Preparing movies in iMovie for iDvd

Hi All: I'm using the latest iMovie & iDVD versions. Can anyone point me to information on how best to prepare your movies for iDVD creation? After a trip to Africa I have imported the events which are already listed as day 1, 2 etc. However many different scenes appear in each day. Any suggestions as to articles to read etc are welcomed!
Thanks, Jill

Hi
Do You have iMovie HD 6 ?
What kind of Camera did You use ?
If miniDV tape 4x3 Camera (interlaced TV-standard) then I would use iM6 and
when edited and done just close iM6 and start an iDVD project and IMPORT the
movie into this.
This to obtain max quality.
iM08 and 09 discards every second line yielding in a quality equal to VHS.
Never figured out howto get around this - I got the impression that it could
be done but never succeded in doing it.
Karsten might know.
Tutorials
iDVD 5. http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/idvd_5stone.html
iLife6. http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/
iMovie HD 6. http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/iMovieHD_6_GettingStarted.pdf
iLife08 and Mac OS X.5. http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials
iMovie08 and Mac OS X.5. http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#imovie
iDVD08 and Mac OS X.5. http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#idvd
Karsten Schluter . http://karsten.schluter.googlepages.com/im08tricks
Podcasts Apple
- Find Out How - Document Apple
- Find Out How - Mac OS X Apple
- Find Out How - Movies Apple
- Find Out How - Music Apple
- Find Out How - Photos Apple
- Find Out How - Web
Books.
David Pogue's books.
• iMovie HD the Missing Manual
• iMovie 6 & iDVD The Missing Manual
• iMovie’08 & iDVD The Missing Manual
• iMovie’09 & iDVD The Missing Manual
• Final Cut Express, Video Editing for the Digital Enthusiast. Apple Pro Training Series. Diana Weynand
• Making iMovies. Scott Smith
• Final Cut Express User’s Manual
• Final Cut Pro User’s
Yours Bengt W

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