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After you've shared it(not exported) to iDVD you need to burn it to a dvd. The iDVD Help files will be useful for this.
 

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After you've shared it(not exported) to iDVD you need to burn it to a dvd. The iDVD Help files will be useful for this.

Thanks for that correction MightyGem. I was working from memory on a procedure that I don't do very often.
 
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I'll do some reading. Those introductory files aren't much help though, I know all the stuff that's in those already as they don't get technical. Thanks
 
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Many times the problem you're having is not technical, it's just that you missed a simple step. For instance, choosing Export from the Share menu instead of the YouTube or iDVD options will cause different things to happen. Exporting will let you save an .mov of the movie to any location you want. Choosing iDVD will send the project to your iWeb Movie Projects folder in your Movies folder.

I would watch those tutorials I linked to or read one of the manuals to make sure you're following the correct steps. I'd do this BEFORE starting any project.
 
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I highly recommend this.

Amazon.com: iMovie '09 & iDVD: The Missing Manual (9780596801410): David Pogue, Aaron Miller: Books

iMovie works very well, but I have NEVER found it to be particularly intuitive (maybe my brain is wired differently than the programmers).

I have iMovie 11. I wonder how much has changed. I see on my iPad apps there is a new release (Feb 2011) called "Tutor For "iMovie 11" for $3.99 Not many reviews yet, but looks like 5 Star. Sorry bout the orientation. Ipad saved it that way
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