What is the best iLife program to produce a DVD based slideshow?

What is the best iLife program to produce a DVD based slideshow?
Here are the basic elements I’d like to use in my slideshow:
* Ability to add text during the slideshow
* Ability to incorporate music
* Ability to add transitions (e.g. fades)
* Usage of Ken Burns effect
* Ability to specify start and end points for the Ken Burns effect
Previously I produced a DVD based slideshow in iMovie that used all of the elements above, however, I found it quite laborious. Can I accomplish the same things in either iPhoto or iDVD?
Can people who have had experience piecing together slideshows provide some feedback on when it’s best to use iPhoto vs iMovie vs iDVD when the final output is a DVD based slideshow?
Thanks for your thoughts.

What is the best iLife program to produce a DVD based
slideshow?
Here are the basic elements I’d like to use in my
slideshow:
* Ability to add text during the slideshow
* Ability to incorporate music
* Ability to add transitions (e.g. fades)
* Usage of Ken Burns effect
* Ability to specify start and end points for the Ken
Burns effect
I'd say use iMovie.
Previously I produced a DVD based slideshow in iMovie
that used all of the elements above, however, I found
it quite laborious. Can I accomplish the same things
in either iPhoto or iDVD?
Your slideshow includes quite a number of elements and as to quite laborious, there is NO short-cut that will give you an easy fix

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