Course Overview
This three day hands-on course delves into the world of DVD authoring using DVD Studio Pro 4. 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.
Audience
This class is designed for corporate designers, wedding and sports videographers, DVD enthusiasts, electronic publishers, film studio development executives, Final Cut Pro users, university film departments, website designers and anyone else who wants to learn how to create a professional-looking DVD on the Apple platform.
Skills Gained
Using compelling media and a real-world production workflow, students will learn how to create amasing MPEG 2 video with Compressor as well as how to create eye-popping motion menus directly in DVD Studio Pro. Students will also "author" a DVD by creating buttons, interactive links, slideshows, playlists and even adding alternate audio stream and camera angles.
Examinations
- This course covers the partial requirements necessary to successfully become an Apple Certified Pro, Level 1.
- DVD Studio Pro Level 1 certification also counts towards the new Final Cut Studio (FCS) Master Pro certification. FCS Master certification recognises a Certified Pro's skills with the entire Final Cut Studio product suite.
Prerequisites
Students are assumed to have a working knowledge of Apple Mac's.
Course Outline
1:Your FIRST DVD Project
DVD Creation Process, DVD Specification Basics, About Configurations, Media for DVD Authoring, The palette, The Inspector, Using the Basic Menu Editor, Menus and Templates, Creating Simple Buttons, Using Drop Zone, Using Text Elements in Menus, Simulating, Burning a DVD, and Recordable Media.
2:USING the Interface
Outline Tab, Connections Tab, Quadrants and tabs, Track Editor, Slideshow Editor, Story Editor, Script Editor, Asset Tab, and Creating a Simple One-track DVD.
3:Setting Up NEW PROJECTS
Storyboarding a DVD, Creating a New Project, Importing Assets, Asset Info, Simple Encoding, and Using Compressor to Encode a File.
4:TRACKS AND MARKERS
Creating Tracks, Creating Chapter Markers, Track End Jumps, Setting Audio Stream Language Tags, and Adding an Alternate Audio Stream
5:Creating STANDARD MENU
Adding a Background, Creating Buttons, Linking Buttons to Tracks, Creating a Menu Template, Creating Button Shapes, Adding Button Styles, Adding Text Objects, Adding Text to a Menu Background, Creating Drop Zones, Adding Graphics and Still Images, and Creating an Overlay and Button Highlights.
6:MOTION MENUS CHAPTER INDEX
Converting a Still Menu to a Motion Menu, Authoring a Motion Menu, Motion Menu Loop Points, Chapter Index Menus, Creating a Scene Index Menu, Connecting from Menu Buttons, Add Audio to Menus,Using Transitions from Menu Buttons.
7:WORKING WITH SLIDESHOWS
Slideshow Basics, Slideshow Still Images, Creating Slides, Adding Audio, Adding Individual Audio to One Slide, Slideshow Navigation, Using Transitions and Converting a Slideshow to a Video Track.
8:WORKING WITH STORIES
Defining Stories, Story Marker Entry Points, Story End Jumps, Applying the 99-item Limit to Stories, and Using Transitions from Story Ends.
9:SUBTITLES & CLOSED CAPTIONS
Burn, Build, Format, Building the DVD Volume, the Log Tab, Emulating the DVD Volume from Hard Drive, Output Options, Adding Copy Protection, Burning a Single DVD, Writing a DLT Tape, and Formatting CMF Volume.
10: BUILDING & FORMATTING
Burn, Build, Format, Building the DVD Volume, the Log Tab, Emulating the DVD Volume from Hard Drive, Output Options, Adding Copy Protection, Burning a Single DVD, Writing a DLT Tape, and Formatting CMF Volume.
11: ADVANCED MENU DESIGN
Types of Menus, Creating a Menu in Photoshop, Refreshing Assets, Advanced Menu Audio, Using Advanced Overlays, Creating Layered Menus.
12: FINISHING YOUR DVD
Testing Your Project, Building and Formatting a DVD, Using the Apple DVD Player, Burning a Disc Using the Burn Command, Choosing a Recordable DVD Media, Distribution of Your Completed DVD, Designing Disc Labels and DVD Case Inserts.
13: CREATING TRANSITIONS
Applying a Transition, Using a Video Transition, Using Alpha Transitions, Exploring the Asset Movie, Exploring the Background Matte Movie.
14: MARKERS & STORIES
Alternate Angles, Creating Multi-Angle Tracks, Creating Mixed-Angle Tracks, Targeting Alternate Angle Streams, About Alternate Angle Errors, Exploring Final Cut Pro Markers.
15/16: ENCODING VIDEO/AUDIO
Bit Budgeting, Encoding with DVD Studio Pro, Encoding with Compressor, Exporting MPEG-2, ACS via Compressor, Dialog Normalization, Compression Profiles, Surround Sound & Downmixing, and Exporting Intermediate Files. Audio Formats for DVD VIdeo, Using Digital Audio Files, AC-3 Files, Encoding AC-3 with Compressor, Dialog Normalization, Compression Profiles, Surround Sound and Downmixing, and Exporting Intermediate Files.
17: SCRIPTING
Basics, Scripting Simple Functions, Building a Play-all, Return-to-Menu, Menu Loop, Programming the Title Button, Scripting Audio Streams, Checking Aspect Ratio, & Using Jump Indirect.
18: HD DVD AUTHORING
About HD DVD, Upconverting and SD Project to HD DVD, Encoding for HD DVD, Building an HD DVD Project, Building an HD DVD Project, Formatting and HD DVD Project, and Playing an HD DVD Project.
