Create Hollywood-Quality DVDs on a Small-Business Budget With DVD Studio Pro 2, Apple introduced a completely rewritten DVD authoring program at a fraction of its original price. Powerful and full-featured, DVD Studio Pro 2 offers a wealth of sophisticated tools that let you build your own professional-quality DVDs. DVD Studio Pro 2 Solutions offers expert instruction in putting this complex tool to good use. In each no-nonsense chapter, acclaimed Mac and DV author Erica Sadun introduces you to important concepts and nitty-gritty product details, revealing hidden features, flaws, and workarounds. After learning the fundamentals, you'll work through interactive projects that reinforce the material. The extensive support files on the companion DVD provide hands-on experience while you create serious real-world DVDs. Inside, you'll discover the ins and outs of DVD Studio Pro 2, including how to: Build and burn autoplay looping movies and slideshows Create animated subtitles and captions Provide multi-language support Produce motion menu buttons using your movie assets Develop widescreen menus and tracks Create multi-screen scene selection menus Generate multi-angle tracks with alternate audio Build scripts using the Script Editor and Inspectors Add "Easter Egg" material Prepare your projects for professional replication And more! DVD Description With over 3GB of material, this DVD features all the supporting files you'll need as you try out the book's projects, along with sample video, audio, and slide shows. You also get tryout versions of valuable software including Photoshop, LemkeSoft Graphic Converter, and OmniGraffle Professional. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Apple's highly sophisticated yet easy-to-use DVD Studio Pro 3 allows independent filmmakers, video producers, trainers, event videographers, and enthusiasts to create high-impact, professional-grade DVDs on the Mac.

The book is an introduction to Apple DVD Studio Pro and the workflow involved in the creation of DVDs. If you are new to DVD authoring, the basic section will lead you through easy-to-follow tutorials. For more experienced users, the advanced section will cover sophisticated DVD features such as complex menu design, tracks, languages and subtitles, multiple audio and video streams, scripting, working with DVD-9 and more.

Compared to other technologies like the television, VCR, and even personal computer, the rapid pace of DVD adoption is unprecedented. This information-packed book offers thorough instruction on how to build appealing DVD menus using the DVD Studio Pro toolset, a sophisticated, professional-level DVD authoring tool from Apple. The book features real-world tutorial projects that demonstrate how to get fast, professional results, add Hollywood features to a DVD, and streamline production while maintaining a creative edge. It also shows how to create a wide variety of menu styles, automate image production, customize menus, construct seamless motion menus, and much more. Written by two graphic designers with years of experience designing interfaces, Designing Menus with DVD Studio Pro is an informative companion to a high-powered piece of software.

With the release of Apple's DVD Studio Pro just about anyone can author high performance DVDs easily and inexpensively. This complete tutorial, written by a recognized international authority provides the step-by-step guidance necessary to unleash Studio Pro's full power and understand every feature of this popular program. Includes DVD with sample footage, graphics and project graphical layout.

Three days' worth of hands-on training in DVD Studio Pro is contained in this one volume, chosen by Apple Computer for its own certified training course.

If you're an independent filmmaker, video professional, corporate trainer, or event videographer looking to create professional DVD-Video with Apple's DVD Studio Pro, you'll appreciate the practical format of DVD Studio Pro 1.5 for Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide. Each task is broken down into concise step-by-step instructions, illustrated with plenty of informative screenshots. All of the exciting features in DVD Studio Pro merit in-depth treatment: menu creation, chapter markers, scripting, MPEG encoding, asset organization, linking, and output formatting are all clearly explained. Plus, the book reveals previously undocumented DVD Studio Pro secrets, such as how to write advanced scripts using SPRMs and how to burn DVD-RW discs directly from within the software. DVD Studio Pro 1.5 for Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide picks up where the manual leaves off with complete coverage of AC-3 encoding, including tutorials on determining the dialog normalization value and compression profile for AC-3 audio streams. This handy Visual QuickPro Guide is a reference tool and a start-to-finish tutorial that will grow with you as you master one of the most powerful tools available for creating DVDs on the Mac.