Ken Burns Distortion of Photos

I know this has gone around before but I have not found the answer.
When using the KB effect it really distorts my photos when it is panning in or out. Using imovie and idvd to make the dvd.
Anybody have a fix for this besides not using KB?
Thanks for any help.
Ksmac
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ppi stands for pixels per inch.
Really??? Gosh, imagine that
I can usually tell when someone comes onto the forum with a graphic arts design background - they always want to talk in inches and ppi or dpi...... (Is that your background by any chance?)
Those of us who have been working with digital cameras for years know that what really counts is the actual pixel size.
I have not been unable to see any difference when the ppi ratio is changed as long as it is high enough to fill the photo area in iMovie (unless you are in HD mode).
That's because, as I said, the iApps only care about the pixel count - a 720x540 pixel image is just that. The document I referenced earlier give the suggested pixel sizes.
If you are scanning images on a scanner, you willl need to set the scanning ppi high enough based on the image physical size to give you the necessary pixels. If you are using digital images from a digital camera, forget about ppi/dpi in iMovie and iDVD.
But, back to the issue of the handling of photos in iDVD.
Have you experienced the problem of the jump to fuzzy when not using the kens burn on stills? I find it also in the slideshows made directly in iDVD
People report a variety of such issues - some see problems like that associated with using some of the transitions in IDVD.
Most people recommend that after creating a movie in iMovie, when sharing to iDVD and are asked if you want to render the project in iMovie before going to iDVD (or words something like that) you say NO.

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