"Washed out" look of movie made from photos...

I created a 5 minute movie (using iMovie 08) consisting entirely of photos (using K. Burns effects).
Everything looked great in the iMovie application. I loaded it to my .mac web Gallery site and the whole movie is "washed out" - less vibrant colors.
I then tried saving it to the desktop as a Quicktime movie & same thing - all colors are washed out and less vibrant than the project I see in iMovie as I edit.
Any ideas??
I have a brand new iMac running Leopard & with tons of space...
Thanks for any help you can give.

same issue here but with video files, doesnt matter in what way i export my video, the colors are always washed out.

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