| Duration | Two Days |
| Public scheduled course | £675 plus VAT |
| Individual tuition | £990 plus VAT |
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DVD Studio Pro 4: Introduction (DVDSP 101)
Course Overview
Whether you are a TV or video editor, working in distance learning or a video post-production professional, this Apple authorised two day course covers everything you need to create a professional DVD title from initial storyboarding to burning and replication using DVD Studio Pro.
Using compelling media and a real-world production workflow, you will cover creating MPEG 2 video with Compressor and creating motion menus in DVD Studio Pro. The course also covers creating buttons, interactive links, slideshows, playlists and adding alternate audio stream and camera angles. If you would like to run this as a private course tailored to your exact requirements, please call or email.
Course content
Introduction
• The Apple Pro Certification program
Preparing your first DVD project
• The DVD creation process
• DVD specification basics
• The palette and the Inspector
• Using the basic menu editor
• Creating simple buttons
• Using text elements in menus
• Burning a DVD
Using the interface
• Quadrants and tabs
• The Track editor
• Slideshow editor
• Story editor
• Script editor
Setting up a new DVD project
• Storyboarding a DVD
• Importing audio and video
• Setting Chapter markers
Creating menus
• The menu creation process
• Adding a background graphic
• Creating buttons on a still menu
• Connecting buttons to video
• Adding title and text to the menu
• Adding sound to the menu
• Creating an Intro menu
• Targeting navigation
• Using a Drop Zone to create a Motion menu
Creating a Chapter Index menu
• Setting up the Chapter Index navigation buttons
• Automating the Chapter Index menu creation process
Working with slideshows
• Creating slides
• Adding audio and transitions
Adding Subtitles
• Modifying the font and colour of subtitles
• Importing subtitles
Finishing your DVD
• Testing your Project
• Using the Burn command
Questions and answers
Encoding with Compressor
• Understanding compression
• Setting compression markers
• Submitting files for encoding
Advanced menu design
• Adding a simple overlay
• Creating buttons for the overlay
• Button states
• Adding a motion background
• Advantages of layered menus
Markers, Stories and Connections
• Working with chapter markers
• Creating and adding markers
• Using stories as playlists
• Creating Stories
• Establishing connections
Scripting
• Building Menu Loop scripts
• Creating Return to Menu scripts
Creating transitions
• Using a Video transition
• Using Alpha transitions
• Exploring the Asset Movie
• Exploring the Background Matte Movie
Using alternate angles
• Setting up the project
• About alternate angles
• Creating multi-angle tracks
• Creating mixed-angle tracks
• Targeting alternate angle streams
• Simulating alternate angle errors
• Exploring Final Cut Pro markers
Converting SD to HD
• SD to HD downconversions
• Encoding HD assets
• Converting SD Project to HD projects
Questions and answers