Slideshow export quality ( picture detail/file size)

Iphoto has two ways to export a QuickTime movie: Method A via select "Slideshow" and method B via select "Album". A test with two identical slideshows (bare-bones; 4 identical photos, 3 sec displays, no music, no transitions, etc) has following results — Method B picture detail is 9 times better and file size is smaller by a factor of 9 [1/9th] for an overall 81 times better result. An info window on the two QT movies shows they were made with different codecs.
Q1 - Is there a way to get iPhoto's Method A to use the same codec as used for method B?
Q2 - Is there a way to get Method B to use the entire slideshow content?
By the way, the photo quality of the pics in the Method A slideshow is fine, the degredation occurs in the process of conversion to the QT movie.
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That's certainly part of the difference. Additional font information if one of the documents uses more fonts or additional glyphs could be some of it, too. Swatches and styles might also be a factor. Vectors don't compress like bitmaps, either.
Have you opened the optimizer and done a space usage audit to see what is taking up all the space? Did you do a Save AS before export?

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