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I am trying to put a slideshow of pictures on a DVD. I have the pictures on the computer and all fixed the way I want them but when I try to put it on a DVD it won't burn it. Am I able to do this or not. I bought my Mac about four months ago and I am not very familiar with it. I have tried to sign up for classes but I can't find any in my area. I live in Texas near Fort Worth. I would really like to know what I can and cannot do with this computer, but I really enjoy doing things with my photos and I want to be able to use this feature most of all. I am trying to make a DVD of picutres for my 80 year old grandfather, for Christmas, who is not computer literate and being able to show him photos on the TV of his family would make his day. Please, teach me how to do this. Thanks

Sheila Plyler
 
hello Shelia,

Yes, you can put an iPhoto slideshow on DVD, but you need to have iDVD installed. iDVD comes with iPhoto, so it should be installed already (check in the Applications folder to make sure). If it is not installed and you need help installing it, post back in this thread and we'll talk you through it.

Anyway, once you have your slideshow ready for DVD in iPhoto, go to the Share menu and choose Send to iDVD (if Send to iDVD is greyed out, this indicates iDVD is not installed). This will export the slideshow and launch the iDVD application. A menu and theme will automatically be set, but you will probably want to change it to something more appropriate.

To change the theme, click on Customize at the bottom-left of the iDVD window and choose a new theme from the fly-out menu at left side. Play around with any other things you want, then click the Burn button at the bottom-right.

I found a more comprehensive tutorial for creating slideshows in iDVD here:
Download PDF of tutorial (2.9 MB)

If i may add something, before you burn the iDVD project, be sure to go to iDVD > Preferences and uncheck the SHow Apple Logo Watermark before you burn the disk. This removes the small apple logo from the bottom-right of the menu.

Hope that helps you,
let us know how you go :)
 
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