Resolution Settings for Video Projection

I am creating a basic slide show in FCP using color and black and white still images. There are two desired outputs. Currently I'm working on the sequence for video projection, ( a final quicktime movie will be launched on a computer and projected on an 8ft x 8ft screen). The highest resolution of the projector is 1024 x 768. What are the size settings I should use to create my sequence and what compression settings should I use for my final exported piece? Of course I want to maintain the highest possible quality for the photographic stills.
Thanks,
G
Apple G5   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

Create a custom sequence which is slightly smaller than the photos so you could move on them... The Compression should probably be Photo JPEG... In QT playback, the screen will resize accordingly... i.e. if you're working in 1024X768, I'd probably work in that sequence size keeping the stills larger than that... But not more than about 2k in either direction or the computer will most likely choke on them. Raise the still cache in the memory settings up a bit for more RT playback.
Will take a pretty serious hard drive to play this back BTW... as in fast... it's data rate wil likely be about the same as uncompressed HD... set the slider in the compression to abu 75% to gain 4:2:2 color space... 100% will give you larger files that likely won't really look much better.
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