp files for iDVD.
Just be careful what you delete!

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