Slides Squished with DVD SD

Here is my problem, I have slides that at 720x480px at 150dpi that I import into DVDSP. When I create slideshows, the images are "Squished" when I view them with the Simulator. I have the viewer set to 4:3 letterbox.
I don't understand! My slides look great in Photoshop, but when I run the slideshow in DVDSP the images are distorted and squished! I hope that I am explaining this well.
HELP!!!
Kevin Hawkins

Hi:
If you have CS2 try this:
- Open Photoshop and do File > New and select the DV NTSC (iof that's your format). You'll get a blank canvas with right size and pixel aspect, includinh title safe area guides.
- Open one of your images in Photoshop, select all, Edit > Copy
- Go to the blank file and Edit > Paste. Recompose the image if needed.
- Go to File > Save As.. and select JPG max quality.
Try if that image looks fine now in your Slideshow. Probably yo messed something up with sizes and resolution of your images.
Hope that helps !
Alberto

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