DVD Studio Pro - DVD Studio Pro 4 User Manual

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DVD Studio Pro 4

User Manual

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Welcome to DVD Studio Pro

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Preface

About DVD Studio Pro

11

About DVD Studio Pro Documentation

11

Additional Resources

11

Overview of Using DVD Studio Pro

13

Chapter 1

Moving from iDVD to DVD Studio Pro

13

About Standard and High Definition DVDs

14

About DVD Studio Pro and HD Resolution DVDs

15

HD Video Assets

17

Brief Overview of the DVD Creation Process

19

What Makes a DVD Authoring System?

25

Hard Disk Storage

25

SCSI Devices

25

DVD Burners

26

DLT Drives

29

External Video and Audio Monitoring

29

Audio and Video Assets

31

Planning Your Project

33

Chapter 2

Investigating Existing DVDs

33

Determining Your Target Audience and Playback Device

34

Deciding Which DVD Standard to Use

34

Deciding Which Video Standard to Use

35

Deciding What Content to Include

35

Creating a Storyboard

35

Designing the Menus and Buttons

37

Making Sure Your Content Will Fit

37

General DVD Limitations

42

How Do You Do That?

45

Chapter 3

Creating a Simple DVD

45

Creating a Play One or Play All Project

47

Grabbing a Still Image from Your Movie

50

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