Transferring movies from dvd or high8 tapes

Here is what I want to do:
I want to make a DVD with a slide show (from picures in iPhoto) and then also have some movie clips that I took years ago of my dog .
The original movies are on high8 tapes but play in my sonydigital camcorder.
I have successfully transfered from theses into imovie before.
Or is there a way to actually get those movies off of a DVD ( I burned those over from the high 8 into our separate DVD burner with no edits...I got lazy)
I think I am answering my own question but I believe the camcorder/high8 tape would be the best solution. ??
Also, some of the movies are bad...like for instance we had the backlight on in one of them and they are REALLY BRIGHT, my white dog looks like he is GLOWING!!! Is there some way to fix that kind of thing?
THANKS! for any help, my 13 year old buddy died 2 weeks ago and this I guess is my grieving process! Laura

Download and use either HandBrake or MPEG Streamclip (..more details here..) ..Just click on those blue links to download the software.
They look a bit fiddlier than Apple's own programs like iMovie, but they'll do the conversion from DVD-to-iMovie. You can then "..do some editing on imac or ???.."
Also, be sure to read Dan's encyclopaedic "Unofficial iMovie FAQ" here!

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