DVD Studio Pro 2


Book Description

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.







Apple Pro Training Series


Book Description

Updated for DVD Studio Pro 4.2.2, this best-selling, Apple certified guide uses striking real-world footage to build four complete DVDs and share a Blu-ray disc. It covers how to use DVD Studio Pro on its own, as well as how to integrate it into your workflow with Final Cut Pro 7, Motion 4, and Compressor 3.5. Each lesson takes you step-by-step through an aspect of DVD creation and finishing, with hands-on projects for you to complete as you go. You'll learn to storyboard your DVD and plan its interactions, set chapter markers, build still and motion menus, and add overlays and subtitles. You’ll also work with multiple audio tracks and camera angles, create smart buttons and custom transitions, professionally encode audio and video files, and build useful scripts. All of Peachpit's eBooks contain the same content as the print edition. You will find a link in the last few pages of your eBook that directs you to the media files. Helpful tips: If you are able to search the book, search for "Where are the lesson files?" Go to the very last page of the book and scroll backwards. You will need a web-enabled device or computer in order to access the media files that accompany this ebook. Entering the URL supplied into a computer with web access will allow you to get to the files. Depending on your device, it is possible that your display settings will cut off part of the URL. To make sure this is not the case, try reducing your font size and turning your device to a landscape view. This should cause the full URL to appear.




DVD Studio Pro 4


Book Description

Includes DVD with sample footage, authoring samples, graphics, and project graphical layout Covers video and audio encoding, Photoshop for DVD authoring, and new Hi-DEF features




DVD Authoring with DVD Studio Pro 2.0


Book Description

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.




DVD Studio Pro 2


Book Description

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.




DVD Studio Pro 4


Book Description

Self-paced training from the best-selling guide used by Apple for its own certification program, completely updated for DVD Studio Pro 4!




DVD Studio Pro 2 for Mac OS X


Book Description

Taking a visual, task-based approach to teaching DVD Studio Pro, this text uses pictures to guide the reader through the software and shows them what to do.




Getting Started with Final Cut Studio


Book Description

Get to know Final Cut Studio with the official Apple-certified tutorials, which, provides an excellent overview of Final Cut Pro 5, Motion 2, Soundtrack Pro, and DVD Studio Pro 4; advanced lessons giving more experienced users a quick way to learn the powerful new features of Final Cut Studio; a book/DVD combo offering the reader two ways to learn! Announced by Apple at NAB in April 2005 to near universal acclaim, Final Cut Studio is the ultimate Digital video/audio production suite featuring Final Cut Pro 5, a major upgrade to the Emmy award-winning editing software. Final Cut Studio also includes Soundtrack Pro, for audio editing and sound design, Motion 2, for real-time motion graphics and DVD Studio Pro 4, for authoring high definition DVDs to the latest HD DVD specification. The lessons in this book-DVD combo are the official Apple Pro Training Final Cut Studio tutorials, and are available in printed form for the first time! The Interactive DVD Tutorial takes you through the applications interfaces and primary features, including a narrated tour of important new features. you can work through real-world projects as you learn. The Final Cut Studio Tutorials are step-by-step, project-based lessons - the equivalent of about 8 hours of training. You'll edit two video projects, create motion graphics for a 10-second promo and a 'coming up next' TV bumper, edit and mix audio files, and author two complete DVD menus. Accompanying project and media files are located on the book's second DVD. Final Cut Studio is now shipping and retails for $1299. (Please note: these tutorials are also available in PDF format on two DVDs that are included in the box with the Final Cut Studio software.)




DVD Studio Pro® 2 Solutions


Book Description

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.