 | DVD Studio Pro 3 & 4 |
Tutorials on this page cover DVD Studio Pro version 3 and 4.
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Welcome to the world of professional DVD authoring. In this feature length tutorial you will harness the power of Apple's industrial-strength DVD authoring application DVD Studio Pro, to create titles that are on par with the best that Hollywood can offer. From the first few lessons, you will hit the ground running and author a fully functional DVD complete with a submenu and slideshow. From there, you'll build on that knowledge so that by the time you've completed lesson 16 you'll be confidently creating advanced motion menus, building scripts, encoding your video, creating weblinks, subtitles and preparing your DVD for mass distribution. In addtion, you will learn techniques and workflows that will literally save you hours of work
Format: Zip File
Total running time: 3:49:00
Download Size: (1957.21 MB)
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Having a clear understanding of what happens “under the hood” of your DVD player can help you make the intelligent decisions when it comes to planning your next project. Therefore, weve playfully decided to call this lesson "gobbledygook" because our intention is to decipher the sometimes confusing jargon surrounding the technology.
Note: individuals lessons DO NOT include hands-on media files.
Format: Zip File
Total running time: 8:22
Download Size: (14.94 MB)
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The palette is a floating resource window from which you can access graphics, video and audio to create your dvd. You can think of it as a "well" of content you can "dip into" much the way an artist dips into a palette of oils to create a painting. In this first lesson you will set up a project then use the palette to import, and manage the DVD assets you will be using over the course of the tutorial.
Note: individuals lessons DO NOT include hands-on media files.
Total running time: 8:00
Download Size: (57.26 MB)
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In this first lesson you will hit the ground running and author a fully functional DVD complete with motion menus, and a auto-running slideshow. This lesson builds a solid foundational approach to authoring in DVD Studio Pro using the Basic Layout and the Palette. The ultimate goal: to build, test and burn a DVD in under 25 minutes which is why we've called this lesson “DVD Quickstart”.
Note: individuals lessons DO NOT include hands-on media files.
Format: Zip File
Total running time: 21:00
Download Size: (66.11 MB)
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In the last lesson you worked in the Basic layout and the Palette to author a fully functional DVD. In this lesson you will expand the interface and explore more options for authoring your DVD as well as learn how to create custom working environments.
Note: individuals lessons DO NOT include hands-on media files.
Format: Zip File
Total running time: 11:33
Download Size: (43.54 MB)
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Work with DVD Studio Pro s track editor to do basic editing, add chapter markers and automate chapter marker creation using a text editor. Youll also learn the importance of System stream MPEG files vs. Elementary stream files.
Note: individuals lessons DO NOT include hands-on media files.
Format: Zip File
Total running time: 13:10
Download Size: (78.29 MB)
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Learn how to change the order of slides, add and modify slide transitions, add music and narration and make your slideshow respond to viewer input from the dvd remote. You will also build a slideshow that has alternate audio streams your viewers can switch to using the slideshow editors “convert to track” option.
Note: individuals lessons DO NOT include hands-on media files.
Format: Zip File
Total running time: 12:46
Download Size: (53.18 MB)
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DVD menus are your “money shot” and the first impression your viewers will have of your product. In this lesson youll learn how to give your DVD menus a professional polish using menu overlays.
Note: individuals lessons DO NOT include hands-on media files.
Format: Zip File
Total running time: 13:02
Download Size: (60.52 MB)
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In this lesson, you'll learn one of the most powerful features of DVD Studio Pro called Chapter Index Menus. As this lesson will demonstrate, chapter index menus will save you a ton of time by automating the repetitive tasks of creating and naming buttons and assigning their links and end jumps.
Note: individuals lessons DO NOT include hands-on media files.
Format: Zip File
Total running time: 13:40
Download Size: (54.52 MB)
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Learn how to push the boundaries of the dvd spec and give your viewers the means to launch a web page, send an email or launch an external file from the DVD.
Note: individuals lessons DO NOT include hands-on media files.
Format: Zip File
Total running time: 10:53
Download Size: (61.93 MB)
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Transitions are a visual convention that allow you to seque between one project item and another. Learn how to assign any number of transitions to a menu, track, button or slide.
Note: individuals lessons DO NOT include hands-on media files.
Format: Zip File
Total running time: 7:09
Download Size: (41.13 MB)
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With a story you can force the dvd to play back chapter markers in a different order just like an iTunes playlist. Stories take up no additional space on the dvd because they only reference the markers of a pre-existing track.
Format: QuickTime Movie
Total running time: 5:00
Download Size: (20.4 MB)
 
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In this tutorial you will learn how to create a custom motion button in Photoshop then use the button to modify and ultimately save out a menu template you can share with other users of DVD Studio Pro. This DVD is only available on-line.
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Total running time: 28:00
Download Size: (272.5 MB)
| Price: $19.00 |
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