The award-winning Digital Media Training Series™ presents Inside DVD Studio Pro 4. Inside DVD Studio Pro 4 includes our full training for Inside DVD Studio Pro 3 plus an additional disc for Inside DVD Studio Pro 4.

Inside DVD Studio Pro 4 - Update Disc The release of DVD Studio Pro 4 offers new power and flexibility in the creation of DVDs on your Mac, including an ability to work in High-Definition and the freedom to control the final build structure of your DVD, DVD Studio.  In this training, instructor Zeth Willie takes you through HD and more:  Dolby audio, VTS allocation, integrated workflow with Motion, improved scripting and more. Overview of HD Working in HD on your DVD Combining SD/HD projects Encoding to MPEG2-HD/h.264 Improving workflow Tips for Menu design with Widescreen formats VTS allocation Working with Dolby Audio Integration with Motion (Menu Loop Points/Alpha Switching) Improved Scripting features Partitioning GPRMs

Inside DVD Studio Pro 3 Inside DVD Studio Pro 3 covers everything you need to know to create professional DVD's! In this interactive 10+ hour training DVD, instructor Zeth Willie covers the new aspects of DVD Studio Pro 3, including how to make menus and buttons right from within the program, as well as authoring techniques for making DVD's with advanced features. You'll master such important topics as Importing Audio, Video, and Stills, Menu Templates, Styles and Shapes, Linking a Chapter Index, Creating a Slide Show, Adding Transitions, Multiple Angles, Adding Subtitles, Integrating assets from Photoshop and Motion—and more! While building a creative Rock Band DVD project, you’ll master this software—step by step! This project-based training is appropriate for users brand new to DVD authoring as well as those familiar with previous versions of DVD Studio Pro.

1. Introduction to Training
2. What is High Definition?
3. High-Definition DVD *watch NEW free video lesson

1. Encoding HD Content
2. Building an HD Project
3. Building a Hybrid DVD
4. Designing for HD

1. VTS Allocation
2. Dual Layer DVD-ROM
3. Link Into Loop Points
4. GPRM Scripting

1. Distributed Rendering
2. Dolby Audio Encoding
3. Motion Integration

Disc 2 - Inside DVD Studio Pro 3

Introduction

Introduction to the Training


Basic Tutorial

1. Introduction
2. Project Planning
3. Importing Audio, Video and Stills
4. Introduction to Menu Templates
5. Basic Menu Elements
1. Background
2. Text
3. Drop Zones
4. Buttons
6. Working with Text
1. Moving Text Around
2. Changing Font, Size and Color
3. Creating and Using Text Styles
7. Working with Drop Zones
8. Working with Buttons
9. Linking Video to Buttons
1. Linking Play Movie to Main Video
2. Creating a Chapter Index
3. Removing Tracks in Graphical View
10. Creating a Slideshow
1. Creating a Slideshow
2. Adding Transitions to Slides *watch free video lesson
11. Finishing the DVD

Zeth Willie

Zeth Willie is an experienced multi-media instructor, having taught classes in Film Production, Maya, After Effects and Digital Media at the New York Film Academy.

In 1998, he founded Cat Buks Productions, a company providing a full compliment of cross-platform multi-media services. Zeth's client list includes Ogilvy & Mather, GettyOne, ClearChannel, Bang Music, SchoolSports Magazine, Sasha and Digweed, Delta Heavy, Balance Promote and AnimationMD amongst others.

Zeth has also contributed to tutorials on Magnet Media's Zoom In DVD Series. Check out some of his tutorials here.

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