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Q: My still photos look blurry on burned iDvds

I've been trying to make a DVD of still photos. My DVD from iDVD is blurry when viewed. It's blurry wether I look at it on a TV or the computer, so it's not a screen quality issue. My photos are nice and clear on iDVD when making the disc, but the disc quality is horrible. Looking at the forums it seems that I'm not the only one with this issue, but all the suggestions either don't make sense to me or I can't make them work. It seems as though some have had success making an iMovie and then making a .mov file in HD, then dragging it into iDVD. I can't drag the .mov file into iDVD. I also cannot burn the .mov file to disc. I'm starting to hate Apple for telling me how intuitive my computer is. If it was so intuitive a computer dummy like me could figure it out. Very frustrated...

macbook pro, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Jun 9, 2011 10:57 PM

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Q: My still photos look blurry on burned iDvds

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  • by bpbpbp,

    bpbpbp bpbpbp Aug 26, 2015 11:14 PM in response to elliscs
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    Aug 26, 2015 11:14 PM in response to elliscs

    Hi Elliscs,

     

    I have been having this issue (blurry photos in slideshows burnt to DVD) for sometime and have found the solution which gives excellent results.

     

    I am playing back my DVD's on a 4k Bravia 55in screen which can show a lot of blur in excellent detail so I needed a real solution.

     

    I recently upgraded to Yosemite and found the new 'Photo' option (instead of iPhoto) and found a slide show option. Select the photos and export. The results of exporting the video file of the slide show is excellent and I am now a happy man. Just import the video file into the DVD program (I am using iDVD) and it worked - no blur!

     

    The export option in PHOTO asks for a resolution and you need to select 720 HD (as it is widely accepted that DVD players have the problem with resolution above this amount and this is where some of the problems come from).

     

    I have put in big files into this (e.g. 36mb with 300 DPI) and the picture is great.

     

    I'm not sure if Apple made an effort to improve PHOTO because of the dramas everyone seemed to have with slideshows with iPhoto going into iDVD - whatever the reason I'm happy that I have now found a solution.

     

    Give it a try.

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