PICTURE QUALITY HELP!

I have been trying to make a simple homemade music video with iMovie HD and iPhoto. I have been making pixel art to use as stop-motion frames. The problem is that when I import the small 10x10 pixel images, the preview is blown up and made blurry like a JPEG file. But, I saved the images as PNG files. I have tried almost everything fro about a week now, and frankly, I am thinking of just giving up.

The smallest video/movie size created in iPhoto is 240 x 180 pixels. Your 10 x 10 pictures will get expanded to the size chosen and, as you've experienced, look terrible. You need to create your frames at the size you want the movie file to be.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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In addition to pixel density, you are up against the translation driver card in the TV.
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Hi,
As a personal note I find long posts like this hard to read if they are not broken up in to paragraphs.
As I say it is a personal thing.
I can give you some information about the camera and laptops over the past few years.
Basically in early Laptops of the MacBook Pro and MacBook range the cable did tend to fray at the point where it passed through the hinge. It did take a well used laptop that had the lid open and closed frequently to cause this. (your 2009 model might just be in that group - I have no firm dates or models I am afraid)
Later models have this rerouted so that this does not happen.
However the cable has then tended to get pulled from the camera end and become loose.
This On Line Self fix site has pages about some models (The one I have linked to may not be yours)
I have linked in to later pictures in the sequence but there are navigation points to work back to the start.
Note:- they use pretty specifc specialest tools as well in these pics.
Doing this would certail Void any Warranty you have left.
From Posts mainly in the iChat and the iSight areas I have gathered that it seems common for Apple to replace the Screen as a whole rather than fiddle with getting solely at the camera.
Apple has this article on Trouble Shooting an iSight
Basically it says try several apps then try logging in on another Mac User account to see if it is App based or User based or in fact System wide.
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Lighting in the evening or dark that is good enough to read buy is not always good enough for the camera or is not illuminating the right areas.
Some people have reported that Starting the computer in Safe Mode (then Rebooting afterwards) seems to help. (it clears out some caches and starts up with reduced extensions)
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I can say that when people post about problems with repairs a certain stores someone else will tend to post that their experience was different.
You seem to report two different experiences with the two computers yourself.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2802
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I want to better understand the tradeoffs between bitrate and resolution.
We know that a 1280x720 frame is 921,600 pixels & a 1920x1080 frame is 2,073,600 pixels — a difference of 2.25x
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With 720 output at 5 Mpbs then the video is ~5.6 bpps [ (5 * 1024 * 1024) / 921,600 ]
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From the iGlasses site
Fine-Tune To Look Your Best
Adjust the following camera settings from within your favorite program:
||Reproduced table ||
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.....is this normal even when the encoding quality is set to prof.
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Hey guys, im planning to buy a camera...
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and my notes, i dont like to buy twice so I would buy for the best....... thanks guys....
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The 700D has more "gee wiz" features (touch-screen, etc.) But the 700D is more of an "entry" range body and the 60D is a "mid-range" body (Canon has entry level bodies, mid-level bodies, and pro-level bodies.)
On a "pro" and "mid-range" body, the body has two dials... one just behind the shutter button and the other on the back of the body. These are strategically located so that when shooting in manual mode, you can put your index finger on the front wheel (usually to adjust shutter speed) and you can but your thumb on the rear-dial (usually to adjust aperture/f-stop). This allows for fairly rapid use in manual mode without needing to take your eye away from the viewfinder.
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....or is there a better application to produce decent DVD of photo slideshows?
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