User manual APPLE DVD STUDIO PRO 4.1

[. . . ] DVD Studio Pro 4 User Manual K Apple Computer, Inc. © 2006 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. Under the copyright laws, this manual may not be copied, in whole or in part, without the written consent of Apple. Your rights to the software are governed by the accompanying software license agreement. The Apple logo is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. , registered in the U. S. [. . . ] · Assigns matching audio as the track's audio. · Names the track the same as the video asset. · Sets the new track's End Jump setting to this menu. · Links the button to the first of the new chapter index menus. · Creates one or more new chapter index menus (using the standard method), depending on the number of markers and the button layout used. · Opens the Choose Template or Layout Style dialog so you can choose the template or layout style to use for the chapter index menus. · Links each chapter marker from the new track to buttons on the chapter index menus. · Assigns the video from each marker to its button's thumbnail. Dragging a Video/Audio Pair to an Empty Area The following options appear in the Drop Palette: Create Button and Track The default action. · Creates a button at this menu location. · Creates a new track with this video and audio. · Names the track the same as the video asset. · Adds a link from the new button to the first marker of the new track. · Sets the new track's End Jump setting to this menu. 338 Chapter 9 Creating Menus Using the Layered Method Create Button and Chapter Index Use this option with video that has had chapter markers added with Compressor, Final Cut Express, Final Cut Pro, or iMovie. · Creates a track and adds the chapter markers to it. · Names the track the same as the video asset. · Sets the new track's End Jump setting to this menu. · Creates a button on this menu to link to the first of the new chapter index menus. · Creates one or more new chapter index menus (using the standard method), depending on the number of markers and the button layout used. · Opens the Choose Template or Layout Style dialog so you can choose the template or layout style to use for the chapter index menus. · Links each chapter marker from the new track to buttons on the chapter index menus. · Assigns the video from each marker to its button's thumbnail. Dragging a Video/Audio Pair to a Button The following options appear in the Drop Palette: Create Track The default action. · Creates a new track with this video and audio. [. . . ] See GPRMs; SPRMs remote control buttons 608­610 assigning functions to DVD players 608­610 configuring 610 connections 529 markers 389 resume feature 259 stories 392 rendering menus 115, 230 rendering settings 115­116 replication facility 28, 653 resolution audio 48 default 112 HD projects 58, 67, 86, 114, 208, 248, 328, 361 menus 328 monitors 123 MPEG video 57­58, 104 SD projects 57, 67, 248, 328, 361 slides 97 slideshows 97, 406, 426 supported by DVD Studio Pro 21, 104, 107 templates and 309 tracks 361 video 57­58 resources, DVD Studio Pro 34 resume command 489 resume feature 259 Return button 247, 328, 609 Reveal transition 643 RGB values 16 ROM-only DVD discs 575­576 Rotate transition 644 Rotation Blur transition 644 RTF files 456 rulers 118­119, 212 S S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) 33, 653 sample rates 17, 25, 48, 105, 108 SCR format 431 Script Command Inspector 475 Script Editor accessing 471, 476 adding command lines 471, 471­472 copying command lines 473 creating scripts 476 described 151 displaying 470 removing command lines 471­472 reordering command lines 472 scripting display conditions and 479 examples 509­519 overview 469­470, 479­480 user interface for 470­475 scripting commands 480­490 See also command lines adding comments to 475 configuring 475, 476 described 470 displaying information about 474 moving between 471 selecting 475 scripting language 467 Script Inspector 470, 474 scripts 467­523 See also pre-scripts adding to buttons 344 adding to menus 299, 344 checking parental controls 517­519 comparing elements 481­483 creating 476 described 653 Index 675 disc playback and 480 duplicating 477 in DVD Studio Pro 467 editing 470 exit points 480 for playing tracks 510­513 GPRMs and 469, 504­508 jump commands in 484­485, 488 jumping to loop point 509 limitations 46 loading 477 naming 474, 476 placeholders in 483 planning 476 resuming 489 saving 477 saving as files 477 source values 487 SPRMs and 469, 482, 491­504 stopping playback 490 stories 393 stream values 488 terminating 480 testing 478­479 tracks 361 uses for 467 Script tab 151, 471­473, 623 SCSI devices 29 SD assets 38, 86, 181, 184, 371 SD DVD players 38 SD DVD-R drives 30 SD DVD specification 25, 50, 51 SD DVD standard changing to HD DVD standard 128, 135 described 38 high definition and 19 overview 19 preferences 113 red laser discs. See red laser disks specifying for projects 112, 113, 126, 127­128 SD DVD video zone files 566­567 SD projects See also projects 16:9 graphics and 208 16:9 video and 51 aspect ratio 114 audio formats 81 bit rates for 43, 55, 70 blue laser media and 30 build files 565­567 compatibility issues 38 considerations 38 converting to HD projects 128, 135, 184 disc space required for transitions 44 general vs. authoring media 30 GOP length 60 number of buttons in 208, 209, 253, 463 rendering and 230 resolution 57, 67, 248, 328, 361 still images in 406 SD video aspect ratio 50, 84 audio settings 105 pixels 84 video settings 104­105 SD video streams 371 seamless layers 577 Seamless setting 556, 577 SECAM video 126 segmented MPEG files 186, 371 Separator toolbar item 163 set commands 485­487 set GPRM command 485­487 set system stream command 488­489 set-top DVD players 30, 479 shapes adding to menus 256­258, 299 applying 318­319 in Button Inspector 257 creating 93 creating for drop zones 93, 94, 96 creating with opacity settings 95 deleting 321 described 156, 653 in drop zones 275 general creation information 95 importing 320 managing 317­321 in Palette 256­257 types of 317, 318 using 229 Shapes tab 156, 317­321 Shift key 402 shortcut menus See also keyboard shortcuts adding quadrant tabs 145 button connections 259 customizing toolbar 161 Show Colors toolbar item 163 Show Fonts toolbar item 163 simulating elements 179 simulating projects 546­551 simulating stories 394 Simulator aspect ratio 123 assets and 546 audio destination 122 described 546 display mode 123 entering SPRM and GPRM values 551 keyboard shortcuts 623 language settings 122 676 Index log 551 messages generated by 149 monitor resolution 123 opening 163 playback controls 548 playback output options 122­123 preferences 122­123 refreshing assets and 200 region codes 122 simulating slideshows 430 simulating subtitles 444 starting/stopping 547 starting from the Outline tab 179 testing projects with 545­551 testing scripts in 478 toolbar item 163 verifying elements 179 video destination 122 window 548 Simulator pane 122­123 Simulator Window option 122 single-layer discs 130 skip buttons. See step buttons Slide Inspector 412, 419, 423, 428­429 slide list 415, 417 slides See also slideshows adding to slideshows 409 aspect ratio 97 assets 417, 428 assigning audio files to 411­412, 417 background color 114 deleting audio files assigned to 412 duration of 114, 409, 412, 414, 417­419 DVD@CCESS settings 429 name of 428 order number 417 preferences 114 properties 428­429 rearranging order of 410­411, 417 removing from slideshows 411 resolution 97 selecting in a slideshow 410 settings for 417 thumbnails 415, 417 transitions 405, 417, 420, 421­424, 425 Slideshow Editor adding slides to slideshow 409 assigning audio to slides 412 changing audio file assigned to 412 changing slide duration 418 changing thumbnail sizes 415 controls 416 described 151 displaying 163 dragging assets to 195 keyboard shortcuts 624 opening slideshows in 407 previewing slideshows 429 rearranging slides 410 removing slides from slideshow 411 selecting slides 410 settings 415 slide list 417 toolbar item 163 transitions 422, 423 Slideshow Inspector 407, 422, 425­428 slideshows 405­430 16:9 aspect ratio 97, 409 4:3 aspect ratio 97, 409 adding audio to 407, 411­414 adding slides to 409 adding to layered menus 343 adding to menus 297­298 adding to projects 407 aspect ratio 97, 114, 426 assigning overall audio file to 413­414 audio asset length 201 audio files imported to 407 audio in 98 buttons for 408, 419 color in 98 converting to tracks 381, 405, 424 converting tracks to 424­425 creating in Menu Editor 408 described 653 disc space required for 425, 638 duration of 413­414, 427 DVD@CCESS links 594 elapsed time 417 End Jump setting 425 file formats for 97, 406­407 in iDVD 630 jumps in 420, 529 limitations 46 mixing audio formats in 80 name of 425 pausing 417 preparing stills for 97­98 pre-scripts 427 previewing 429 properties 425­428 rearranging slides in 410­411, 417 remote control settings 427 removing slides from 411 resolution 97, 406, 426 selecting slides 410 simulating 430 slide duration 114, 409, 412, 414, 417­419, 427 sources 536, 540 still images in 406­407 transitions 421­424 Index 677 uses for 405 viewer-advanced 419­420 working with 415­430 Slideshow tab 151, 624 snap grid 171 Snap To options 117 SON format 431 Sony/Philips Digital Interface (S/PDIF) 653 sorting assets 192 sound. 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