What is the best way to add photos to Imovie6 to retain quality?

When importing to timeline viewer, photos when previewed appear to be of less quality. I have tried scaling 620x480, with similar results. Previewing on a macbook pro. Is it the previewing? What is the best (recommended) method for placing stills into Imovie to achieve the highest, best quality and what is recommend as a display setup to do your imovie editing ie (monitor) with the macbook pro.
Thanks as always and Happy Thanksgiving.
Mitch

Hey Mitch - Welcome to iMovie Discussions.
The "problem" is that iMovie renders your photos into a video clip basically, which uses lines of resolution and not megapixels. Ummmm . . . . I can't explain the technicalities of that but, suffice it to say that that's the way it is. Your photos can't look as good when turned into video.
However, you also can't go by what you see on your computer screen, as the final DVD products generally do look better when played on your TV.
You could also put together your photos as a slide show in iPhoto, with music if you like and then export that to iMovie as a full quality QuickTime movie. This is particularly helpful if you use the Ken Burns effect because it helps to minimize the jaggy artifacts caused by interlacing.
I suggest you make a test movie with your Mac, burn the DVD and see what you think after you see it on the TV.

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