Making a DVD (transferring digital photos)

hi there, new to this, her goes, I downloaded my digital camera to imac and the photos went into image browser! I can see them by dates?? and need to know how/where to transfer them so I can make a slideshow and burn to a DVD. need easy step/step instructions, thanks a lot!!

Use either iPhoto or iMovie to create the slideshow (simpler in iPhoto, more options in iMovie), then send to iDVD (share menu) to burn to DVD.
If you don't have iDVD, you'll need some other DVD authoring tool. Apple doesn't bundle iDVD anymore, but you can still find it on iLife '11 DVDs.

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