Low Res Photo's when outputting to iDVD

I'm using a last generation iMac G5 with the latest OS X updates.
When I create a slide show (No KB effects) to go in betwen video segments in my iMovie projects, The photo's all output looking Low Res and pixelated. All photo are a minimum of 1024 x 768 in iPhoto before adding to iMovie. I am using iMovie HD and was wondering if I am overlooking some settings. I believe I have all output settings to best quality.
This problem also happens when I make a solely slide show movie of images, and then inport into iDVD.
Is this an iDVD or iMovie issue.

Hi K
Yes this is a known problem. Main reason and origin (or most harmful) is:
- in iMovie using Share/Export to iDVD function and then OK the question
on rendering.
IF You done this I'm sorry to say that You most probably has to re do Your
SlideShow. Rendering also destroys the original iMovie movie.
HowTo ?
- Close iMovie when SlideShow is ready.
- Open iDVD and drop the movie icon (with a star on it) into the theme window.
Now iDVD will do the rendering and so much better.
Other origins is:
- kind of photo-files used. I use .jpg photos.
- strangely I think that low free space on the internal hard disk also affects
the end result (should be 25Gb free) if less than 10 or even worse < 5Gb all
kind of strange thing happens.
Yours Bengt W

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