Saving cards as pdf

Question

I'm trying to use a trick mentioned on the following web page to create a title graphic for an iMovie or iPhoto slideshow. But if I try creating a card and saving it as a PDF file, it always seems to be 72 dpi and I can't specify a specific number of pixels.
Here is the web page:
http://www.thedigitalstory.com/blog/2006/08/amazingtitlegraphi.html
Is there a way to increase the resolution of the file that gets created?
I've tried just the basic "print as PDF" dialog box and get the 72 dpi file. I've also tried "save PDF to iPhoto", but the process stalls and I never can follow through with this part of the instructions:
"Your Mac will run a little workflow that soon asks you which iPhoto Library to save the image in. Select your slideshow album from the "Choose Album" popup menu and hit "Continue." iPhoto will place a 1200 x 800 Jpeg of your postcard in your album. Rename the image "Opening Title" and drag it to the first position in the album. You can create as many of these graphics as you need throughout the show. You now have a stupendous opening graphic for your slideshow."

Answer 1

You don't need more that 72 dpi as that's the screen resolution for monitors. It's the pixel dimensions that are of important in a file. But for iMovie you only need 640 x 480 pixels for the movie. For an iPhoto slideshow the larger the better if it's going to be played thru iPhoto on the monitor. When you export to Quicktime the images get resized to 640 x 480.
As for the Save PDF to iPhoto process, there's a window that comes up after the PDF is assembled but the window stays behind all other open window. You must minimize all the windows go get to it. Then you name or pick an album to save the image files to and go from there. Those files will be in 200 dpi as imported. I got caught with that window thing about 5 times before figuring it out.
However, if you don't get that window at all then you've got a version of the Automator workflow that didn't work. It was fixed with the 10.4.8 COMBO updater.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.