Photo resolution in iMovie

I'm trying to make a presentation using 30 short video clips and several hundred photos. The video clips look great, however when I import the photos into iMovie, the resolution is terrible and extremely noticeably different than the same photos in iPhoto. Why is this and how can I fix it? I love iMovie but cannot give this presentation with the photos looking so bad. Please help!

Why is this and how can I fix it?
Video resolution is poor: it is only NTSC 720x576 or PAL 720x576 so all those mgeapixel image are downsampled IF you import them to iMovie.
iMovie 4-5 have a bug you should be aware of, too:
http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/~shmhav/iMovieHD_bugs.html#jaggystills
http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/~shmhav/iMovie4_bugs.html#jaggedstills

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I am the one who took the picutres with the Nikon D80 10.2 MP Digital SLR, as mentioned in the original message and am fully aware of the photos' resolution.
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