Saving Imovie to other formats

Is it not possible to get same quality images saving to quicktime?
The are pixilated horribly any way I save them.

F. Shippey
"One of which is that you want to use two different movies in iDVD"
That's what I was referring to when I said "as needed basis".
However, If you're talking about having 2 or more movies with chapter markers/scene selections play from the main menu this can be accomplished (by importing additional xxx.mov iMovie project files) into iDVD 4 (maybe iDVD 3 also) and then copying and pasting links from appropriate sub menues to the main menu.
Considering other factors such as time and disk space (which iDVD needs plenty of), I just can't see the advantage of exporting to full quality as a common practice (if there is no compelling reason to).
It probably has something to do with the way I edit. I edit by scenes/segments, export completed scene to DV, delete project, start new scene in new project, and so on............., bring all the scenes together in a final iMovie project, add chapter markers "Done".
This eliminates iDVD having to struggle with multiple transitions, titles, effects, audio tracks, etc. (similar to your method). However, at most I have about a 2hr/24gb iMovie project(s), if I export to Full Quality I've add an additional 24gb to my harddrive.
Sue,
...........you are still maintaining the same quality as the original without any loss
In "NTSC WORLD" (in iMovie 4)
If you are referring to the media on the projects timeline, I agree.
If you are referring to the media from the camcorder I also agree.
I also feel my procedure maintains the same quality.
In "PAL WORLD"
There is a bug in iMovie4 if you use the preset (which most will do) and not the expert settings, so I disagree.
Exactly what's this loss we're talking about?
We all have workflows that work best for us. As an example many individuals state they've never had a problem going from iMovie to iDVD, I on the other hand close iMovie and import the xxx.mov file into iDVD(no issues) and I guess you create a full quality DV and then import into iDVD(no issues). So hey, whatever works.

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