Por quality still pictures in Imovie

I am having this problem I hope someone out there can help!!!!!
I am making a movie only using still pictures (in imovie) and the result is that the pictures are not as clear as they are in iphoto.
Is there a way to improve the quality of the still pictures in imovie to at least match the qualiity of the originals?

Hi m
The quality of photos are a multi layered question:
a. The quality is severly lower on a TV-set than any computer monitor.
To be able to judge the final quality I have connected my Camera FireWire
end to the Mac and the analog end to a SCART adapter and a TV-set.
Now I can see what the result really will be on the TV.
(625 horisontal lines in PAL is maximum, 480 or 520 I think in NTSC)
(on a screen You can have say 854 x 1280 or even more)
b. The Mac showes different qualities on the screen depending on Your
choise and the Mac's capasity. (see iMovie prefs)
c. When rendering Your movie from iMovie to iDVD - severe damage will
occure if You use the Share/Export to iDVD from within iMovie and accepts
the question RENDER?. I don't do it like that. I close iMovie and drop the
project icon (with a star on it) into an open iDVD theme window.
The result is better.
Yours Bengt W

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