DVDit Pro
DVDit Pro
Getting started
Creating projects
Importing assets
Creating and editing movie titles
Creating and editing slideshow titles
Creating and editing menus
Creating and editing links
Testing playback
Finishing the project
Changing DVDit Pro's preferences
Disc specifications
TV standards and DVD regions
Shortcuts
Preparing sequences in an Avid editing application
Subtitle script files
Legal information
Glossary
DVDit Pro
Shortcuts
Simulate menu shortcuts
Simulate menu shortcuts
Action
Shortcut
Simulate From First Play
Ctrl+Shift+P
Simulate From Current Position
Ctrl+Alt+P
Simulate menu shortcuts
DVDit Pro > Simulate menu shortcuts
Getting started
DVD authoring workflow
Examples of DVD projects
Single movie title (with chapter points)
Multiple titles
Single menu and multiple titles
Multiple menus and titles
"Play all" menu button
"Easter eggs"
DVDit Pro windows
Using window layouts
Toolbar
Palette window
Project window
Timeline window
Preview window
Attributes window
System requirements
Creating projects
Starting a new project
Preventing the sample files from loading
Setting the disc type and project size
The OpenDVD setting
Changing the project settings
Changing the transcoder settings
Adding ROM content to the DVD
Adding mastering information
Setting DVD region codes
Adding copy protection
Setting the DVD jacket picture
Editing MyDVD projects in DVDit Pro
Importing assets
Importing files into DVDit Pro
Notes on importing files
Importing DVD+VR content
Removing assets
Changing a video asset's field dominance
Supported video files
Supported audio files
Supported image files
Recommended image sizes
Image colors in NTSC projects
Creating buttons and menus in Adobe Photoshop
Creating buttons
Creating menus
DVD-compliant file requirements
MPEG-2 video
MPEG-1 video
PCM (uncompressed AIFF/WAVE) audio
Dolby Digital (AC-3) audio
Choosing bit-rates for video and audio
CBR or VBR?
Bit-rate calculation
Creating and editing movie titles
Creating movies
Using SAP audio in movies
Changing the video aspect ratio
Changing the timecode format
Adjusting audio volume levels
Adding subtitle tracks to movies
Importing subtitle script files
Editing subtitle tracks
Editing subtitle color sets
Deleting subtitles
Setting audio and subtitle languages
Setting a track's purpose (language code extension)
Locking and unlocking tracks
Previewing movies
Previewing movies with multiple audio and subtitle tracks
Saving a video frame as an image file
Trimming movies
Offsetting audio and subtitle tracks
Offsets and trimming behavior
Creating and editing chapter points
Adding chapter points manually
Importing chapter point metadata from an Avid application
Moving chapter points
Naming chapter points
Deleting chapter points
Effect of trimming on chapter points
Creating and editing slideshow titles
Creating slideshows
Removing slideshow images
Reordering slideshow images
Changing the slideshow duration
Rotating slideshow images
Changing the transitions between slides
Adding soundtracks to slideshows
Removing slideshow soundtracks
Changing the slideshow aspect ratio and background color
Archiving slideshow images on the DVD
Creating and editing menus
Tools to help create menus
"Safe area" guides
Gridlines
Layer display controls
Using menu templates to create menus
Using individual elements to create menus
Choosing the menu background
Adding menu objects
Editing menu objects
Applying drop shadow and glow effects to menus
Using layered Photoshop files to create menus
Creating a layered menu
Adding the button highlight areas
Editing highlight areas
Replacing the menu background and subpicture layers
Using audio in menus
Adding audio to menus
Fading the audio
Removing menu audio
Setting menu durations
Editing menu subpictures
Choosing a menu's color set
Editing subpicture color sets
Setting the menu subpicture start point
Duplicating menus
Creating and editing links
Creating and editing playlists
Naming titles, playlists, and menus
Setting the first play title, playlist, or menu
Linking content to menu buttons
Creating and replacing button links
Notes on button links
Choosing button subpictures
Deleting button links
Reassigning menu button numbers
Showing and hiding button numbers
Defining menu button routing
Manual button routing
Resetting the button routing
Setting menu button images
Animating button images
Making buttons auto-activate
Forcing selection of a menu button
Setting title, playlist, and menu end actions
Changing end actions
Overriding title end actions
Changing the remote control's Title and Menu button actions
Testing playback
Simulating disc playback
Changing the Simulation preferences
Using the Simulation window controls
Rendering motion menus
Finishing the project
Removing unwanted material from the project
Burning discs
Writing DVD volumes
Writing disc images
Editing an OpenDVD disc or DVD volume
Writing to DLT
Viewing the DDP report
Changing DVDit Pro's preferences
General tab preferences
File Control tab preferences
Edit tab preferences
Author tab preferences
Simulation tab preferences
Quality tab preferences
Disc specifications
Recordable discs
DVD-ROM discs
TV standards and DVD regions
TV standards and DVD regions by country/territory
Shortcuts
File menu shortcuts
Edit menu shortcuts
View menu shortcuts
Timeline menu shortcuts
DVD Menus menu shortcuts
Simulate menu shortcuts
Burn menu shortcuts
Window menu shortcuts
Preparing sequences in an Avid editing application
Preparing a finished sequence
Encoding the Sequence with Sorenson Squeeze
Subtitle script files
Supported file formats and text encoding
Subtitle script structure
Basic subtitle format
Font commands
Position commands
Display commands
Legal information
Glossary
DVDit Pro
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