Slideshow Picture Distortion in iDVD

I have created a slideshow in iPhoto and it plays perfectly. When I use Share to export it to iDVD so I can create a DVD, some of the photos (about 10%) are distorted. The rest are fine. How can I fix this so all photos are displayed and rendered in the correct proportopns in iDVD?

Try exporting the slideshow out of iPhoto as QT movie movie and use it in iDVD by dragging it onto the iDVD menu being sure to avoid any drop zones.  Use the File ➙ Export ➙ Slideshow menu option with the Large (720 x 540) size.  See if that won't work better than the Share method.
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