Quality Issues

Hey -
So I have iMovie 09 and then found out it has really crappy quality issues. So I came to iMovie 06 to start working with stuff. I decided to try putting in 4 photos and sharing them with iDVD to test it out. I haven't actually burned them but the preview of iDVD and in iMovie makes the photos look a lot more crappy than they actually are. I'm able to make those photos full screen 1440x900 without really having pixelated features. Yet, iDVD when it's just taking up a minimal amount of the screen has all the pictures pixelated (along with iMovie)
I have iMovie set to the highest quality, iDVD set to professional quality, rendered all the pictures in iMovie before exporting, and have the frame rate at 30 fps.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

"rendered all the pictures in iMovie before exporting"
That's likely the problem. iMovie does a terrible job of rendering. So, if you use the share function, ignore the prompt that asks if you want iMovie to render, and instead chose to proceed anyway without rendering. iDVD then will render your photos and it does a much better job of it.
Also, the previews in iMovie and iDVD are low res. The burned project should be much sharper.
Rather than using the share function, I find it best to simply save and close the iMovie project, and then drag the iMovie icon (the one with the star on it) into the edge of the window of your iDVD project main menu, being careful not to put into a drop zone. The movie or slideshow will then import right in to iDVD.

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