Iphotos into Final Cut Express?

How do I import photos from iphoto into Final Cut Express to make a hi-end slide show? I'm new to FCE, so I appreciate any help you guys could give!

Carolyn
Personally, I did use PhotoToMovie quite a lot. It has a nnice clean interface. I checked out the Fotomagico a few times, but the app seemed fussy and cluttered (YMMV). However, I needed to do a big project last autumn using a little animation (largely done with wipes) as well as the slides and I finally got - to some degree - comfortable with FCE.
Where FCE really began to shine was after the big work was done. We had a slideshow with motion graphics (pan and scan) plus a narration. When the client wanted to drop a sentence from the narration and change another it was a few seconds work. Literally. For that kind of control there is nothing in PhotoToMovie or the other apps that will even come close.
My advice is -and this and a dollar together might pay for a coffee - is to stick with FCE. When you have a problem it has many more ways to solve it than the others. Further, for my money, the time it takes to learn the app is well repaid: remember the learning you do on the montages will also feed into the video work and vie versa. You'll be learning one tool, not two.
Regards
TD

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Cable
• Are You sure that You are using the FireWire Cable - USB-Cable will not work for miniDV tape Cameras
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