Apple Pro Training Series: DVD Studio Pro 4 (2nd Edition) (Apple Pro Training Series)
by Martin Sitter
from Peachpit Press
Now the best-selling book on DVD Studio Pro is even better. Updated for DVD Studio Pro 4.2, this Apple-certified book uses striking, real-world footage (including the HD documentary One-Six-Right) to build four complete DVDs. This revised edition covers integration with Final Cut Pro 6, Motion 3, and Compressor 3, as well as the new SD-to-HD workflow. Each chapter presents a lesson in an aspect of DVD creation and finishing, with hands-on projects for you to complete as you go. After learning how to storyboard your DVD and plan its interactions, you’ll set chapter markers, create stories, build still and motion menus, and add overlays and subtitles. You’ll also learn to work with multiple audio tracks and camera angles, create smart buttons and custom transitions, professionally encode audio and video files, and create useful scripts.
Mr. Skin's Skintastic Video Guide: The 501 Greatest Movies for Sex & Nudity on DVD
by Mr. Skin
from SK Books Inc.
DVD Demystified Third Edition
by Jim Taylor
from McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics
U.S DVD sales will top $8.1 billion in 2002, an increase of over 50%, according to Adams Media Research. DVD sales this year surpassed video, even though only 30% of households have DVD players (compared to 90% for VCRs). In August 2002 the New York Times dubbed DVD “the most successful home entertainment device in history…a true pop-culture phenomenon.” DVD Demystified has served as DVD’s bible since the format first shipped in 1997. Demystifying not only basic technology issues but detailing production and authoring processes, making sense out of the plethora of battling video, audio, and data formats, and clearly explaining how DVD standards and specs dovetail or clash with related digital media standards, this book has not only become DVD’s standard reference, but also required reading for DVD enthusiasts who wanting to peer behind the scenes and figure out how to get the most from their technology. Since then, Jim Taylor has become DVD’s most visible guru, now President of the DVD Association, author of the internet DVD FAQ, and profiled by E!Online and DVD Report. This third edition will be almost completely rewritten to cover the major technology, format, and standard changes of the past three years, and will once again include a DVD designed to show the extreme limits of performance of this dynamic technology.
Blu-Ray Disc Demystified
by Jim Taylor
from McGraw-Hill Professional
Get a grasp around the detailed explanations of Blu-ray production and authoring processes
As the war between Blu-ray and HD-DVD heats up Blu-ray Disc Demystified provides you with the most current Blue-ray information and applications available. It reflects the many challenges and changes that have occurred in the development and usage of this high-definition optical disc format. In addition to basic technology, the authors explain how the standard and highdefinition DVD specifications dovetail and/or clash with related digital media standards.
Illuminating Video: An Essential Guide to Video Art
from Aperture
This book is an insightful evaluation of video art since its early beginnings, examining its theoretical, aesthetic, and social implications.
CD and DVD Recording for Dummies, Second Edition
by Mark L. Chambers
from For Dummies
Most new PCs and Macs today are equipped with the latest in recording and storage equipment: CD-RW and DVD-R/RW drives. Even if your computer is a little older, you can still join the revolution with add-on hardware and software. You can record music and movies, store photos and data, and organize things you want to preserve for posterity, safely and easily.
CD and DVD Recording For Dummies®, Second Edition, takes the frustration out of choosing and using these cool recording systems. This easy-to-follow guide will help you find what you need and use it efficiently, and it covers all the newest equipment. You’ll discover how to
- Choose and install a CD or DVD recorder
- Pick the best software for your needs
- Store large data files safely on CD
- Use EasyCD and DVD Creator and Toast
- Record mixed media disks
- Create electronic photo albums, baby books, genealogies, and more
Once upon a time, videotape, vinyl record albums, and floppy disks were state of the art for preserving movies, music, and data. The superior durability and capacity of CDs and DVDs have made these tools as obsolete as the washboard, but never fear. CD and DVD Recording For Dummies®, Second Edition, makes it easy to
- Transfer your favorite VHS movies to DVD
- Preserve those classic LPs on CD
- Archive records and data files, and safely store treasured family photos
- Ask the right questions when shopping for CD or DVD recording hardware and software
- Record original material, copy and erase rewriteable disks, and make backups of important data
- Add menus to your disks, label them, and care for them properly
- Record a bootable CD-ROM
Today’s CD and DVD recorders can produce everything from superb sound quality to original movies you can play on your DVD player. CD and DVD Recording For Dummies® will get your recording career going in a jiffy.
Designing Menus with DVD Studio Pro (DV Expert Series) (DV Expert Series)
by John Skidgel
from CMP Books
Compared to other technologies like the television, VCR, and even personal computer, the rapid pace of DVD adoption is unprecedented. This information-packed book offers thorough instruction on how to build appealing DVD menus using the DVD Studio Pro toolset, a sophisticated, professional-level DVD authoring tool from Apple. The book features real-world tutorial projects that demonstrate how to get fast, professional results, add Hollywood features to a DVD, and streamline production while maintaining a creative edge. It also shows how to create a wide variety of menu styles, automate image production, customize menus, construct seamless motion menus, and much more. Written by two graphic designers with years of experience designing interfaces, Designing Menus with DVD Studio Pro is an informative companion to a high-powered piece of software.
Written by two graphic designers with years of experience designing interfaces, Designing Menus with DVD Studio Pro is an informative companion to a high-powered piece of software.
Making DVDs : Creating and Authoring Your Own Discs
by Lee Purcell
from McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics
Designing Menus with Encore DVD
by John Skidgel
from CMP Books
Designed to complement the Encore DVD software documentation, this full-color book begins with a brief description of the DVD specification, then introduces readers to DVD authoring concepts such as menu creation, timeline construction, navigation, transcoding, and disc mastering. Readers learn how to plan and manage projects, and how to master the workflows between Encore and other Adobe applications such as Photoshop, Premiere, and After Effects to create well-structured and engaging menus. The companion DVD contains documents for planning a DVD, tutorial projects, and a library of royalty free, customizable, templates.
This full-color book gives you all the essentials, including a concise description of the relevant DVD specifications and real-world tutorial projects.
The Complete Guide to Adventures in Odyssey
by Phil Lollar
from Focus on the Family/Tommy Nelson
"Is Odyssey a real place? And how old is Connie, anyway?" Here's everything you always wanted to know about "Adventures in Odyssey". And then some. "The Complete Guide to Adventures in Odyssey" takes you behind the scenes for an unprecedented look at the popular, family-centered broadcasts, videos and novels, and the people who create them.
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