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iDVD = terrible HD quality!

For many years, I have been using iMovie 6 HD and iDVD because of their simplicity and availability of editing presets, themes, etc. However, I now have a Canon HD Vixia that will only import to iMovie 9 (not iMovie 6 HD). The raw footage imported to iMovie 9 is fine as far as clarity and quailty, but the finished project burned from iDVD is horrible! (Straight edges are heavily jagged and pixelated.) What alternative can I use with the editing ease and options of iMovie/iDVD that will give me a finished product in HD?

Thank you!

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Dec 31, 2011 9:40 AM

32 replies

Apr 19, 2012 4:14 AM in response to maestra

iMovie 6 HD and iMovie 11 are completely different apps, while iMovie 6 HD imported without quality loss the dv footage, iMovie 11 does not do the same, actually since version imovie 8 that interlaced footage in iMovie only imports half the frames, and even if you imnport your movies in other formats when exporting from iMovie 11 the rendering is limited by Apple to 8 bits color, that didn't happened on iMovie 6, that's why you will get bad image quality on iDVD, or iMovie export, mostly with color banding in dark scenes and blurred video in general. Apple did this to sell finacl cut express back then and now to sell imovie pro (Final Cut Pro X). I never though Apple would cripple their own users!

Apr 19, 2012 4:17 AM in response to maestra

iDVD = terrible HD quality!