Roxio DVDit Pro HD, User Manual

Page 1: ...DVDit Pro HD User s Guide DVDit_Pro_HD book Page 1 Monday September 25 2006 2 32 PM...

Page 2: ...BY YOU THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES IS NOT PERMITTED BY SOME STATES THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU IN NO EVENT WILL SONIC ITS DIRECTORS OFFICERS EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU...

Page 3: ...t Picture 44 Editing MyDVD projects in DVDit Pro HD 45 Chapter 4 Importing assets 47 Importing files into DVDit Pro HD 47 Importing DVD VR content 49 Removing assets 50 Changing a video asset s Field...

Page 4: ...ng the slideshow Aspect Ratio and background color 100 Archiving slideshow images on the DVD DVD only 101 Chapter 7 Creating and editing menus 103 Tools to help create menus 104 Using menu templates t...

Page 5: ...l from projects 150 Burning discs 150 Writing Volumes 152 Writing disc images 153 Editing an OpenDVD disc or DVD Volume 154 Writing to a Master 156 Chapter 11 Changing DVDit Pro HD s preferences 159 G...

Page 6: ...enu shortcuts 189 Simulate menu shortcuts 190 Burn menu shortcuts 190 Window menu shortcuts 190 Appendix D Subtitle script files 191 Supported file formats and text encoding 192 Subtitle script struct...

Page 7: ...ring and disc creation into a single easy to use application DVDit Pro HD lets you quickly build stunning professional DVD Video and Blu ray discs This section includes the following About the documen...

Page 8: ...ating system To use Windows Update click the Windows Start button and choose Windows Update or All Programs Windows Update n Use only official releases of the above software with DVDit Pro HD Beta ver...

Page 9: ...System requirements 9 Sonic recommends using NTFS formatted hard drives See Windows help for information about formatting hard drives DVDit_Pro_HD book Page 9 Monday September 25 2006 2 32 PM...

Page 10: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 10 DVDit_Pro_HD book Page 10 Monday September 25 2006 2 32 PM...

Page 11: ...s of what you can do and an overview of the main windows in DVDit Pro HD It includes the following topics DVD authoring workflow on page 12 Blu ray projects on page 12 Examples of DVD projects on page...

Page 12: ...atures such as playlists and DVD ROM content n DVDit Pro HD often provides many different ways to perform a particular task For example you can add a chapter point to a movie by pressing the Insert ke...

Page 13: ...button on page 16 Easter eggs on page 17 You can create far more elaborate presentations quickly and easily from these simple beginnings Single movie title with chapter points This is a very basic pro...

Page 14: ...a few seconds Another way to link titles together is by putting them in a playlist See Play all menu button on page 16 for more information about using playlists Single menu and multiple titles In thi...

Page 15: ...ion links to Menu 1 Menu 1 has button links to the start of Movie 2 the main feature and to Menu 2 The Play movie button s Link End Action causes Menu 1 to appear when Movie 2 finishes Menu 2 is a cha...

Page 16: ...f a TV series To achieve this all the movies are linked together in a playlist which simply instructs the DVD player to play a selection of titles in a particular order overriding the titles End Actio...

Page 17: ...the button has no subpicture viewers cannot tell that it is a button all they will know is that the button selection has disappeared Some DVD authors don t hide material with invisible buttons but des...

Page 18: ...it the way you work and save arrangements as layouts DVDit Pro HD also provides several predefined window layouts n In the procedures in this document it is assumed that all floating windows are displ...

Page 19: ...ions To delete an unwanted layout 1 Choose Window Delete Layout The Delete Layout dialog box opens 2 Select the layout you want to delete from the Names pop up menu and click Delete n You cannot delet...

Page 20: ...lay an image of the linked title or menu Import Media Click to import files onto the current tab Show Choose from this pop up menu to see only a certain kind of asset Assets Drag assets from the Templ...

Page 21: ...g the project settings on page 33 Menus group Drag image or video assets into this group to create new menus or replace existing menu backgrounds Double click a menu to display it in the Preview windo...

Page 22: ...ow First Play indicator The green triangle indicates that this menu will appear when the disc is inserted in a DVD player see Setting the First Play title playlist or menu on page 129 Timeline window...

Page 23: ...ns Click to choose whether to display drop frame or non drop frame timecode in the Timeline ruler NTSC projects only See Changing the Time Display format on page 75 Timeline ruler Click in the Timelin...

Page 24: ...and create button links Selection tool Highlight tool Text tool Background Color Align Objects Show Grid Snap Add Movie Add Slideshow Add Sub Menu View Safe Area View Background Layer View Subpicture...

Page 25: ...up menu to choose the background color View Safe Area Click to show hide the menu Safe Area guides which show where buttons and text can be placed without being cropped when viewed on a TV See Safe Ar...

Page 26: ...location End Trim Point Drag left to trim the end of the movie Out Point Shows the timecode at the end of the movie relative to the start of the source video file Enter a timecode value to trim the en...

Page 27: ...p playback Play Pause Click to play pause playback In Point Shows the timecode at the start of the movie relative to the start of the source video file Enter a timecode value to trim the beginning of...

Page 28: ...Chapter 2 Getting started 28 DVDit_Pro_HD book Page 28 Monday September 25 2006 2 32 PM...

Page 29: ...deo and audio to compliant formats You can have only one project open at a time This section includes Starting a new project on page 30 Setting the project s Disc Type on page 32 The OpenDVD setting o...

Page 30: ...after launching DVDit Pro HD To create a project using other settings 1 Choose File New The New dialog box opens 2 Select the appropriate options for your project Project Name Project names should be...

Page 31: ...les in folders at the root level of the hard drive For example C DVD Projects for project files C DVD Video for video and audio assets C DVD Images for image assets C DVD Builds for writing DVD Volume...

Page 32: ...See Disc specifications on page 169 for more information about the different disc sizes The DVD 9 8 5 GB option is for dual layer discs If the project is too large to fit on the selected Disc Type yo...

Page 33: ...t Select the OpenDVD option in the status bar at the bottom of the main window The OpenDVD option remains selected until you deselect it or quit and relaunch DVDit Pro HD or open another project that...

Page 34: ...folder name does not matter 2 Within this folder create the file and folder hierarchy as you want it to appear on the disc Don t create any shortcuts unless they point to files within the main folder...

Page 35: ...it Pro HD will place the files at the root of your disc Adding mastering information DVD only The Project Settings dialog box s Volume tab lets you add mastering information to a project prior to writ...

Page 36: ...ual layer projects on page 36 for details In the following fields only uppercase letters A Z numbers 0 9 and the underscore _ character are allowed If you do not know what to enter in a field leave it...

Page 37: ...ired setting from the Track Path pop up menu 5 Click OK Adding copy protection If your project contains copyrighted material you can use copy protection to protect the intellectual property rights of...

Page 38: ...up menu then select an option from the Macrovision pop up menu Off Provides no copy protection Type 1 Prevents copying to analog videotape by using Automatic Gain Control AGC AGC confuses the video r...

Page 39: ...default projects created in DVDit Pro HD are coded to allow playback in all regions You can set a project s Region Codes to allow playback in one or a few regions See TV Standards and DVD regions by c...

Page 40: ...tings dialog box You can also force DVDit Pro HD to re encode DVD compliant files You might want to do this if the project contains DVD compliant files and is too large to fit on a disc this option le...

Page 41: ...n menus Audio settings Type Generally you should choose Dolby Digital especially if your movies have multiple audio tracks DVDit Pro HD s transcoder creates stereo Dolby audio only Select PCM if audio...

Page 42: ...how motion menus and slideshows will be transcoded for high definition output You can also force DVDit Pro HD to re encode Blu ray compliant files You might want to do this if the project contains Blu...

Page 43: ...want to select Dolby Digital if you are outputting high bit rate video with multiple audio tracks or if you need additional space on your Blu ray disc for video Bit Rate The normal Dolby stereo bit r...

Page 44: ...Click the Images tab in the Palette window 2 Locate the image you want to use 3 Right click the image and choose Set as Jacket Picture from the shortcut menu The image s name in the Palette window tu...

Page 45: ...handles MyDVD projects as follows Each movie and slideshow in the MyDVD project is a title in DVDit Pro HD Movies include any edits or transitions that were added in MyDVD s video editor but you cann...

Page 46: ...Chapter 3 Creating projects 46 DVDit_Pro_HD book Page 46 Monday September 25 2006 2 32 PM...

Page 47: ...menus in Adobe Photoshop on page 55 Compliant video and audio requirements on page 64 Choosing bit rates for video and audio on page 67 DVDit Pro HD also supports import of subtitle script files See...

Page 48: ...nus in Adobe Photoshop on page 55 Button Video You don t need to import files into this category Video files you import onto the Media tab appear here automatically Navigation Buttons For buttons used...

Page 49: ...t Pro HD s preferences on page 159 Importing a video file does not automatically create a movie This is done by dragging the imported video from the Palette window into the Titles group in the Project...

Page 50: ...ayed first If the Field Dominance setting is incorrect the video appears fine when viewed on a computer monitor but displays badly on a standard TV Different video formats use different Field Dominanc...

Page 51: ...rted for Blu ray projects AVI avi Type 1 and Type 2 DV AVI files and DivX files are supported as are most files that use DirectShow compliant codes QuickTime mov qt Requires QuickTime http www apple c...

Page 52: ...o file formats n For best results use 48 kHz 16 bit audio Files can contain a single stream of mono or stereo audio except Dolby Digital audio which must be stereo or multi channel When you burn a dis...

Page 53: ...for details Flattened single layer Photoshop files require QuickTime http www apple com quicktime download Windows bitmap bmp GIF gif Files with transparency are supported for button images Animation...

Page 54: ...storted in the graphics application it displays correctly in DVDit Pro HD and on the finished DVD n Most TVs do not display the entire image The edges are cropped to hide distortion and only about 90...

Page 55: ...slideshows the original image files are archived on the disc you can also choose to archive these images even if you don t create an OpenDVD disc These files can consume large amounts of disc space i...

Page 56: ...ion Buttons folders contain basic layered buttons whereas the Frames folder contains button frames which display a thumbnail of the linked material when used in a project You can use these buttons as...

Page 57: ...splay correctly in DVDit Pro HD Image layer The Image layer contains the full color button which you see while working on a project in DVDit Pro HD The button s Image is created on a transparent layer...

Page 58: ...ntains the button s subpicture image The subpicture is displayed on top of the button and its color and opacity changes when the button is unselected selected and activated In the normal unselected st...

Page 59: ...me either transparent or solid when the button is used in DVDit Pro HD The jagged edges are less noticeable on a TV screen than a computer monitor due to the TV s lower picture quality Images in the O...

Page 60: ...asis 1 colors Blue Maps to the Emphasis 2 colors See Editing menu subpictures on page 124 for more information Button frames If you open one of the frame files in Photoshop you can see it has three la...

Page 61: ...ame by squashing it horizontally then crop the parts that are not within the Thumb Creating menus Creating a menu in Photoshop is similar to creating buttons as described in Basic layered buttons on p...

Page 62: ...multiple layers remember to merge those layers into the Background layer The Background layer name must not be italicized in the Photoshop Layers window If the Background layer name is italicized 1 Do...

Page 63: ...ple the overlay images are all black heart shapes but you can use up to four colors see Basic layered buttons on page 57 for more information about overlay colors When you create a menu in DVDit Pro H...

Page 64: ...parameters The following sections describe the required settings Blu ray output in DVDit Pro HD is also based on the MPEG compression standards DVDit Pro HD supports standard definition 720 x 480 and...

Page 65: ...e Frame rate fps Aspect ratio Bit rate Mbps GOP size MPEG 1 NTSC 525 60 352 x 240 29 97 4 3 1 856 max 18 frames max PAL 625 50 352 x 288 25 4 3 1 856 max 15 frames max MPEG 2 MP ML NTSC 525 60 720 x 4...

Page 66: ...ono 0 8 Stereo 1 6 Dolby Digital AC 3 48 16 2 0 stereo 2 1 2 front 1 rear 2 2 2 front 2 rear 3 0 3 front 3 1 3 front 1 rear 3 2 3 front 2 rear 5 1 3 front 2 rear 1 LFE 0 064 0 448 Audio format Sample...

Page 67: ...low quality if it has video noise scratches and so on you should either clean it up in a video editing application or choose a high bit rate to prevent the quality from getting worse Slideshow and RO...

Page 68: ...calculation into the SD Transcoding tab fields in the Project Settings dialog box see Changing the SD Transcoding settings on page 40 n DVDit Pro HD s transcoder bit rates are displayed in kilobits p...

Page 69: ...aximum video bit rate by subtracting the audio and subtitle bit rate requirements from the maximum allowed by the DVD Video format 9 8 Mbps Enter this value in the Max Bit Rate field in the Project Se...

Page 70: ...4 Mbits 31 902 Mbits 500 MB 500 x 220 x 8 bits 4 194 Mbits Slideshows generally use very little disc space However if you create an OpenDVD disc or you choose to archive the slideshow images the origi...

Page 71: ...e the presentation A DVD can contain up to 99 titles movies and slideshows and each movie can contain up to 99 chapter points This section includes Creating movies on page 72 Adding subtitle tracks to...

Page 72: ...video appears in the Timeline window s video track When you create a movie using a program stream the audio appears in the first audio track labeled A1 in the Timeline window automatically If you use...

Page 73: ...o in movies Some TV programs are broadcast with a main audio track plus a Secondary Audio Program SAP track Some DVD VR recorders let you record both tracks the main track is downmixed to mono and rec...

Page 74: ...ubtitle languages on page 81 5 Click OK Changing the movie s Aspect Ratio After creating a movie you may notice that the video image is distorted This indicates that the movie has the wrong Aspect Rat...

Page 75: ...the tape contains DF timecode Professional decks display NDF timecode with colons as separators for example 00 01 23 14 they usually display DF timecode with semicolons 00 01 23 14 This is also how D...

Page 76: ...olume or enter a percentage in the Level field Be careful when increasing the volume clipping may occur if the level is too high 3 Click OK To fade an audio track in or out t In the Timeline window Ri...

Page 77: ...le string In addition you can specify the colors of individual subtitles within DVDit Pro HD You may prefer to combine both methods by first importing script files then editing individual subtitles in...

Page 78: ...strings Changing existing strings Changing a subtitle s start or end frame Changing a subtitle s position on the screen Changing a subtitle s typeface size color and other text attributes The followin...

Page 79: ...tle s start or end frame 1 In the subtitle list double click the subtitle s In or Out value 2 Enter a new timecode and press Enter DVDit Pro HD validates the timecode so that the subtitle does not ove...

Page 80: ...tion Each color set provides different colors for the text body outline and background See Editing subtitle color sets on page 80 for more information Deleting subtitle strings To delete a subtitle st...

Page 81: ...e window Right click any subtitle and choose Delete All Subtitles from the shortcut menu Setting audio and subtitle languages The DVD Video format lets you indicate the language of each audio and subt...

Page 82: ...choose Timeline Audio Options For subtitle tracks choose Timeline Subtitle Options The Audio Options or Subtitle Options dialog box opens These dialog boxes list the Language Codes and other options f...

Page 83: ...ving a video frame as an image file on page 84 Previewing movies with multiple audio and subtitle tracks When playing a movie with multiple audio or subtitle tracks on a DVD the viewer hears only one...

Page 84: ...you can also see the effect of trimming in the Timeline window Trimming affects all tracks simultaneously tracks are trimmed even if they are locked or empty To trim a movie 1 Double click the movie...

Page 85: ...o audio and subtitle tracks in a movie all start at the same time Use an offset to change the starting point of audio or subtitle tracks relative to the video For example you can offset audio tracks t...

Page 86: ...ents without having to reopen the dialog box 7 When you re satisfied click OK To offset some or all audio or subtitle tracks by the same amount 1 Double click the movie in the Project window The movie...

Page 87: ...t The second set of bars shows the movie after the start has been trimmed The lighter area to the left of the start point represents the trimmed audio and video 3 Trimmed Audio offset earlier The audi...

Page 88: ...ually on page 88 Moving chapter points on page 89 Naming chapter points on page 89 Deleting chapter points on page 91 Effect of trimming on chapter points on page 91 Adding chapter points manually To...

Page 89: ...ect it 3 Do one of the following t Drag the selected chapter point along the Timeline t Press the Left or Right Arrow keys to move the selected chapter point in one frame or one GOP increments Hold do...

Page 90: ...the movie 3 Right click the chapter you want to rename and choose Rename from the shortcut menu The name becomes editable 4 Type the new name and press the Enter key To rename chapter points in the Ti...

Page 91: ...he Timeline window Right click the chapter point and choose Delete Chapter from the shortcut menu To delete all the chapter points in a movie 1 Select the movie in the Project window 2 Choose Timeline...

Page 92: ...Chapter 5 Creating and editing movie titles 92 DVDit_Pro_HD book Page 92 Monday September 25 2006 2 32 PM...

Page 93: ...ro HD can create 720p 1080i or 1080p slideshows Resolution and frame rate are set on the HD Transcoding tab in the Project Settings dialog This section includes Creating slideshows on page 94 Removing...

Page 94: ...t Changing the slideshow duration on page 96 t Rotating slideshow images on page 97 t Changing the transitions between slides on page 98 t Adding soundtracks to slideshows on page 99 t Removing slides...

Page 95: ...ages 1 Double click the slideshow in the Project window The Edit Slideshow window opens 2 Click the Filmstrip button to change the view if desired To reorder the slideshow by moving individual images...

Page 96: ...lideshow s duration 1 Double click the slideshow in the Project window The Edit Slideshow window opens 2 Click Options The Slideshow Options dialog box appears 3 Set the duration for all slides t To g...

Page 97: ...age 99 Rotating slideshow images If a slideshow image is not aligned correctly you can rotate it To rotate a slideshow image 1 Double click the slideshow in the Project window The Edit Slideshow windo...

Page 98: ...m this pop up menu To have a different transition between each slide select the Random category Transition Select the transition to use from this pop up menu The preview area shows an example of the s...

Page 99: ...n the first audio file not allowed if the file contains multi channel Dolby Digital audio t Select the Fade Out option to fade out the last audio file not allowed if the file contains multi channel Do...

Page 100: ...ws can have a 4 3 or 16 9 Aspect Ratio When you use images that do not have these aspect ratios in a slideshow DVDit Pro HD places them on a background color so that the entire screen is filled The sa...

Page 101: ...space To prevent a slideshow s image s from being archived 1 Select the slideshow in the Project window The Attributes window displays the slideshow s attributes 2 Click the Slideshow tab in the Attri...

Page 102: ...Chapter 6 Creating and editing slideshow titles 102 DVDit_Pro_HD book Page 102 Monday September 25 2006 2 32 PM...

Page 103: ...templates This is the fastest way to lay out a menu Construct menus from individual elements backgrounds buttons and text blocks Create menus using layered Adobe Photoshop files This section includes...

Page 104: ...u keep your buttons and text within the visible area of the menu To display the Safe Area guides t Select View View Safe Area The Safe Area guides appear on the Menu tab of the Preview window The Pict...

Page 105: ...provided with DVDit Pro HD A menu template is a complete menu design including background buttons text blocks and optional audio track It also includes attributes such as drop shadow settings To crea...

Page 106: ...cludes Choosing the menu background on page 106 Adding menu objects on page 109 Editing menu objects on page 112 Applying Drop Shadow and glow effects to menus on page 118 Choosing the menu background...

Page 107: ...he Drag Media Here icon in the Project window s Menus group This creates a new menu icon in the Menus group The image or first video frame appears on the Menu tab of the Preview window To control how...

Page 108: ...s toolbar to replace an image or video asset with simple color Scaling of non 4 3 images and video Menus in DVDit Pro HD can have either a 4 3 or 16 9 aspect ratio If you use an image or video clip w...

Page 109: ...ject window The menu appears in the Preview window The Attributes window displays the menu s attributes 2 Click the Effects tab in the Attributes window 3 While observing the menu in the Preview windo...

Page 110: ...ins general button designs Show Navigation Buttons Contains buttons suitable for linking menus together Show Button Video Contains the same video assets as the Media tab 4 Drag an asset onto the menu...

Page 111: ...Pro HD switches back to the Selection tool and the text block remains selected The Attributes window displays the Text tab 5 In the Attributes window change the text properties as desired Simple sans...

Page 112: ...e Menu tab of the Preview window 3 Double click a title in the Project window to display its chapters or slides 4 Drag a chapter or slide onto the menu in the Preview window Editing menu objects You c...

Page 113: ...e them all t Press the Arrow keys to move the selected objects in one pixel increments horizontally or vertically Press Shift Arrow key to move in 10 pixel increments Resizing menu objects To resize m...

Page 114: ...jects horizontally so their centers are aligned vertically for example use this option when centering a button s text label above or below the button If the Relative to Menu option is selected the obj...

Page 115: ...e button and you must therefore either move the text forward in the stack or move the button backward in the stack You can move objects forward and backward one layer at a time or send them directly t...

Page 116: ...window To return the controls to their default settings click Reset See also Adjusting menu background colors on page 109 Locking menu objects When you have edited and positioned an object where you w...

Page 117: ...u displayed in the Preview window select the object 2 Choose Edit Duplicate A new copy of the object appears in the menu To copy an object to another menu 1 Right click the object in the Preview windo...

Page 118: ...very menu that belongs to the global style Deselect this option to turn off the shadow effect Opacity Drag the slider or enter a value to change the shadow opacity Angle Drag the control or enter a va...

Page 119: ...ge 61 It includes Creating a layered menu on page 119 Adding the button highlight areas on page 120 Editing button highlights on page 121 Replacing the menu background and subpicture layers on page 12...

Page 120: ...ghlight tool a cross hair cursor 5 To create a button highlight draw a rectangle around the button s subpicture DVDit Pro HD automatically fills the button highlight with a block of color 6 On the Gen...

Page 121: ...layered Photoshop file onto the menu in the Project window To replace just the background for example with a single layer image or a video clip t Drag an image or video asset onto the menu in the Pro...

Page 122: ...an existing audio track t Drag a different audio asset onto the menu in the Project window Fading the audio To fade the audio at the beginning or end of a menu 1 Select the menu in the Project window...

Page 123: ...the Attributes window use the Display options to change the menu duration t To make a still menu time out select Timed Still from the Type pop up menu The menu s duration is set to 30 seconds automati...

Page 124: ...n have its own custom color set Buttons created from single layer images or video assets can use only one color for each selection state Buttons and menus created from layered Photoshop files can have...

Page 125: ...ct the Color Set you want to edit If you select Set 1 Set 2 or Set 3 the changes will apply to every menu that uses that color set If you select Custom the changes will apply to the selected menu only...

Page 126: ...lider or entering a time value After changing the subpicture start point you must preview the project and render the menu to see the effect Duplicating menus To create a coherent presentation you ll o...

Page 127: ...ntent to menu buttons on page 130 Reassigning menu button numbers on page 132 Defining menu Button Routing on page 133 Setting menu button images on page 136 Animating button images on page 136 Settin...

Page 128: ...a title in the Sources column to add it to the Playlist column 3 Change the title s Item Properties if desired Start Chapter Picture To begin playing the title from a particular chapter point or imag...

Page 129: ...information Setting the First Play title playlist or menu The First Play also known as an overture is the title playlist or menu that begins playing automatically when the disc is inserted in a DVD p...

Page 130: ...ce a button link 1 Double click the menu in the Project window The menu appears in the Preview window 2 In the preview window select the object you want to link to other content The Attributes window...

Page 131: ...om layered Photoshop files usually include a subpicture design in their overlay layer see Creating buttons and menus in Adobe Photoshop on page 55 for information on creating these buttons The subpict...

Page 132: ...ighlight Reassigning menu button numbers Every linked menu button and every highlight area from menus created from layered Photoshop files has a button number After you have created all the button lin...

Page 133: ...sing the right arrow key again moves the selection to the rightmost button and pressing the left arrow key moves the selection to the left DVDit Pro HD defines each menu s Button Routing automatically...

Page 134: ...ll move from button 2 to button 1 when the viewer presses the remote control s Up Arrow key If no number is displayed in a pop up menu it means nothing will happen the selection will not change if the...

Page 135: ...menu The Attributes window displays the button s attributes 3 Click the Routing tab in the Attributes window 4 Select or deselect the Wrap Routings option When Wrap Routings is selected DVDit Pro HD...

Page 136: ...Left Arrow keys or enter a timecode location t For buttons linked to slideshows select the image that you want t For buttons linked to playlists select a title chapter point or slide from the Title li...

Page 137: ...rge amounts of disc space The DVD Video format allows menus to use up to 1 GB of space which could be filled very quickly if your menu durations are too long especially if you choose a high video bit...

Page 138: ...ction of a menu button Normally the first time a menu on a finished disc is displayed button number 1 is selected unless the link to the menu forces a different button to be selected As the viewer nav...

Page 139: ...The menu appears in the Preview window 2 Right click the menu background in the Preview window and select Forced Selection Off from the shortcut menu Setting title playlist and menu End Actions An En...

Page 140: ...ream or Set Subtitle Stream list pop up menu Overriding title End Actions A project might have several links to a title For example there could be a button link from the main menu to the start of a mo...

Page 141: ...title playlist or menu on page 129 For individual titles and playlists you can change the default behavior for Title and Menu buttons For example you can disable these buttons so they have no effect...

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Page 143: ...player s remote control This section includes Simulating playback on page 144 Using the Simulation window controls on page 145 Rendering motion menus on page 147 By simulating playback you can catch...

Page 144: ...e item selected in the Project window The Simulation window opens and playback begins 3 Use the Simulation window s controls to select and activate menu buttons skip to chapter points and so on See Us...

Page 145: ...ack from the First Play item Start from Current Position Starts playback from item currently selected in the Project window Title Next Volume Render Motion Menus Menu Previous Play Pause Navigation Ar...

Page 146: ...current title Menu Displays a menu title or playlist determined by the current title s Menu button mapping See Changing the Title and Menu button actions on page 141 for more information Play Pause P...

Page 147: ...convenience DVDit Pro HD displays motion menus as still pictures unless you choose to render them To render a motion menu 1 Start simulation as described in Simulating playback on page 144 2 When the...

Page 148: ...Chapter 9 Testing playback 148 DVDit_Pro_HD book Page 148 Monday September 25 2006 2 32 PM...

Page 149: ...more copies in the future burning writing from a volume or disc image is quicker than from a project especially if the project contains non compliant video or motion menus After you create a disc or...

Page 150: ...pace you should delete anything you don t need To delete a menu title or playlist t In the Project window Right click the item s icon and choose Delete from the shortcut menu Burning discs To burn a d...

Page 151: ...ning the DVD Volume and click OK Disc Image File Writes a previously written disc image file to disc After selecting this option you are prompted with a Select Disc Image File dialog box Select the im...

Page 152: ...Volumes in DVDit Pro HD Sonic s RecordNow can also burn discs from DVD Volumes To write a Volume 1 Chose File Save to save the project 2 Choose Burn Write Volume The Write Volume dialog box opens 3 Se...

Page 153: ...atible with dual layer DVD R media To write a disc image 1 Chose File Save to save the project 2 Choose Burn Write Image The Write Image dialog box opens 3 Set the Image Type pop up menu to one of the...

Page 154: ...ed project onto a new disc To edit an OpenDVD disc 1 Insert the disc you want to edit in a DVD ROM drive or DVD recorder if a software player launches close it before continuing If you want to edit a...

Page 155: ...t to the fastest speed that the recorder and disc support If you experience problems with discs burned at this speed choose a lower speed 7 Click OK DVDit Pro HD copies the disc contents to your PC th...

Page 156: ...e You can write CMFs from the current project In addition to the data that will go on the disc a Master contains a disc descriptor protocol DDP report that contains information about the disc You can...

Page 157: ...eport leave the Save DDP Report to Hard Disk option selected Deselect this option if you do not want to save a copy of the report 6 Click OK to start writing To write a CMF 1 Choose File Save to save...

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Page 159: ...nces The Preferences dialog box opens Preference settings are organized on six tabs General File Control Edit Author Simulation and Quality 2 Click one of the tabs to view the available preferences 3...

Page 160: ...list of the TV Standards used in different countries and territories This setting does not take effect until you create a new project Auto Open Last Project on Startup When selected causes DVDit Pro H...

Page 161: ...orary Storage DVDit Pro HD stores temporary files on your computer during different stages of DVD production Normally DVDit Pro HD uses your Windows Temp folder but you can select any folder on any lo...

Page 162: ...do this If one or more files is non compliant DVDit Pro HD can display a message asking if you want to import the non compliant files or not or import all the files without displaying a message or imp...

Page 163: ...Show Chapter Labels in Timeline Chapter labels are a useful tool but can clutter the Timeline window Deselect this option to hide them Slide Defaults Duration Sets the default duration for each slide...

Page 164: ...ansition you want from Type Select a transition category from this list Transition Select the transition to use from this list The Preview area shows an example of the selected transition Duration Set...

Page 165: ...subpicture that covers the visible portion of the button Outline Button Shape Creates an outline subpicture around the visible portion of the button Fill Highlight Rectangle Creates a rectangular subp...

Page 166: ...ses a different aspect ratio is displayed 4 3 Letterbox Sets the window to the aspect ratio of a standard TV 16 9 material is displayed with letterbox bars at the top and bottom of the image 4 3 Pan a...

Page 167: ...g a title with subtitle tracks if a track has the same Language Code as this setting it is displayed automatically unless overridden by an End Action or playlist setting in the project Quality tab pre...

Page 168: ...ing times drag the slider to Best Quality This may be a good choice for video that contains hard to encode sections such as fast motion or ripples on water If you want DVDit Pro HD to burn discs more...

Page 169: ...ications This section provides information about the different discs that DVDit Pro HD supports It includes Recordable discs on page 170 DVD ROM discs on page 172 DVDit_Pro_HD book Page 169 Monday Sep...

Page 170: ...of compatibility with set top players and DVD ROM drives but many DVD recorders support only one format There are also two forms of DVD R General discs and Authoring discs General discs can be used o...

Page 171: ...t they can be overwritten about 1 000 times so you can use them for testing or update the project later without having to use a new disc 1 4 GB 1 3 GB 10 752 Mbits DVD RAM 4 7 GB per side 4 38 GBper s...

Page 172: ...DVD 10 Double sided single layer 36 096 Mbits per side Requires two DVDit Pro HD projects Set both projects disc sizes to DVD 5 4 7 GB DVD 9 Single sided dual layer 65 587 Mbits Set DVDit Pro HD s pro...

Page 173: ...countries play PAL format discs and transcode the signal to SECAM The first time you run DVDit Pro HD it uses your Windows Location setting to decide whether you are in an NTSC or PAL SECAM country It...

Page 174: ...re moving from SECAM to PAL new broadcasters may use different standards and people often receive broadcasts from outside their country We recommend that you always check which TV Standard is used in...

Page 175: ...PAL SECAM 2 Botswana PAL SECAM 5 Brazil NTSC 4 British Indian Ocean Territory NTSC 5 Brunei PAL SECAM 3 Bulgaria PAL SECAM 2 Burkina Faso PAL SECAM 5 Burundi PAL SECAM 5 Cambodia PAL SECAM 3 Cameroon...

Page 176: ...M 2 Cuba NTSC 4 Cyprus PAL SECAM 2 Czech Republic PAL SECAM 2 Denmark PAL SECAM 2 Djibouti PAL SECAM 5 Dominica NTSC 4 Dominican Republic NTSC 4 East Timor PAL SECAM 3 Ecuador NTSC 4 Egypt PAL SECAM 2...

Page 177: ...AL SECAM 2 Greece PAL SECAM 2 Greenland PAL SECAM NTSC is used on US military bases 2 Grenada NTSC 4 Guadeloupe PAL SECAM 4 Guam NTSC 4 Guatemala NTSC 4 Guiana French PAL SECAM 4 Guinea PAL SECAM 5 Gu...

Page 178: ...ECAM 2 Kazakhstan PAL SECAM 5 Kenya PAL SECAM 5 Kiribati PAL SECAM 4 Korea North PAL SECAM 5 Korea South NTSC 3 Kuwait PAL SECAM 2 Kyrgyzstan PAL SECAM 5 Laos NTSC 3 Latvia PAL SECAM 5 Lebanon PAL SEC...

Page 179: ...que PAL SECAM 4 Mauritania PAL SECAM 5 Mauritius PAL SECAM 5 Mayotte PAL SECAM 5 Mexico NTSC 4 Micronesia NTSC 4 Moldova PAL SECAM 5 Monaco PAL SECAM 2 Mongolia PAL SECAM 5 Montserrat NTSC 4 Morocco P...

Page 180: ...C 4 Norway PAL SECAM 2 Oman PAL SECAM 2 Pakistan PAL SECAM 5 Palau Belau NTSC 4 Panama NTSC 4 Papua New Guinea PAL SECAM 4 Paraguay PAL SECAM 4 Peru NTSC 4 Philippines NTSC 3 Pitcairn Island PAL SECAM...

Page 181: ...M 5 Singapore PAL SECAM 3 Slovakia PAL SECAM 2 Slovenia PAL SECAM 2 Solomon Islands PAL SECAM 4 Somalia PAL SECAM 5 South Africa PAL SECAM 2 Spain PAL SECAM 2 Sri Lanka PAL SECAM 5 St Helena PAL SECAM...

Page 182: ...NTSC 4 Trinidad and Tobago NTSC 4 Tunisia PAL SECAM 5 Turkey PAL SECAM 2 Turkmenistan PAL SECAM 5 Turks and Caicos Islands NTSC 4 Tuvalu PAL SECAM 4 Uganda PAL SECAM 5 Ukraine PAL SECAM 5 United Arab...

Page 183: ...1 Virgin Islands British NTSC 4 Wallis and Futuna Islands PAL SECAM 4 Western Sahara PAL SECAM 5 Yemen PAL SECAM 2 Yugoslavia Serbia Montenegro Kosovo PAL SECAM 2 Zambia PAL SECAM 5 Zimbabwe PAL SECAM...

Page 184: ...Appendix B TV Standards and DVD regions 184 DVDit_Pro_HD book Page 184 Monday September 25 2006 2 32 PM...

Page 185: ...ts on page 186 Edit menu shortcuts on page 187 View menu shortcuts on page 187 Timeline menu shortcuts on page 188 DVD Menus menu shortcuts on page 189 Simulate menu shortcuts on page 190 Burn menu sh...

Page 186: ...xisting Shift Ctrl N Open Ctrl O Save Ctrl S Save As Shift Ctrl S Add Movie Ctrl G Add Slideshow Shift Ctrl G Add Playlist Alt Ctrl G Import Media Ctrl I Import DVD VR Content Alt Ctrl I Project Setti...

Page 187: ...te Ctrl D Copy Attributes Shift Ctrl C Paste Attributes Shift Ctrl U Delete Delete Select All Ctrl A Action Shortcut View Safe Area Ctrl 1 one View Button Numbers Ctrl 2 Show Grid Ctrl Quote Snap Shif...

Page 188: ...ter Alt Ctrl Right Arrow Previous Chapter Alt Ctrl Left Arrow Zoom In Plus Zoom Out Minus Zoom Entire Ctrl 0 zero Set Start Trim Point Shift Ctrl I i Set End Trim Point Shift Ctrl O Delete Trim Points...

Page 189: ...Ctrl T Align Bottom Shift Ctrl T Center Horizontally Alt Ctrl H Center Vertically Alt Ctrl V Distribute Horizontally Shift Ctrl H Distribute Vertically Shift Ctrl V Bring To Front Shift Ctrl Send To B...

Page 190: ...Ctrl B Write Volume Shift Ctrl B Write Image Alt Ctrl B Action Shortcut Basic Layout 1 Advanced Layout 2 Movie Creation Layout 3 Menu Authoring Layout 4 Navigation Linking Layout 5 Show Hide Attribut...

Page 191: ...t format gives you control over the positioning and some properties of every subtitle in a script by the use of tags This section describes the script file format It includes Supported file formats an...

Page 192: ...p for assistance in saving files in Unicode format Subtitle script structure Each subtitle in a script must have a start timecode an end timecode and the string that will be displayed In addition you...

Page 193: ...23 21 This is the subtitle text 2 00 02 27 02 00 02 35 18 and here is more text 3 00 03 12 14 00 03 22 10 But wait There s more Timecodes always use the hh mm ss ff format even if the video contains...

Page 194: ...you last specified in DVDit Pro HD s Edit Subtitles window Each font command must be inserted on its own line before the subtitle strings to which it applies The following font commands are supported...

Page 195: ...tal position The LEFT and RIGHT settings align the block to the left and right Text Safe guides respectively The FALSE setting means that the pixel based position commands will be used instead VertAli...

Page 196: ...HorzAlign LEFT VertAlign TOP 2 00 02 27 02 00 02 35 18 Text block at top left n Generally it is better to use only the HorzAlign and VertAlign commands Using the pixel based commands you can create t...

Page 197: ...or you include the command but set it to FALSE subtitle timecodes are referenced to the movie s timecode in DVDit Pro HD which always starts at 00 00 00 00 The TRUE setting references the subtitle ti...

Page 198: ...Appendix D Subtitle script files 198 DVDit_Pro_HD book Page 198 Monday September 25 2006 2 32 PM...

Page 199: ...image that has been squeezed horizontally to fit into a 4 3 frame When played back on a widescreen TV or on a PC the image is stretched to the correct proportions On a standard TV the image may be di...

Page 200: ...bit images can contain 16 777 216 224 colors whereas 32 bit images can contain 4 294 967 296 232 colors Also known as color depth bit rate Volume of data transmitted or retrieved Measured in bits per...

Page 201: ...e two forms of compression lossless and lossy Lossless compression such as that used in PNG image files does not change the data it only removes redundancies Lossy compression involves removing some o...

Page 202: ...2 instead of to 00 01 00 00 The actual frames are not dropped just the numbers Since the PAL frame rate is a whole number of frames 25 fps PAL timecode counters are always accurate DV Digital Video no...

Page 203: ...transform an analog signal into digital data This often involves some form of compression See also decode transcode FAT32 A version of the File Allocation Table file system developed for Windows 98 a...

Page 204: ...D that is designed for use in consumer DVD recorders You cannot record DVD data that has been encrypted with the Content Scrambling System CSS onto General discs almost all Hollywood DVDs are CSS encr...

Page 205: ...sc Because the disc could become unplayable if the IFO file is damaged a backup copy with the extension BUP is always included in a separate location on the disc interlaced scanning A method for displ...

Page 206: ...tom of the image to fill the gaps between the image and the top and bottom edges of the screen Compare with pan and scan lossless Refers to compression methods that do not throw away any data lossy Re...

Page 207: ...dited Compare with closed GOP OpenDVD A standard developed by Sonic for creating DVD Video discs that can be edited by OpenDVD compliant applications or devices overture See First Play P picture Predi...

Page 208: ...method for displaying a video signal on a computer monitor and on high definition TV In a progressive scanning system the scan lines are all displayed at the same time To prevent flicker the scanning...

Page 209: ...Spanish commentary or it can be used for other services such as video descriptions for the visually impaired Some DVD VR recorders let you record both the main and SAP audio tracks and switch between...

Page 210: ...video than CBR encoding at the same overall bit rate or the same level of quality as CBR encoding at a lower overall bit rate VBV Video buffering verifier This MPEG video encoding parameter sets the...

Page 211: ...ure that the disc speed and format are compatible with your recorder YUV The color model used in analog or digital video This model was developed to enable both black and white and color TVs to use th...

Page 212: ...Glossary 212 DVDit_Pro_HD book Page 212 Monday September 25 2006 2 32 PM...

Page 213: ...archiving image files 101 arranging application windows 19 Aspect Ratio menus 108 movies 74 slideshows 100 assets audio 52 deleting 50 DVD requirements 64 images 53 importing 47 subtitles 77 video 51...

Page 214: ...nks 132 distributing 114 Drop Shadow effect 118 editing 112 Forced Selection 138 inverting 115 Link End Action 140 locking 116 resizing 113 rotating 115 Safe Area 104 subpicture colors 124 C CGMS 37 c...

Page 215: ...ovies 72 window layouts 19 disc images burning discs from 150 creating 153 Disc Size setting 32 discs burning 150 DVD Region Codes 39 editing 154 OpenDVD 33 supported sizes and formats 169 display men...

Page 216: ...video formats 51 First Play 129 flipping menu buttons and text 115 Forced Selection button 138 frame buttons adding to menus 109 creating in Adobe Photoshop 55 frames exporting from movies 84 G Gener...

Page 217: ...131 copying 126 copying buttons and text 117 creating button links 130 creating from individual assets 106 creating from Photoshop files 119 creating from templates 105 creating in Adobe Photoshop 55...

Page 218: ...city menu buttons and text 116 menu subpictures 124 movie subtitles 80 OpenDVD discs creating 33 editing 154 opening MyDVD projects 45 Opposite Track Path 36 overture 129 P PAL 173 TV Standard default...

Page 219: ...nd audio 72 playlist items 128 slideshow audio 100 slideshow images 95 subtitles 81 renaming chapter points 89 menus titles and playlists 129 reordering menu button numbers 132 playlist items 128 slid...

Page 220: ...mats 52 supported disc formats 169 supported image file formats 53 supported video file formats 51 T TARGA images 53 Television Standards by country territory 174 templates 105 temporary files 161 tex...

Page 221: ...it rate calculation 67 changing Field Dominance 50 creating menu buttons from 112 creating menus 103 creating movies 72 DVD requirements 64 HD Transcoding bit rates 42 removing from movies 72 replacin...

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