Course Title:

Introduction to DVD Studio Pro

Duration:

2 days

Prerequisites:

No previous DVD Studio Pro experience is required

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Objectives:

This Apple authorised two day course covers everything you need to create a professional DVD title using DVD Studio Pro - from initial storyboarding to burning and replication

Using compelling media and a real-world production workflow, you will cover creating MPEG 2 video with Compressor and creating motion menus directly in DVD Studio Pro. The course also covers creating buttons, interactive links, slideshows, playlists and adding alternate audio stream and camera angles. Feel free to tailor the course outline if you wish or call us to discuss your requirements

Whether you are a TV or video editor, a marketing professional, working in distance learning or a video post-production professional, this course provides an essential introduction to DVD Studio Pro

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INTRODUCTION

The Apple Pro Certification program

PREPARING YOUR FIRST DVD PROJECT

The DVD creation process
Setting encoding preferences
Importing assets into the palette
Connecting assets to the menu
Creating a slideshow
Simulating a disc

WORKING WITH THE INTERFACE

Quadrants and tabs

CREATING A SIMPLE DVD

Storyboarding your DVD
Testing a build
Identifying source video settings

WORKING WITH MENUS AND BUTTONS

The menu creation process
Importing assets
Naming the main menu
Adding a background graphic
Creating buttons on a still menu
Making connections from buttons to video
Using the Title Safe feature
Adding a Drop Zone to the main menu
Creating a Chapter Index menu
Setting the menu button on the remote control

CREATING A SLIDESHOW

Importing slides
Adding a slideshow
Modifying a slideshow

BUILDING AND FORMATTING A DVD

Simulating your project
Building a DVD
Using the Apple DVD Player
Burning a disc

ENCODING USING COMPRESSOR

Bit budgeting
Using Compressor to encode a file
Creating a droplet

ENCODING USING A.PACK

Working with the A.Pack application

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

CREATING MENUS

Creating menus with a simple overlay
Creating menus with advanced overlays

WORKING WITH MARKERS AND STORIES

Working with chapter markers
Working with Final Cut Pro markers
Working with markers in DVD Studio Pro
Using stories as playlists

ADVANCED NAVIGATION AND SCRIPTING

Assembling the Tiger project

ADVANCED MENU DESIGN

The Netomusica project
Creating a new menu template

USING MULTIPLE AND MIXED ANGLES

Working with multi-angle and mixed-angle tracks
Finishing the Concert menu

DVD-ROM CONTENT AND DVD@CCESS

Adding DVD-ROM content to a DVD
Creating a web links menu with
DVD@ccess

SUBTITLES

Creating subtitles in DVD Studio Pro
Subtitling and closed captioning

FINISHING THE PROJECT

Creating a layered menu
Turning on the background layers
Creating buttons
Choosing activated and selected button layers
Merging clips and creating new tracks
Making connections
Simulating your project
Build and format the DVD
The finished project

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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