Making a digital Video

I am trying to make a digital picture video of my son's life for Christmas. I purchased iTunes to play in the background but
iTunes will not let me use my purchased songs. Help

If the actual video is smaller that 280 x 1024 and you're using html/css to enlarge it to that size, there's really nothing in DW that can help. You would need to recreate the video to the correct final resolution in whatever program you used to create it.

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    general rule:
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    of the iApps...
    This is not absolutely correct. I have personally suffered a great embarassment when I tried to showcase iMovie HD on my PowerBook G4 17" to a colleague who had a couple years old Samsung MiniDV camera with him that day. iMovie wouldn't even recognised it. And he uses it with Adobe Premiere on a PC with no problems. We then tried some JVC camera lying around and it worked perfectly. Being PC user he took it for granted but I was really shocked.
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    Since that time I am more cautious about making bold statements.

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    Maybe I am not up with the times, but I thought you could import digital video (from a Sony handycam) into iDVD or iMovie and burn it to DVD. I can't even get the programs to recognize that there is a device attached to import the video.
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  • Re: Satellite L - How to connect my digital video cam?

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  • In iLife08 what is best setting to convert avi 720 and digital video 1080i

    What is the bottom line for best quality for 720 p TV.
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  • My new MacBook Pro and Imac can't recognize my digital video camera (Canon GL2) via FireWire 800 9 pin to 4 pin cable.

    My new MacBook Pro and Imac can't recognize my digital video cameras (Canon GL2 or Sony) via FireWire 800 9 pin to 4 pin cable. I've tried two different cables.  Any suggestions?  Thanks.

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  • What kind of cable do I need to get digital video into my Imac?

    I just purchased a JVC Mini DV video camera "GR-D347U" refurbished, just to get the feel of bringing digital video clips into Imovie and combining them with still clips and music. The camera came with just the AV cables and I was wondering what I need to port the video over to my Imac. There wasn't much help on their web site. They do offer a DV cable, that what I am looking for? Thanks for your help.
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  • How do you get music from your Itunes to your computer? im making a wedding video on windows movie maker but cant figure out how to get the bridal music off my ipod and onto my pc.

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  • How can I upload digital video from a HDD camcorder to iMac Intel?

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  • Ichat 2.1 and canon digital video camera problems

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  • IMovie wont' recognize my Canon Digital Video Camera

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