Quality of pictures added to a Movie

Hi,
I am trying to add pictures to a movie but it seems like iMovie HD changes the aspect ratio and resolution of the picture, which results in poor quality of the image.
Any suggestions on how to change that or get around it?
Thanks,

Hi
What size are Your pictures ? more than 720 x 564 (or what's OK for NTSC)?
What kind of filetype ? I use .jpg (set to high quality in eg. PhotoShop)
I don't use "Ken Burns effect" at all.
I don't use "Share/Export to iDVD" by two reasons:
• BAD Result
• Harmed iMovie project by iMovie Rendering process
I would:
• Re-import the photos (nessecary if used Share to iDVD) and edit again.
(eventually cheque them in a photo program as PhotoShop or Elements so that it's not the
thumb-nails that You are using - but full quality)
• Then Close iMovie and locate the movie project (icon with a Star on it)
• Open iDVD and import the movie project (icon with a Star on it)
Now it should be better especially when viewed on TV.
Yours Bengt W

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