Book features in iDVD ?

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Book features in iDVD ?

Hi all,

I have spent all afternon looking at existing posts but could not find any satisfactory answer to my problem.

I created a book in iphoto and sent it to iDVD. It is read as a movie there and the "slideshow" has very poor photo quality. The photo quality seems to be an issue met by many. I have read suggestion to export slideshows to Quick time, then import in iDVD. However it doesn't seem to be possible to export a book. An album, yes, not a book. Yet I like the book features (nice background, several photos per slide and find it very frustrating not to be able t have that in iDVD (in a good enough quality).

Any idea ? Thanks a lot in advance and sorry if I missed the answer somewhere in the previous posts.

Imac G5 24, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Oct 25, 2006 3:06 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 25, 2006 3:18 AM in response to Strugglingabit

Hi S

I at least haven't come up with this idea. But an interesting one anyhow.

I would try to save the iPhoto Book as postscript. Then use a converting
program like GraphicConverter™ to convert it to eg .jpg slides and try
to make a slideshow from them.

Interesting !

Yours Bengt W

ps. WHY isn't there stars to give for interesting questions ????? ds

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Answer 2

Oct 25, 2006 5:46 AM in response to Strugglingabit

I use the book feature in iphoto a fair bit and don't have problems with the end product. Did you burn it to disk and see what it looks like on your TV - because the product you see on your computer screen is often far inferior to your tv.

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Answer 3

Oct 28, 2006 11:32 PM in response to lyn Fairlie

The book feature in iphoto looks great. It's only when I send it to idvd that the quality is poor. Does anybody use any iphoto feature (book, background...) in idvd ? I find the idvd slideshow options quite limited but maybe I haven't used it for long enough to find all the right tips.

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Answer 4

Oct 29, 2006 5:34 AM in response to Strugglingabit

Hey struggling (love your name by the way!)

As I said, I use the book feature a lot and send it to iDVD and don't have too many problems with the end product (perhaps the photo's are marginally reduced in quality but that's about it). If you are looking for variety for your slideshows have a look at FotoMagico (you can download a free demo version to play with).

With your poor quality "book" presentations in iDVD - is the quality poor on viewing in iDVD, or when you actually burn the disk? I ask this because often what looks poor on your computer actually is quite good on a tv.

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Answer 5

Nov 7, 2006 2:52 AM in response to Bengt Wärleby

Hi Bengt,

Thanks for this. That sounds like a good idea. Now could you please tell me how to save the book as postscript ?
Thanks in advance.

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Answer 6

Nov 7, 2006 10:42 PM in response to Strugglingabit

Hi

Put together Your book in iPhoto and go to FILE
down to < print out >
You now get a window that has 6 button at the bottom.
Question mark - preview - Save as PDF - Advanse pref. - esc - Print out

Select: Save as PDF

Yours Bengt W

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