IPhoto won't finish exporting

Hi everybody
I just finished a small slideshow (60 photos) and when I went under "Share: Send to iDVD" this happened...
Well after a few minutes of processing, that window that pops up on screen that says "Exporting slideshow" is now just stuck there, and I am not able to anything to the slideshow at all.
Do I just quit iPhoto and try to re-export it again?
Thanks
Rob

Rob
Do you have a folder called 'Movies'? It has to be there beside your Pictures and Documents folder for this to work.
Regards
TD

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