[X4U] iMovie problems

[Nick Scalise]

---- Gerry Van Tol <vantol at mac.com> wrote: 
> I recently bought a 20" iMac with 1GB RAM. I like to make small  
> movies with still photo's, kind of like slide shows but a bit more  
> advanced. My previous PC (Windows Movie maker) couldn't handle the  
> size of my CANON EOS pictures. I thought my new Apple hardware could  
> but to my consternation also iMovie decides to be very unstable. When  
> my slideshow reaches 4GB, the program decides to stop and abandon  
> spontaneously.  Cutting the slide show in smaller pieces brings  
> another problem by combining them again into one movie via iDVD. Is  
> there anybody out there who can give me some ideas how to solve this  
> problem?

What is the size of the photos you are using? 

How many pictures are in the slideshow? 

What version of iMovie are you using?

Have you tried creating a slideshow with iPhoto and exporting that to iDVD?

Are you saving the iMovie project to you internal hard drive, or to an external drive?
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Nick Scalise
nickscalise at cox.net