Photos wrong size in imovie 06

Question

My wife is doing a slide show in imovie. I have a few questions.
1) Is that the best program to do it? She bought photo to movie but it always crashes.
There are about 1200 slides in this.
2) When putting the pics into imovie they are only showing closeup on center part of the picture and not the whole original frameful.
Thanks

Answer 1

1) Is that the best program to do it? She bought photo to movie but it always crashes. There are about 1200 slides in this.
That depends on exactly what you want to do, how you want to do it, and how much "control" is required. Basically, there are three primary iLife work flows -- an iPhoto slideshow, an iMovie slideshow, and an iDVD slideshow. iPhoto is handy since you can either create a self contained movie or a "Gallery" slideshow from within the managing application. iMovie is nice for maximum control and the mixing of media files, adding titles, adding transitions along with Ken Burns Effects. iDVD is a "Quick and Dirty" approach if all you want is a static slideshow with music burned to DVD.
2) When putting the pics into imovie they are only showing closeup on center part of the picture and not the whole original frameful.
Unless you have changed you default preference, photos are automatically added using the Ken Burns Effects option which is a "cropped" motion effect. If you want to "fit" a photo entirely within the display area, switch to the "Fit" mode. You can also modify the "start" and "end" viewing areas by modifying the KBE box sizes and positions. Another tip would be to make sure your project aspect ratio matches your digital camera's aspect ratio -- i.e., normally 4:3 or 3:2. Restricting photo use to either portrait or landscape mode with a matching display orientation may also help.