Status

Available

Released

Jun 9th, 2009

If you're using iLife to record your digital lifestyle, you need iDVD '09 to make the finished DVDs that document your life!

iLife is an amazing suite of applications that let's you create rich media content right on your Mac computer. If you're using iMovie or iPhoto, at some point you'll need to create a disc to present your video and photos, and iDVD is the perfect tool for that!

In this 3-hour tutorial by Star macProVideo.com trainer Francesco Schiavon, you'll learn how to create detailed interactive DVD-Video discs. More than just a basic overview of the DVD-Video creation process, this title will teach you the deep science and other hidden secrets that make DVD-Video production a special skill for talented producers.

After exploring the Basics if iDVD and the theory about how DVD-Videoo works, you'll move on to work with drop zones and images to create custom menus, link content to menus, style buttons, and choose 4:3 or 16:9 resolutions for your disc. Next, you'll add movies and images to your title to make slideshows and chapter menus to enhance your presentation.

The title ends by showing you exactly what you need to know to output a finished DVD disc that will play on any set-top DVD-Video player!

This is a comprehensive title, but you don't need to watch the entire show. Use the detailed menus and keyword search functions to quickly find topics of interest - that's the essence of Nonlinear Educating!

For a full list of the topics covered, see the Tutorial Outline
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• Core iDVD 09
• 1: Introduction
• 01:44
  01. Introduction
• 02:16
  02. Demystifying DVDs
• 03:43
  03. Exploring DVDs
• 2: Making DVDs without the Fuss
• 03:54
  04. OneStep DVD from a Camcorder
• 02:52
  05. OneStep DVD from a Movie
• 04:44
  06. A Run Through the iDVD Workflow
• 05:44
  07. Magic iDVD: A Simple Drag and Drop User Interface
• 3: Customizing Menus
• 03:28
  08. Selecting a Theme for Your Project
• 04:56
  09. Working with Drop Zones
• 02:39
  10. Setting Menu Intros and Outros
• 02:44
  11. Setting a Motion Menu Duration
• 04:53
  12. Replacing Menu Background Music
• 4: Linking Content to Menus
• 04:49
  13. Linking Movies from a Menu
• 02:57
  14. Creating Slideshows
• 02:02
  15. Populating Empty Slideshows
• 01:51
  16. Using the Map View
• 5: Styling Menu Buttons
• 03:33
  17. Changing Button Text Style
• 03:01
  18. Setting the Button Highlight Style in the Inspector
• 03:26
  19. Other Button Highlight Styles
• 02:11
  20. Adding Button Transitions
• 03:19
  21. Adding Non-Clickable Text
• 6: Working with Multiple Menus
• 04:48
  22. Creating and Navigating Submenus
• 02:43
  23. Adding a Title Button to a Menu
• 03:58
  24. Moving Content to Submenus
• 7: Working Your Content into Menus
• 02:17
  25. Removing the Apple Logo
• 03:18
  26. Switching Between Standard and Widescreen Aspect Ra...
• 03:31
  27. Setting Your Own Menu Backgrounds
• 03:10
  28. Matching a Theme for Your Custom Backgrounds
• 02:56
  29. Matching a Theme for Your Custom Video Backgrounds
• 02:21
  30. Selecting Fonts that Work Better
• 8: Bringing Movies into iDVD
• 03:07
  31. Movies from the Media Browser and iMovie
• 04:44
  32. Sharing iMovie Projects and Movies to iDVD
• 02:58
  33. OneStep iDVD from iMovie
• 03:08
  34. Importing Movies that are not in the Media Browser
• 03:19
  35. Importing Movies with Chapters
• 9: Editing Slideshows
• 02:47
  36. Editing Slideshows
• 02:09
  37. Setting Slide Duration
• 02:59
  38. Adding Music to a Slideshow
• 01:24
  39. Slideshow Music Volume
• 02:37
  40. Setting Slideshow Transitions
• 03:00
  41. Slide Transitions and Music Duration
• 10: Testing and Burning Your DVDs
• 02:03
  42. Preview Your Project Before Burning
• 03:18
  43. Burning Your iDVD
• 03:03
  44. Playing the Burnt DVD and Conclusion

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