rfromallison park

Q: how do I burn a slideshow from iPhoto to a DVD?

How do I burn a slideshow from iPhoto to a DVD?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on Jun 29, 2015 8:37 AM

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Q: how do I burn a slideshow from iPhoto to a DVD?

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  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Jun 29, 2015 8:46 AM in response to rfromallison park
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    Jun 29, 2015 8:46 AM in response to rfromallison park

    Export the slideshow from iPhoto, that makes a movie of it.

     

    Do you want to use this DVD in a domestic DVD player? If so, then the disk will have to be 'authored' to make it the correct form for that. If you have iDVD then that's the app you use. However, iDVD is no longer developed or distributed by Apple. You may be able to get it on an old iLIfe install disk.

     

    Other options:

     

    Burn: http://macupdate.com/app/mac/21992/burn

     

    Toast: http://macupdate.com/app/mac/6351/toast-titanium

     

    But there are lots of others too. Search on the App Store or MacUpdate

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Jun 29, 2015 8:48 AM in response to rfromallison park
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    Jun 29, 2015 8:48 AM in response to rfromallison park

    Export the slideshow out of iPhoto as a QT movie file via the Export button in the lower toolbar.  For iPhoto 9.4.3 and earlier select Size = Medium.  For iPhoto 9.5 and later selct 480p.

     

    Open iDVD, select a theme and drag the exported QT movie file into the open iDVD window being careful to avoid any drop zones.

     

    Follow this workflow to help assure the best quality video DVD:

    Once you have the project as you want it save it as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image  menu option. This will separate the encoding process from the burn process.

     

    To check the encoding mount the disk image, launch DVD Player and play it.  If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding is good.

     

    Then burn to disk with Disk Utility or Toast at the slowest speed available (2x-4x) to assure the best burn quality.  Always use top quality media:  Verbatim, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.

     

    If iDVD was not preinstalled on your Mac you'll have to obtain it by purchasing a copy of the iLife 09 disk from a 3rd party retailer like Amazon.com: ilife 09: Software or eBay.com.  Why, because iDVD (and iWeb) was discontinued by Apple over a year ago.

     

    Why iLife 09 instead of 11?

     

    If you have to purchase an iLife disc in order to obtain the iDVD application remember that the iLife 11 disc only provides  themes from iDVD 5-7.  The Software Update no longer installs the earlier themes when starting from the iLIfe 11 disk nor do any of the iDVD 7 updaters available from the Apple Downloads website contain them.

     

    Currently the only sure fire way to get all themes is to start with the iLife 09 disc:


    Installer001.jpg

     

    This shows the iDVD contents in the iLife 09 disc via Pacifist:

     

    Pacifist001.jpg

     

    You then can upgrade from iDVD 7.0.3 to iDVD 7.1.2 via the updaters at the Apple Downloads webpage.

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  • by rfromallison park,

    rfromallison park rfromallison park Jun 29, 2015 9:30 AM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Jun 29, 2015 9:30 AM in response to Terence Devlin

    Thanks Terence, I do not have iDVD installed, so I need to get an app to do this.  Is iLife 09 the best way to go?

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Jun 29, 2015 9:32 AM in response to rfromallison park
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    Jun 29, 2015 9:32 AM in response to rfromallison park

    If you want to have access to ALL of the iDVD themes available then iLIfe 09 is the only way to go.  iLife 11 only provides themes from iDVDE 5, 6 and 7. 

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Jun 29, 2015 11:50 AM in response to rfromallison park
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    Jun 29, 2015 11:50 AM in response to rfromallison park

    How much of this are you going to be doing?

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Jun 29, 2015 12:26 PM in response to rfromallison park
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    Jun 29, 2015 12:26 PM in response to rfromallison park

    Terence makes a good point.  If this is a one or two time thing then you may want to try one of the video DVD authoring apps from the App Store which are a less expensive way to go about it.  Many of them are free.  Just do a search for "video DVD" at the App Store.