Slide show cuts off pictures in iDVD

OK - So I'm about to go somewhat crazy.
I have pictures in iphoto that I have put into a slideshow. I am using scrapbook themes. I get the pictures into the slide show and have selected my music. I have exported to iDVD. My problem is that after I do the menus and everything looks good, I burn the DVD and when I play it, it cuts off some of the pictures. I have tried both formats 16:9 and 4:3 with no luck. I have gone into preferences and checked "scale to tv safe area" but can't get anything to work. Am I missing something simple or can anyone help.
As an additional note I have attempted to use the "show tv safe area" from the menus to preview as it says in the help section. However, it will show the red rectangle on the "title" part of iDVD but when the movie starts the red rectangle disappears. Don't know if this is a glitch with 09 or what.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
CD

this may be more of an iDVD issue. Sorry - I will re-post there - However, any help is always welcome.
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