<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Picking up on this thread and FWIW,<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Users of FCP and presumably FCE should de-interlace all stills prior to exporting the final product. This makes a huge difference </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Unfortunately, this will not help iMovie users.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Ian T.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#008080">Do I dare answer?</font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#008080"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#008080">Mike :)</font><br><div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>On Feb 18, 2008, at 9:05 PM, Gordon Alley wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite">OK. I'll bite.<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>If I want to output to to video tape, rather than to a DVD, what's the best app to use to render stills?</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>-Gordon<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 18, 2008 8:51 PM, Mike Rehbein <<a href="mailto:rotorwash@mac.com">rotorwash@mac.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; ">That is correct. It is preferred to let some other app other than<br>iMovie render stills.<br><font color="#888888"><br>Mike<br></font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>On Feb 18, 2008, at 6:00 PM, Norman S. Briskman wrote:<br><br>> After reading all of this thread I am left with a question. When I<br>> finish an edit in iMovie I export it<br>> to the camcorder mini dv tape. From that tape I can make VHS or DVD.<br>> I have always selected<br>> the "Render and Proceed" in the process. Do I understand that this<br>> is not a preferred choice, or<br>> dose it only apply to using iDVD?<br>><br>> Norman<br>><br>> On Feb 18, 2008, at 3:04 PM, Mike Rehbein wrote:<br>><br>>><br>>><br>>> When iMovie asks "Your movie contains still, slow motion, and/or<br>>> reverse clips which need to be rendered for this export. This will<br>>> provide the best quality. Would you like to render them now?"<br>>> The responses are "Proceed Anyway", "Cancel", "Render and Proceed".<br>>><br></div></div></blockquote></div>-- <br>Gordon B. Alley<br><a href="http://www.gordonalley.com/">http://www.gordonalley.com</a></div>_______________________________________________<br>MacDV mailing list<br><a href="mailto:MacDV@listserver.themacintoshguy.com">MacDV@listserver.themacintoshguy.com</a><br><a href="http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macdv">http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macdv</a></blockquote></div></div></div></div></body></html>