More Imovie help pls.  Importing problem

Hi gang..
First thanks for all the help... I appreciate it.. I don't want to give up on imovie just yet.
Im on a mac pro, with 5gb, for a system so it should not be slow.
I have found after testing that the only way that I can get a final product to look good is if I start my project with a
1080i hd. Any other settings show lots of shimmering (I think this is what I have from learning
When I import 100 files, All jpegs converted to fit within 1024x1024 max and maintaining appropriate size for the type of photo it comes out nice.
but... it is so slow.. about 10 seconds to add a transition
WHY?? The system should have enough horsepower.
I think more importantly is that I can get a nice output with this process after it has gone to idvd and made the dvd and I look at it on the tv. Its acceptable.. so a WIN !!!
But at this pace its taken me over 4 hours just to add tranistions
So.. I'm thinking it must be my setup somewhere. I made a guest account, but its no different.
I have tried diff resolutions of photos down to 640x640. Importing from aperture or iphoto.. (no difference)
So why do I have to make an 1080i Movie to get nice quality on the tv?
P.S I have tried multiple tv's and dvd players.. no differnece
Scratching my head over this one.
Thanks all.. I feel like that train.. I know I can.. I know I can lol

Hi g
May be I'm totally wrong but I would have been very surprised if it didn't
work exactly as You describe it.
5Gb - way to little.
Mac OS X is really depending heavely on UNIX and virtua memory managment.
To work OK You need about 10 to (more likely) 20 % of the hard disk size free.
eg. 80Gb hd = 8 - 16 Gb free to run OK
eg. 160Gb = 16 - 32 Gb
iMovie needs to this 13 Gb free per hour of miniDV capture and about 2 to 5
times more to work with.
16x9 and HD need may be 2 to 4 times more.
Video is a hard disk space demanding labour.
Adding external disks - You need to think of two things:
- Mac OS Extended formatted - NOT UNIX or DOS
- It is on Your internal drive You need at least 20 Gb free space. So you need
to free up this by moving other documents or projects out to the external one.
Yours Bengt W

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