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DVD Studio Pro 4: Redefining professional DVD authoring. Again This three-day hands-on course delves into the world of DVD authoring using DVD Studio Pro. In this comprehensive course, students will learn everything they need to create a professional DVD title. This course guides students through every aspect of DVD authoring, from initial storyboarding to burning and replication. Using compelling media and a real-world production workflow, students will learn how to create amazing MPEG-2 video with Compressor as well as create eye-popping motion menus directly in DVD Studio Pro. Students will also author a DVD by creating buttons, interactive links, slideshows, playlists, adding alternate audio streams and camera angles, designing powerful layered menus, advanced menu audio, drop zone and button creation in Adobe Photoshop, saving menus as templates, using and creating custom button and slideshow transitions, and creating custom scripts that will enhance the DVD user's experience. Who Should Attend? This course is designed for students who want to learn the basics of how to author professional-quality DVDs and increase their skill level and authoring knowledge using DVD Studio Pro. What You Will Learn • Creating menus in DVD Studio Pro • Simulating discs • Working with storyboards • Using DVD Player to preview the finished project • Supported DVD specification file types • Creating buttons on menus • Creating slideshows • Using subtitles • Creating a disk with DVD@cess • Encoding assets and bit budgeting • Working with menu overlays • Connecting your assets Prerequisites Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge prior to attending the course: • Basic knowledge of the Macintosh OS COURSE OUTLINE Lesson 1: Preparing Your First DVD Project • DVD Creation Process • The DVD-Video Specification • Exploring the Interface • Creating a Simple DVD in Basic View • Creating a Menu • Connecting Assets to the Menu • Simulating a Disc • Building a Project and Burning a Disc Lesson 2: Exploring the Full Interface • Opening the Project • Exploring Window Configurations • Adjusting the Project Lesson 3: Setting up a Simple DVD • Storyboarding Your DVD • Creating the Swiss Storyboard Using the Graphical Tab • Previewing the Finished Project with Apple's DVD Player • Identifying Source Video Settings • Setting DVD Studio Pro Settings • Setting up Disc Properties • Importing Video and Audio Files • Setting Chapter Markers • Simulating Your Project Lesson 4: Creating Menus within DVD Studio Pro • The Menu Creation Process • Importing Assets • Adding a Background Graphic • Creating Buttons on a Still Menu • Making Connnections from Buttons to Video • Using the Title Safe Feature • Adding Title and Text to the Menu • Adding Sound to the Menu • Creating an Intro Menu • Setting up Navigation on Your DVD • Changing the Still Menu into a Motion Menu Lesson 5: Creating a Chapter Index Menu • Customizing a Default Chapter Index Menu • Setting up the Chapter Index Navigation Buttons • Completing the Customized Chapter Index Menu Template • Automating the Chapter Index Menu Creating Process Lesson 6: Creating a Slideshow • File Formats for Slideshows • Adding a Slideshow • Modifying Your Slideshow • Slideshow Transitions • Converting a Slideshow to a Track Lesson 7: Adding Subtitles • Creating Subtitles in DVD Studio Pro • Modifying the Font and Color of Subtitles • Importing Subtitles from a Text File • Previewing Subtitles • Creating Buttons over Video Lesson 8: DVD-ROM Content and DVD@ccess • Adding DVD-ROM Content to a DVD-Video Disc • Creating a Web Link with DVD@ccess • Activating DVD-ROM Content with DVD@ccess Lesson 9: Finishing Your DVD • Testing Your Project • Building and Formatting a DVD • Using the Apple DVD Player • Burning a Disc Using the Burn Command • Choosing Recordable DVD Media • Distribution of Your Completed DVD Lesson 10: Introduction to Encoding • Bit Budgeting • Using Compressor to Encode a File • Creating a Preset • Creating a Compressor Droplet Lesson 11: Creating Menus with Overlays • The Tiger DVD Project • Playing the Tiger DVD Project with DVD Player • Creating Menus with a Simple Overlay • Creating Menus with Advanced Overlays Lesson 12: Working with Markers and Stories • Working with Chapter Markers • Creating Markers in Final Cut Pro • Working with Markers in DVD Studio Pro • Using Stories as Playlists • Creating a Story with Multiple Markers Lesson 13: Connections and Basic Scripting • Assembling the Tiger Project • Establishing Connections • Creating a Menu Loop Script • Adding Random Play Commands • Connecting the Script to the Menu Lesson 14: Advanced Menu Design • The Two Types of Menus • Creating a New Menu in Adobe Photoshop • A Closer Look at Standard Menus • Refreshing Assets • Advanced Menu Audio • Using Motion Menus • Creating Layered Menus Lesson 15: Creating Menu Elements • Drop Zones vs. Buttons • Introducing Shapes • Creating Drop Zone Shapes • Creating Button Shapes • Creating Styles • Round-Trips to LiveType • Creating a Menu Template Lesson 16: Creating Transitions • Applying a Transition • Using a Video Transition • Using Alpha Transitions • Exploring the Asset Movie • Exploring the Background Matte Movie Lesson 17: Advanced MPEG Encoding • Choosing Quality Settings • Examining GOP Structures • Previewing Compression Settings • Setting Markers in Compressor • Cropping Video • Adding the Encoded File to Your Project Lesson 18: Using Alternate Angles • About Alternate Angles • Creating Multi-Angle Tracks • Creating Mixed-Angle Tracks • Targeting Alternate Angle Streams • Simulating Alternate Angle Streams • About Alternate Angle Errors • Exploring Final Cut Pro Cut Markers Lesson 19: Audio Encoding • Audio Formats for DVD-Video • Using Digital Audio Files in DVD Studio Pro • About AC-3 Files • Creating AC-3 Files with Compressor • About Dialog Normalization • Understanding Compression Profiles • Surround Sound and Downmixing Lesson 20: Scripting • Scripting Basics • Programming the Title Button • Scripting Audio Streams • Checking Aspect Ratio • Checking Parental Level • Using Jump Indirect Appendix A: Creating a Motion Menu in Final Cut Pro • Basic Rules for Motion Menus • Creating a New Project • Importing the Tiger Movie • Edit the Clip • Creating the Background Image • Adding the Motion Subclip to the Timeline • Creating Titles • Exporting to Soundtrack • Importing Movies into Soundtrack • Building a Score • Mixing Your Tracks • Exporting Your Mix