I am trying to create a slideshow using iMovie, but my images all turn out pixelated. I have tried high and low res files, as well as 1920x1080 px files but to no avail. What gives?
iMovie '08, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
So I've discovered that the images look fine when I have the 'Show Photo Settings' window open, regardless of whether or not Ken Burns effect is applied. However, as soon as that window closes, the images get pixelated... So what am I doing wrong?
Have you exported the video to QT. Go to share and export using QT full settings.
The photos might look pixelated in iMovie, but once exported to QT they might look OK.
Yes I have. I've also tried using iPhoto slideshows with the same result. The images and slideshow look fine in iPhoto. I'm stumped.
I have the same issue!
The photos in iPhoto are excellent, including the slideshow. And, in iMovie my photos are excellent when still, even when selecting the photo and using the "show full screen" option. They are pixelated during the slideshow and the moment I push stop they clear up. I do not know what is going on. Any suggestions would be great.
Depending on the speed of your computer and the resolution of the photos iMovie may not be able to show the photos including Ken Burns effcts etc. in real time at full resolution. This happens especially if you 'skim' the video in iMovie soon after importing the clips and before iMovie has had time to do the necessary transcoding in the background. In such cases iMovie uses lower resolution so prevent dropping too many frames.
As woodie said, the real test is to share/export from iMovie to file then play the file in Quicktime Player. I think you will probably find the quality is OK. Why not copy a small part of your timeline to a new project and share it to check if its OK?
Geoff.
Images loaded in iMovie turn pixelated...
