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  • Page 1 DVDit Pro HD User’s Guide...
  • Page 2 CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. Sonic, Sonic Solutions, Roxio, the Roxio burning disc logo, MyDVD, eDVD, DVDIt!, Open DVD are trademarks or registered trademarks owned by Sonic Solutions in the United States and/or other jurisdictions.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Editing MyDVD projects in DVDit Pro HD ....... . .
  • Page 4 Setting audio and subtitle languages ........81 Locking and unlocking tracks .
  • Page 5 Chapter 11 Changing DVDit Pro HD’s preferences ......159 General tab preferences ..........160 File Control tab preferences .
  • Page 6 Edit menu shortcuts ..........187 View menu shortcuts .

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Introduction Welcome to DVDit Pro HD, a professional DVD production system that integrates authoring 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: •...

  • Page 8: About The Documentation

    DVDit Pro HD includes the following documentation: • DVDit Pro HD User Guide: Documents how to use DVDit Pro HD to author DVD discs. This includes project planning, asset preparation and importing, authoring projects, testing, and writing to disc and digital linear tape (DLT).
  • Page 9 System requirements Sonic recommends using NTFS-formatted hard drives. See Windows help for information about formatting hard drives.
  • Page 10 Chapter 1 Introduction...

  • Page 11: Chapter 2 Getting Started

    Chapter 2 Getting started This section provides a basic workflow for creating DVDs, some examples 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 •...

  • Page 12: Dvd Authoring Workflow

    DVDit Pro HD lets you create and burn Blu-ray projects with high-definition video and audio assets that are compliant with the format. However, in authoring the interactivity of the project in DVDit Pro HD, the same constraints of the DVD-Video format (number of titles, number of menu buttons, available link destinations, etc.) apply.

  • Page 13: Examples Of Dvd Projects

    It’s a good idea to sketch a rough design of your project, showing the links among titles and menus, before you begin authoring. See the following for examples of basic DVD projects that you can create in DVDit Pro HD: •...
  • Page 14 Link End Action that causes Menu 1 to appear when the linked movie finishes. The DVD-Video format allows up to 36 linked buttons per full screen menu, and 18 linked buttons per wide screen menu. DVDit Pro HD prevents you from exceeding these limits on any menu.
  • Page 15 Examples of DVD projects Multiple menus and titles Movie 1 (FP) Menu 1 Play movie Movie 2 Chapters Menu 2 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Menu 1 This shows the beginnings of a more complex project: • Movie 1 is designated the First Play, and contains a short introduction (for example, the FBI warning displayed at the start of Hollywood DVDs).
  • Page 16 Chapter 2 Getting started “Play all” menu button Menu 1 (FP) Movie 1 Play 1 Movie 2 Play 2 Play 3 Movie 3 Play all Playlist 1 Movie 1 Movie 2 Movie 3 This is a variation on “Single menu and multiple titles” on page 14.
  • Page 17 Examples of DVD projects “Easter eggs” Menu 1 (FP) Play 1 Movie 1 Play 2 Movie 2 This example shows how to hide material from viewers. Menu 1 contains a button that is invisible to the viewer unless the viewer accidentally selects it — for example, by playing the DVD on a computer and moving the mouse over the button.

  • Page 18: Dvdit Pro Hd Windows

    DVD presentation. Use the Window menu to display or hide windows. You can arrange the windows to suit the way you work, and save arrangements as layouts. DVDit Pro HD also provides several predefined window layouts.
  • Page 19 DVDit Pro HD windows Using window layouts To arrange the windows in a predefined window layout: Choose from the Window > Layout submenu. The Basic layout is useful for creating menus and titles quickly. The Advanced layout displays all windows.
  • Page 20 Chapter 2 Getting started Palette window The Palette window is where you import video, audio, and image assets for use in a project. Images Buttons Templates Media Frames View Import Details Media View Thumbnails Show filter Assets • Templates tab: Contains predefined menu templates. See “Using menu templates to create menus”...
  • Page 21 DVDit Pro HD windows Project window The Project window provides an overview of the project contents. It is where you create menus, titles (movies and slideshows), and playlists. View Thumbnails View Details View Project Settings First Play Menu Menus group...
  • Page 22 Chapter 2 Getting started • Playlists group: Drag titles into this group to create new playlists. Double-click a playlist to display it in the Edit Playlist window. • Chapter point: Double-click to display the movie in the Preview window at the chapter point location.
  • Page 23 DVDit Pro HD windows • Zoom controls: Click to zoom the Timeline in and out. • Add Chapter: Click to add a new chapter point at the Playhead location. • Delete Chapter: Click to delete the selected chapter point (except Chapter 1).
  • Page 24 Chapter 2 Getting started Preview window The Preview window has two tabs: • “Menu tab” on page 24 • “Title tab” on page 26 Menu tab The Menu tab is where you lay out menus and create button links. Highlight Sub- Background View Safe...
  • Page 25 DVDit Pro HD windows • Selection tool: Use this tool to select, move, and resize button and text objects. See “Using individual elements to create menus” on page 106. • Highlight tool: Use this tool to draw and edit button highlight rectangles on menus created from layered Photoshop files (the highlight rectangles define each button to the DVD player).
  • Page 26 Chapter 2 Getting started Title tab The Title tab is where you preview and trim movies. Timecode counter Playhead Start Trim Point Point Trim Point Point Stop Previous Next Frame Chapter Play/ Previous Next Grab Pause Chapter Frame Frame • Playhead: Drag to scroll through the movie.
  • Page 27 DVDit Pro HD windows • Grab Frame: Click to capture and save the current frame as an image file. • Next Chapter: Click to skip to the next chapter. • Next Frame: Click to move forward one frame. • Previous Frame: Click to move back one frame.
  • Page 28 Chapter 2 Getting started...

  • Page 29: Chapter 3 Creating Projects

    “Setting the project’s Disc Type” on page 32 • “The OpenDVD setting” on page 33 • “Changing the project settings” on page 33 • “Setting the DVD Jacket Picture” on page 44 • “Editing MyDVD projects in DVDit Pro HD” on page 45...

  • Page 30: Starting A New Project

    TV Standard and Menu Aspect Ratio project settings. If you click cancel, you can immediately begin importing assets and creating movies and menus. If you change the New Project settings and click OK, DVDit Pro HD will start a new project with your custom project settings. See “Changing DVDit Pro HD’s preferences”...
  • Page 31 Note that if you then choose to output a DVD from the same project, DVDit Pro HD will automatically scale the background and buttons to fit DVD standard specifications.

  • Page 32: Setting The Project's Disc Type

    • Delete titles and menus from the project. • Change DVDit Pro HD’s transcoder settings (for example, lower the video bit rate). See “Changing the SD Transcoding settings” on page 40 for details. If you choose the DVD-9 option and you plan to send a DLT to a replicator, you can choose how each layer is formatted.

  • Page 33: The Opendvd Setting

    “Writing Volumes” on page 152 for more information about DVD Volumes. You can edit OpenDVD discs and volumes created by DVDit Pro HD and other Sonic applications; see “Editing an OpenDVD disc or DVD Volume” on page 154 for instructions and limitations.
  • Page 34 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. 3. In DVDit Pro HD, choose File > Project Settings. The Project Settings dialog box opens.
  • Page 35 Blu-ray output, however, if you Burn to Disc from a Volume, you can add ROM files into the .bd folder and DVDit 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...
  • Page 36 Chapter 3 Creating projects 3. Enter the mastering information: Volume: If the project is part of a multi-disc set, enter the disc’s position in the set. For example, if the project will go on the second disc of an eight-disc set, enter Side and Total Sides: If the project will be mastered to a double-sided disc, select 2 from the Total Sides pop-up menu, and choose the Side that the project will be written to (a single project fits on one side of a disc).
  • Page 37 If your project contains copyrighted material, you can use copy protection to protect the intellectual property rights of the material’s owner, as well as the rights of the disc’s publisher. The following copy protection schemes are available in DVDit Pro HD: •...
  • Page 38 Chapter 3 Creating projects To add copy protection to the project: 1. Choose File > Project Settings. The Project Settings dialog box opens. 2. Click the Protection tab. 3. Select the Enable Copy Protection option. 4. To use CGMS, select an option from the CGMS pop-up menu: Unlimited Copies: Provides no copy protection.
  • Page 39 Codes. Every DVD player should play a region-coded DVD only if one of its codes matches a code embedded in the player. By 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...
  • Page 40 Project Settings 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 lets you re-encode the files at lower bit rates so that they will fit.
  • Page 41 4. Select the “Convert All Compliant Video and Audio Files” option only if you need to re-encode DVD-compliant files as well as non-compliant files. DVDit Pro HD does not re-encode multi-channel Dolby Digital audio, even if you select the “Convert All Compliant Video and Audio Files” option.
  • Page 42 The HD Transcoding settings also determine 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-ray-compliant files and is too large to fit on a disc; this option lets you re-encode the files at lower bit rates so that they will fit.
  • Page 43 4. Select the “Convert All Compliant Video and Audio Files” option only if you need to re-encode Blu-ray-compliant files as well as non-compliant files. DVDit Pro HD does not re-encode multi-channel Dolby Digital audio, even if you select the “Convert All Compliant Video and Audio Files” option.

  • Page 44: Setting The Dvd Jacket Picture

    Chapter 3 Creating projects Setting the DVD Jacket Picture A DVD Jacket Picture is an image that is stored in a special location on the disc. Some DVD players will display this image when disc playback is stopped. To set the Jacket Picture, you simply select the image you want to be displayed. You can use any image you have imported into the Palette window’s Images tab (see “Importing assets”...

  • Page 45: Editing Mydvd Projects In Dvdit Pro Hd

    DVDit Pro HD can open most projects created by Sonic MyDVD 4.x through 6.x. If you edit and save a MyDVD project in DVDit Pro HD, you cannot open it again in MyDVD due to the greater complexity of DVDit Pro HD projects.
  • Page 46 Chapter 3 Creating projects...

  • Page 47: Chapter 4 Importing Assets

    Chapter 4 Importing assets Assets are the video, audio, and image files you use to create a DVD. DVDit Pro HD supports a wide range of asset file types, and can also import movies from DVD+VR discs This section includes: •...
  • Page 48 Chapter 4 Importing assets Buttons: For button images. Choose a button category from the pop-up menu, depending on the kind of files you are importing: • Button Images: For single-layer images. Files you import onto the Images tab also appear here automatically. •...

  • Page 49: Importing Dvd+Vr Content

    DVDit Pro HD gives you the choice of either importing the files and transcoding when you burn a disc, or not importing the files. You can set DVDit Pro HD to always import or always reject such files in the General preferences — see “Changing DVDit Pro HD’s...

  • Page 50: Removing Assets

    Dominance setting is to burn a disc and watch the video on a TV. If you see motion artifacts that are not apparent when you play the same disc on a computer, you can change the problem asset’s Field Dominance setting in DVDit Pro HD and burn the disc again. To change a video asset’s Field Dominance: 1.

  • Page 51: Supported Video Files

    Supported video files Supported video files DVDit Pro HD supports the following video file formats: File format Filename extension Notes MPEG-1 m1p, .m1v, .mp1, .mpe, 352 x 240 (NTSC) and 352 x 288 (PAL) .mpeg, .mpg, .mpv, .mv1 supported for DVD projects.

  • Page 52: Supported Audio Files

    MPEG files. Media Center TV Show files contain DVD-compliant MPEG video. Other file types (and MPEG files that are not compliant) are transcoded using the transcoder settings in the Project Settings dialog. You can also force DVDit Pro HD to re-encode compliant video. See “Changing the SD Transcoding settings”...

  • Page 53: Supported Image Files

    Supported image files Supported image files DVDit Pro HD supports the following image file formats: File format Filename extension Notes Adobe Photoshop .psd Transparent layers are supported. Files with one alpha-channel mask are supported for button images. Multi-layered Photoshop files can be used to create individual buttons and complete menus.
  • Page 54 Button images should be created at the size that you want them to be on the finished menu.You can resize buttons in DVDit Pro HD, but you get better results (and menu creation is quicker) if you make your buttons the right size. A menu with a 720 x 480 background may be best served by buttons that are 50-100 pixels wide whereas a menu with a 1920 x 1080 background may be best served by buttons that are 150-300 pixels wide.

  • Page 55: Creating Buttons And Menus In Adobe Photoshop

    Slideshow images DVDit Pro HD supports images larger than 50 x 50 pixels. The image size and aspect ratio do not matter. However, if you create an OpenDVD disc containing 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.
  • Page 56 Creating buttons The easiest way to understand how layered buttons are created is to look at the buttons included with DVDit Pro HD.These buttons are in DVDit Pro HD’s “Content” folder; in a typical installation, you can find them in...
  • Page 57 If you open one of the basic layered button files in Photoshop, you can see the layers, named “Image” and “Overlay”: DVDit Pro HD can only use the button if it contains layers with these exact names. Files with different layer names can be imported, but no button is created if the file is dragged onto a menu.
  • Page 58 Chapter 4 Importing assets To merge layer effects: 1. Right-click the Effects layer and choose Create Layer from the shortcut menu. Photoshop creates a new layer that is linked to the Image layer, like this: 2. Select the Image layer if necessary, then choose Layer > Merge Group. Overlay layer The Overlay layer contains the button’s subpicture image.
  • Page 59 Red: Red 255, Green 0, Blue 0 • Blue: Red 0, Green 0, Blue 255 Transparent areas of the layer are treated as white. In DVDit Pro HD, you map each color in the Overlay layer to a different set of selection state colors:...
  • Page 60 When this button is used in DVDit Pro HD and linked to a title or menu, the Thumb shape is filled with a frame of the linked material:...
  • Page 61 Creating buttons and menus in Adobe Photoshop In the Photoshop file, the Thumb layer can be above or below the Image layer. When you use the button in DVDit Pro HD, the button frame always appears over the thumbnail of the linked material.
  • Page 62 Chapter 4 Importing assets Background layer The Background layer contains the full-color menu background, including all button graphics and text: If you create artwork using 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.
  • Page 63 “Basic layered buttons” on page 57 for more information about overlay colors. When you create a menu in DVDit Pro HD using a layered Photoshop file, you must define each button by drawing a highlight rectangle around the button’s subpicture image. See “Adding the button highlight areas”...

  • Page 64: Compliant Video And Audio Requirements

    Chapter 4 Importing assets Compliant video and audio requirements When burning a disc, or writing a volume, disc image, or DLT, DVDit Pro HD transcodes video and audio files to DVD- or Blu-ray-compliant formats if necessary. This section can help you to create compliant files in third-party applications. DVDit Pro HD does not re- encode compliant files (unless you force it to), which saves time when burning discs.
  • Page 65 50 fps 59.94 fps 1920 x 1080p compliant compliant 1920 x 1080i compliant compliant compliant compliant compliant compliant 1280 x 720p DVDit Pro HD will transcode the video that does not fit into one of the Blu-ray compliant resolution/frame rate combinations.
  • Page 66 Chapter 4 Importing assets DVD-compliant audio DVDit Pro HD supports audio with the following DVD-compliant settings: Sample Sample Bit rate Audio format rate (kHz) size (bits) Audio Channels (Mbps) Mono Mono: 0.8 Stereo Stereo: 1.6 (AIFF, WAVE) Dolby Digital (AC- 2/0 (stereo) 0.064–0.448...

  • Page 67: Choosing Bit Rates For Video And Audio

    Choosing bit rates for video and audio Choosing bit rates for video and audio The video bit rate affects both the video quality and the amount of video you can fit on a disc. High bit-rate video produces a higher-quality image and requires more disc space than lower bit-rate video.
  • Page 68 “Changing the SD Transcoding settings” on page 40). DVDit Pro HD’s transcoder bit rates are displayed in kilobits per second (kbps). To make the numbers manageable, the calculation below uses megabits per second (Mbps). When entering the results of this calculation in the transcoder settings, multiply by 1,000 to get the...
  • Page 69 Choosing bit rates for video and audio 2. Calculate the target video bit rate by subtracting the audio and subtitle bit rate requirements from the result of step 1. Enter this value in the Target Bit Rate field in the Project Settings dialog box: Avg.
  • Page 70 Chapter 4 Importing assets Effect of ROM data and slideshows on the bit rate calculation If you add ROM data to your DVD as described in “Adding ROM content to the DVD” on page 34, you must reduce the disc size in the bit rate calculation to account for the ROM content.

  • Page 71: Chapter 5 Creating And Editing Movie Titles

    Chapter 5 Creating and editing movie titles After importing the video, audio, and images into the project, you can begin by creating movie titles. A movie comprises a video track, with up to eight audio tracks and up to 32 subtitle tracks.

  • Page 72: Creating Movies

    Chapter 5 Creating and editing movie titles Creating movies To create a movie: Drag a video asset from the Palette window’s Media tab onto the Drag Media Here icon in the Project window’s Titles group. This creates a new movie icon in the Titles group. The first frame of the movie appears on the Title tab of the Preview window, and the video appears in the Timeline window’s video track.
  • Page 73 HD asks if you are sure you want to replace the track contents; click Yes to continue. If you drag a program stream onto the video track, DVDit Pro HD adds the audio to the next empty audio track. If there are no empty audio tracks, you must clear the contents of an audio track first.
  • Page 74 1. After creating the movie using an asset that has SAP audio, drag the same asset onto an empty audio track in the Timeline window. 2. When DVDit Pro HD tells you that you will replace the movie’s video, click Yes. The audio appears in the track. The Timeline window should now have content in the video track and in two audio tracks.
  • Page 75 NTSC-format video uses either drop-frame (DF) or non-drop-frame (NDF) timecode, and in DVDit Pro HD you can set each movie to display the correct timecode format in the Timeline window. This is generally only useful when importing subtitle scripts, or when making precise edits near the end of a long movie (for example, if you need to add chapter points or subtitles at specific timecodes).
  • Page 76 Chapter 5 Creating and editing movie titles Adjusting audio volume levels You can adjust or mute the volume of individual audio tracks. You can also fade a track’s audio in at the beginning and out at the end of the movie. You cannot change the volume level if the track contains multi-channel Dolby Digital audio.

  • Page 77: Adding Subtitle Tracks To Movies

    • Create subtitles within DVDit Pro HD. This method is better if you only need to create a few subtitles. Both methods let you specify the start timecode, end timecode, position on screen, typeface, and size for each subtitle string.
  • Page 78 The Open File dialog box opens. 4. Select the script file and click OK. DVDit Pro HD imports the file contents. If it finds errors in the strings, it lists them in the Import Subtitles dialog box. When DVDit Pro HD finishes importing the subtitles, you can save the error report by clicking Save in the upper right of the error list.
  • Page 79 To change a subtitle’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 overlap other subtitles.
  • Page 80 Each element can have a different color and opacity, letting you create subtitles that stand out against any video. DVDit Pro HD provides three color sets for subtitles. A color set specifies a color and opacity level for each of the three text elements. Every subtitle is assigned to one of the three color sets either by default or by selecting a set in the Edit Subtitles window.

  • Page 81: Setting Audio And Subtitle Languages

    They also use the codes to select the viewer’s preferred language track automatically, if that language is available. In DVDit Pro HD, the Language Codes are displayed at the start of each track in the Timeline window. By default, each track’s Language Code is set to “--”, meaning it is not set.

  • Page 82: Locking And Unlocking Tracks

    Chapter 5 Creating and editing movie titles Setting a track’s purpose (Language Code Extension) In addition to the language, the DVD-Video format lets you indicate a track’s purpose using an optional Language Code Extension. DVD players display the Language Code Extension to indicate the track’s content to viewers.

  • Page 83: Previewing Movies

    Previewing movies Previewing movies DVDit Pro HD provides two ways to check your work. You can simulate the entire project, viewing it as it will appear on the finished disc; you can also preview individual movies. “Testing playback” on page 143 for more information about simulation.

  • Page 84: Trimming Movies

    While previewing a movie, you can export any frame from the video as an image file that you can then edit in a graphics application or import into DVDit Pro HD. To save the frame currently displayed in the Preview window: 1.

  • Page 85: Offsetting Audio And Subtitle Tracks

    Offsetting audio and subtitle tracks See also: • “Offsetting audio and subtitle tracks” on page 85 • “Effect of trimming on chapter points” on page To change a trim point, do one of the following: Drag the trim point marker you wish to edit to a new position on the Preview window’s timeline.
  • Page 86 Chapter 5 Creating and editing movie titles 4. Choose Timeline > Audio Options or Timeline > Subtitle Options, depending on the kind of track you want to offset. The Audio Options or Subtitle Options dialog box opens. Both dialog boxes contain the same offset controls. 5.
  • Page 87 Offsetting audio and subtitle tracks Offsets and trimming behavior You can apply offsets before or after trimming a movie. The illustration below shows the effects of trimming a movie and offsetting its audio track; the same principle applies to subtitle tracks. The starting point of the movie is shown here as a vertical line. The Timeline window does not display the portion of each track that is to the left of the start point.

  • Page 88: Creating And Editing Chapter Points

    Chapter 5 Creating and editing movie titles Creating and editing chapter points Chapter points let viewers navigate to specific locations or scenes in a movie and are one of the most important navigation tools available to DVD authors. You create and edit chapter points in the Timeline window.
  • Page 89 A new chapter point is added at the point where you clicked the Timeline ruler. If the movie has an MPEG video track, DVDit Pro HD places chapter points at the closest GOP boundary to the Playhead location. This could be up to nine frames from the Playhead in an NTSC project or six frames in a PAL project, depending on the GOP size.
  • Page 90 Chapter 5 Creating and editing movie titles There are several ways to rename chapter points. Here are two: To rename chapter points in the Project window: 1. In the Project window, Right-click the window background and choose View > Details from the shortcut menu.
  • Page 91 2. Choose Timeline > Delete All Chapters. Effect of trimming on chapter points When you trim a movie, DVDit Pro HD deletes any chapter points that fall outside the remaining part of the movie and, if those chapter points are linked to menu buttons, DVDit Pro HD deletes the links (but not the buttons).
  • Page 92 Chapter 5 Creating and editing movie titles...

  • Page 93: Chapter 6 Creating And Editing Slideshow Titles

    A project can contain up to 99 titles (movies and slideshows). Each slideshow can contain up to 999 images. For Blu-ray projects, DVDit Pro HD can create 720p, 1080i, or 1080p slideshows. Resolution and frame rate are set on the HD Transcoding tab in the Project Settings dialog.

  • Page 94: Creating Slideshows

    Chapter 6 Creating and editing slideshow titles Creating slideshows To add a new slideshow to the project: 1. Choose File > Add Slideshow. The Edit Slideshow window opens. 2. Click Add Slides, then locate and select the image files. Thumbnails of the images appear in a strip along the bottom of the window.

  • Page 95: Removing Slideshow Images

    Removing slideshow images Removing slideshow images To delete images from a slideshow: 1. Double-click the slideshow in the Project window. The Edit Slideshow window opens. 2. Click the image you want to delete. To select multiple images, hold down the Shift or Ctrl key as you click the images.

  • Page 96: Changing The Slideshow Duration

    Chapter 6 Creating and editing slideshow titles Changing the slideshow duration Slideshows can have either: • A set duration, meaning that each slide is displayed for a number of seconds, then the next one appears. • No duration, meaning that each slide is displayed until the viewer does something such as pressing the Next button on the remote control.

  • Page 97: Rotating Slideshow Images

    Rotating slideshow images The default slide duration for new slideshows is set in the Preferences dialog box. See “Changing DVDit Pro HD’s preferences” on page 159 for more information. See also: • “Changing the transitions between slides” on page 98 •...

  • Page 98: Changing The Transitions Between Slides

    Chapter 6 Creating and editing slideshow titles Changing the transitions between slides DVDit Pro HD provides several different kinds of transition effects for slideshows, such as fades and wipes. Normally the same transition is used for all the slides in the slideshow, but you can choose to have random transitions between each slide.

  • Page 99: Adding Soundtracks To Slideshows

    DVD format. A slideshow’s background audio track can comprise up to 99 audio files that play in sequence. If you mix multi-channel audio files with other file types, DVDit Pro HD downmixes the multi-channel audio to stereo. To add audio to a slideshow: 1.

  • Page 100: Removing Slideshow Soundtracks

    Slideshows 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 same color is used for all the images in the slideshow, but can be different for different slideshows.

  • Page 101: Archiving Slideshow Images On The Dvd

    Archiving slideshow images on the DVD (DVD only) By default, DVDit Pro HD archives the original image files for every slideshow on the finished DVD. The image files are stored in a Slides folder in the ROM section of the disc.
  • Page 102 Chapter 6 Creating and editing slideshow titles...

  • Page 103: Chapter 7 Creating And Editing Menus

    “Creating and editing links” on page 127. DVDit Pro HD provides three methods for creating menus. You can: • Create menus using predefined templates. This is the fastest way to lay out a menu.

  • Page 104: Tools To Help Create Menus

    The Safe Area is the part of the image that can be seen. DVDit Pro HD’s Safe Area guides help you keep your buttons and text within the visible area of the menu.

  • Page 105: Using Menu Templates To Create Menus

    106. DVDit Pro HD ships with 5 HD templates for use in Blu-ray projects. These templates use a 1920 x 1080 background and specially sized button objects that assure high-quality high- definition output. While you can use any of DVDit Pro HD's templates in a Blu-ray project, those which are not referenced with HD in their name will be stretched for high definition output resulting in degradation of quality.

  • Page 106: Using Individual Elements To Create Menus

    “Applying Drop Shadow and glow effects to menus” on page 118 Choosing the menu background DVDit Pro HD lets you create menus using still images, video clips, or a single background color. Any menu can also have a background audio track. If you use a video clip that includes audio (a program stream), the audio automatically becomes the menu’s background track.
  • Page 107 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 DVDit Pro HD scales the image or video to fit the menu, see “Scaling of non-4:3 images and video”...
  • Page 108 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 with a different aspect ratio or different pixel dimensions, you can control how...
  • Page 109 Using individual elements to create menus Zoom: Scales the image or video to completely fill the menu without distortion. If the original image or video does not have a 4:3 aspect ratio, it is cropped vertically or horizontally. Letterbox: Scales the image or video to fill the menu in at least one dimension without distortion.
  • Page 110 “Setting menu button images” on page 136. If you use a large image or video asset to create a menu object, DVDit Pro HD scales the menu object to a default size. You can change the default size in the Preferences dialog box.
  • Page 111 Using individual elements to create menus Adding text blocks to menus You add text blocks to a menu in DVDit Pro HD in much the same way as in a graphics editing application like Photoshop. To add a text block to a menu: 1.
  • Page 112 Preview window. 2. Drag a title, menu, or playlist from the Project window onto the menu in the Preview window. DVDit Pro HD creates a rectangular button object on the menu. The button is linked to the title, menu, or playlist.
  • Page 113 Using individual elements to create menus See also: • “Tools to help create menus” on page 104 • “Applying Drop Shadow and glow effects to menus” on page 118 • “Editing menu subpictures” on page 124 Selecting and moving menu objects To select menu objects: On the menu displayed in the Preview window, click an object to select it.
  • Page 114 Chapter 7 Creating and editing menus Aligning menu objects You can use the Align commands to align selected object relative to each other, or relative to the menu. To align menu objects: 1. On the menu displayed in the Preview window, select the objects you want to align. For example, to center a text label under a button, select the button and the label.
  • Page 115 Using individual elements to create menus 3. Choose one of the DV Menus > Align options: Distribute Horizontally: Moves the objects horizontally. If the Relative to Menu option is selected, the left-most and right-most objects align to the Text Safe guide. If the Relative to Menu option is not selected, the left-most and right-most objects do not move.
  • Page 116 Chapter 7 Creating and editing menus Adjusting menu object colors and opacity You can change any menu object’s Hue, Saturation, Brightness, Contrast, and Opacity. By setting the Opacity to zero, you can create invisible buttons. To adjust color and opacity: 1.
  • Page 117 Using individual elements to create menus Copying and deleting menu objects It’s often quicker to duplicate an existing menu object rather than repeatedly dragging an asset onto the menu. If you’ve sized an object or changed its colors and you want to quickly create more copies on the menu, or on a different menu, you can copy the object and paste it anywhere you want.
  • Page 118 Chapter 7 Creating and editing menus Applying Drop Shadow and glow effects to menus DVDit Pro HD provides a Drop Shadow effect (which can also be used to create a glow effect) for menu objects. Every project has a global style for drop shadows in menus. By default, all the menus you create in a project use the same Drop Shadow settings, and changes to the settings in one menu affect every other menu.

  • Page 119: Using Layered Photoshop Files To Create Menus

    Using layered Photoshop files to create menus To re-apply the global Drop Shadow to the selected menu: 1. Double-click the menu in the Project 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.
  • Page 120 3. If the subpictures are difficult to see against the menu background, deselect View > View Background Layer to hide the background. 4. Select DVD Menus > Tools > Highlight Tool. DVDit Pro HD switches to the Highlight tool (a cross-hair cursor).
  • Page 121 Replacing the menu background and subpicture layers DVDit Pro HD lets you replace a Photoshop-based menu’s background and subpicture layers, or just the background, or just the subpicture layer. Any button highlights you have created will still exist, and you may need to move or delete them to fit the new menu design.

  • Page 122: Using Audio In Menus

    Chapter 7 Creating and editing menus Using audio in menus Any menu can have an audio track that plays while the menu is displayed. This section includes: • “Adding audio to menus” on page 122 • “Fading the audio” on page 122 •...

  • Page 123: Setting Menu Durations

    Setting menu durations Setting menu durations Menus with a background video or an audio track time out after a set duration. By default, menus with a still background and no audio display indefinitely. You can give still menus a set duration, and trim the beginning and end of menus that have a video background or audio track.

  • Page 124: Editing Menu Subpictures

    Chapter 7 Creating and editing menus Editing menu subpictures In a finished DVD, every menu button has a subpicture image that changes color and opacity when the button is displayed normally, selected, and activated: Normal (unselected) Button activated by viewer Button selected by viewer, button using the remote control’s...
  • Page 125 Editing menu subpictures Choosing a menu’s color set To choose or change a menu’s subpicture color set: 1. Double-click the menu in the Project window. The menu appears in the Preview window. The Attributes window displays the menu’s attributes. 2. On the General tab of the Attributes window, select one of the color sets from the Subpicture Color Set pop-up menu.

  • Page 126: Duplicating Menus

    Chapter 7 Creating and editing menus Setting the Subpicture Start point Sometimes you do not want menu subpictures to be visible the moment a menu is displayed. For example, if you create a menu with a video background that fades up from black, you would probably want the subpictures to appear only after the fade.

  • Page 127: Chapter 8 Creating And Editing Links

    Chapter 8 Creating and editing links After creating a project’s titles and menus, you need to link them together so the viewer can navigate the presentation. This section covers the different kinds of links you can create and how to control how the viewer interacts with the menus. It includes: •...

  • Page 128: Creating And Editing Playlists

    Chapter 8 Creating and editing links Creating and editing playlists Playlists provide an excellent way to link a project’s titles together in different sequences. A playlist instructs the DVD player to play a selection of titles in a particular order. The instructions can specify which chapter or slide to start from in each title, and which audio or subtitle tracks to play.

  • Page 129: Naming Titles, Playlists, And Menus

    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 player. In DVDit Pro HD projects, the first title or menu you create is automatically designated the First Play, but you can change this to any other item in the project.

  • Page 130: Linking Content To Menu Buttons

    Chapter 8 Creating and editing links Linking content to menu buttons DVDit Pro HD provides many ways to create menu button links. Usually you’ll want to create all the button links on all the menus in the project, then tweak individual link attributes where needed.
  • Page 131 • DVDit Pro HD prevents you from creating more than 36 button links on a menu. This is the maximum allowed by the DVD-Video format. •...

  • Page 132: Reassigning Menu Button Numbers

    3. Click the Button tab in the Attributes window. 4. Select a different number from the Number pop-up menu. DVDit Pro HD swaps the numbers of the buttons. For example, if you select button number 1 and change it to 3,...

  • Page 133: Defining Menu Button Routing

    DVDit Pro HD defines each menu’s Button Routing automatically as you create links and move buttons around. If DVDit Pro HD does not create the desired Button Routing, you can define the routing for individual buttons manually. See the following sections for more information: •...
  • Page 134 Chapter 8 Creating and editing links 3. Click the Routing tab in the Attributes window. The tab shows the routing for the button you just selected. The center pop-up menu contains the button’s number: The other pop-up menus show which buttons will become highlighted when a viewer presses the remote control’s navigation buttons.
  • Page 135 5. Click Reset Routings. DVDit Pro HD re-defines the routing for all buttons on the menu. You should then simulate the project to see the effect. See “Simulating playback”...

  • Page 136: Setting Menu Button Images

    Chapter 8 Creating and editing links Setting menu button images Frame buttons created using three-layer Photoshop files display a thumbnail image of the linked title, playlist, or menu. You can change the image on any frame button that links to a title, playlist, or chapter point.

  • Page 137: Setting Buttons To Auto-Activate

    Setting buttons to Auto-activate Animating a button in a menu with a still image background causes it to become a motion menu. To change the motion menu Duration: 1. Select the menu in the Project window. The Attributes window displays the menu’s attributes.

  • Page 138: Forcing Selection Of A Menu Button

    Chapter 8 Creating and editing links In this example, button 1 links to the DVD’s main menu and is force-selected when the viewer arrives at this page (see “Forcing selection of a menu button” on page 138 details). Button 1 does not auto-activate. Buttons 2 and 3 are auto-activating; if the viewer presses the remote control’s Left Arrow key, button 2 activates and the linked (previous) page is displayed.

  • Page 139: Setting Title, Playlist, And Menu End Actions

    End Actions. DVDit Pro HD assigns a default End Action to each title, playlist, and menu you create in a project. For example, the default End Action for a motion menu is to loop. You can change the End Actions or override them in different ways.
  • Page 140 Chapter 8 Creating and editing links Changing End Actions To change an item’s End Action: 1. Select the item in the Project window. The Attributes window displays the item’s attributes. 2. Click the second tab on the Attributes window. This tab is named after the item; for example, if you selected a movie, the tab is named “Movie.”...

  • Page 141: Changing The Title And Menu Button Actions

    All DVD player remote controls include a Title button and Menu button. In discs created by DVDit Pro HD, pressing the Title button normally causes the First Play title, menu, or playlist to play, and pressing the Menu button normally causes the menu at the top of the Project window’s Menus group (Details view) to play.
  • Page 142 Chapter 8 Creating and editing links...

  • Page 143: Chapter 9 Testing Playback

    As you work on a project, you need to check that the presentation behaves the way you want. DVDit Pro HD can simulate how the finished disc will play back, using an on-screen remote control that mimics a typical DVD player’s remote control.

  • Page 144: Simulating Playback

    Changing the Simulation preferences DVD players let viewers choose their preferred screen aspect ratio, audio language, and subtitle display settings. You can do the same in DVDit Pro HD’s Simulation preferences.For widescreen projects, you may find it useful to set your simulation aspect ratio to widescreen.

  • Page 145: Using The Simulation Window Controls

    Using the Simulation window controls Using the Simulation window controls The controls at the top and bottom of the Simulation window mimic a DVD player’s remote control: Stop Subtitle Simulation Tracks Start from Current Audio Position Tracks Start from First Play Mute Title...
  • Page 146 Chapter 9 Testing playback • Stop Simulation: Stops playback. • Audio Tracks: Chooses the audio track you want to hear. • Subtitle Tracks: Chooses the subtitle track you want to see. • Navigation Arrows/Enter: Navigation keys for moving the button selection around the menu.

  • Page 147: Rendering Motion Menus

    Menus with a video background or animated button thumbnails are called “motion menus.” To see the video or animations, you must render the menu. This can be a time-consuming process. For your convenience, DVDit Pro HD displays motion menus as still pictures unless you choose to render them.
  • Page 148 Chapter 9 Testing playback...

  • Page 149: Chapter 10 Finishing The Project

    DLT to send to a replicator. DVDit Pro HD also lets you create a DVD Volume or disc image to test that the project will burn correctly. If DVDit Pro HD can create a DVD Volume or disc image successfully, you can then burn discs/write DLTs from the DVD Volume or disc image.

  • Page 150: Removing Unwanted Material From Projects

    Burning discs To burn a disc: 1. If you have a project open in DVDit Pro HD, choose File > Save to save the project. 2. Insert a disc in the DVD recorder. 3. Choose Burn > Burn Disc. The Burn Disc dialog box opens.
  • Page 151 Write Speed: By default, this option is set to the fastest speed that the recorder and disc support. If you experience problems with discs burned at this speed, choose a lower speed. 8. Click OK. DVDit Pro HD processes the video, image, and audio files in the project and burns the disc.

  • Page 152: Writing Volumes

    (including Sonic CinePlayer) can play DVD and Blu-ray Volumes, giving you another way to test playback. You can burn discs from DVD and Blu-ray Volumes in DVDit Pro HD. You can also write DLTs from DVD Volumes in DVDit Pro HD. Sonic’s RecordNow can also burn discs from DVD Volumes.

  • Page 153: Writing Disc Images

    Writing disc images Writing disc images DVDit Pro HD can take all the information in a DVD or Blu-ray project and write it to an ISO-standard file called a disc image. Disc images offer a convenient way to store completed projects. You can burn discs or write DLTs from disc images in DVDit Pro HD.

  • Page 154: Editing An Opendvd Disc Or Dvd Volume

    2. In DVDit Pro HD, choose File > Edit DVD. The Browse For Folder dialog box opens. 3. Select the OpenDVD disc you want to edit and click OK. DVDit Pro HD’s windows become populated with the project’s content and assets.
  • Page 155 Editing OpenDVD volumes To edit an OpenDVD volume: 1. In DVDit Pro HD, choose File > Edit DVD. The Browse For Folder dialog box opens. 2. Select the OpenDVD volume you want to edit and click OK. DVDit Pro HD’s windows become populated with the project’s content and assets.

  • Page 156: Writing To A Master

    Chapter 10 Finishing the project Writing to a Master DVDit Pro HD lets you create a DLT (DVD) or CMF (Blu-ray) master of your project to send to a replicator. Most replicators require DLTs for DVD disc replication (although some now accept recordable DVDs).
  • Page 157 4. Fill in the project information as prompted. 5. Click OK to start writing. DVDit Pro HD will automatically add AACS content protection to your project when you output CMF. AACS is a necessary prerequisite for pre-recorded BD-ROM disc playback in Blu-ray players.
  • Page 158 Chapter 10 Finishing the project...

  • Page 159: Chapter 11 Changing Dvdit Pro Hd's Preferences

    Chapter 11 Changing DVDit Pro HD’s preferences The Preferences window can be used to customize many of the settings in DVDit Pro HD. It’s good practice to review the preference settings before starting a new project. This is important because some changes cannot be applied to open projects. Others take effect when DVDit Pro HD is restarted.

  • Page 160: General Tab Preferences

    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 HD to open the most recently saved project when the application is started. •...

  • Page 161: File Control Tab Preferences

    Recent Files submenu. • Reset Warning Dialogs: Many warning dialogs in DVDit Pro HD include a checkbox that can be selected to keep them from reappearing in the future. Click this button to turn on all warning messages that were previously turned off.
  • Page 162 On a computer with multiple user accounts, files saved on the Desktop (or in folders located on the Desktop, such as the “My Documents” folder) by one user are hidden from all other users. If you want all users to be able to use DVDit Pro HD, choose a location that anyone can access.

  • Page 163: Edit Tab Preferences

    Letterbox: When a slideshow image’s aspect ratio does not match the slideshow’s aspect ratio, DVDit Pro HD adds letterbox bars to fill the gap between the image and the edge of the screen. This option sets the default letterbox color for new slideshows.

  • Page 164: Author Tab Preferences

    Chapter 11 Changing DVDit Pro HD’s preferences Transition Defaults • Automatically Insert Transitions between Slides When Creating Slideshows: Select this option to add transitions between each slide automatically when creating new slideshows, then choose the transition you want from: Type: Select a transition category from this list.
  • Page 165 (4:3) or Widescreen (16:9). This option determines the size of the Preview window for menu design. When Fullscreen is selected, menus created in DVDit Pro HD are 720 x 480 for NTSC and 720 x 576 for PAL; when Widescreen is selected, menus are 1280 x 720.

  • Page 166: Simulation Tab Preferences

    Chapter 11 Changing DVDit Pro HD’s preferences Simulation tab preferences The Simulation preferences correspond to a DVD player’s user settings. The following preferences are available on the Simulation tab: Aspect Ratio This preference controls both the aspect ratio of the Simulation window and how video that uses a different aspect ratio is displayed: •...

  • Page 167: Quality Tab Preferences

    Quality tab preferences Languages This preference controls audio playback and subtitle display. • Audio: Sets the preferred audio language.When previewing a title with multiple audio tracks, if a track has the same Language Code as this setting, it is played automatically (unless overridden by an End Action or playlist setting in the project).
  • Page 168 • If you want DVDit Pro HD to burn discs more quickly and you don’t mind sacrificing some video quality, drag the slider to Faster Transcoding. When the video source is relatively easy to transcode —...

  • Page 169: Appendix A Disc Specifications

    Appendix A Disc specifications 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...

  • Page 170: Recordable Discs

    Appendix A Disc specifications Recordable discs “Official” Disc size in disc size megabits (see Computer (less 4% for Type Note) disc size headroom) Notes on use BD-R 25 GB 23.9 192,000 Mbits Write-once format for Blu-ray discs. BD-RE 25 GB 23.9 192,000 Mbits Rewritable format for Blu-ray discs.
  • Page 171 Recordable discs “Official” Disc size in disc size megabits (see Computer (less 4% for Type Note) disc size headroom) Notes on use DVD RW 4.7 GB 4.38 GB 36,096 Mbits The rewritable version of DVD R. There are two competing “RW” formats: DVD-RW 1.4 GB 1.3 GB 10,752 Mbits...

  • Page 172: Dvd-Rom Discs

    10,752 Mbits per side Set DVDit Pro HD’s project disc DVD-ROM single-layer size to DVD-RAM (1.4 GB). Double-sided discs require two Double-sided, projects. single-layer Some replicators can create dual- layer 8-centimeter DVD-ROM discs, but DVDit Pro HD does not support this format.

  • Page 173: Appendix Btv Standards And Dvd Regions

    SECAM 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 then defaults to the appropriate standard when you create a new project.

  • Page 174: Tv Standards And Dvd Regions By Country/Territory

    Appendix B TV Standards and DVD regions TV Standards and DVD regions by country/territory The following table lists for each country/territory, the correct TV Standard to choose when creating a project, and the associated DVD Region Code (see “Setting DVD Region Codes” on page 39 for more information about Region Codes).
  • Page 175 TV Standards and DVD regions by country/territory Country/territory TV Standard DVD region Bahrain PAL/SECAM Bangladesh PAL/SECAM Barbados NTSC Belarus PAL/SECAM Belgium PAL/SECAM Belize NTSC Benin PAL/SECAM Bermuda NTSC Bhutan PAL/SECAM Bolivia NTSC Bosnia Herzegovina PAL/SECAM Botswana PAL/SECAM Brazil NTSC British Indian Ocean Territory NTSC Brunei PAL/SECAM...
  • Page 176 Appendix B TV Standards and DVD regions Country/territory TV Standard DVD region Chile NTSC China, People’s Republic of PAL/SECAM Colombia NTSC Comoros PAL/SECAM Congo, Democratic Republic of PAL/SECAM (formerly Zaire) Congo, Republic of PAL/SECAM Cook Islands PAL/SECAM Costa Rica NTSC Croatia PAL/SECAM Cuba...
  • Page 177 TV Standards and DVD regions by country/territory Country/territory TV Standard DVD region Fiji PAL/SECAM Finland PAL/SECAM France PAL/SECAM France (Metropolitan) PAL/SECAM Gabon PAL/SECAM Gambia PAL/SECAM Georgia PAL/SECAM Germany PAL/SECAM Ghana PAL/SECAM Gibraltar PAL/SECAM Greece PAL/SECAM Greenland PAL/SECAM NTSC is used on US military bases Grenada NTSC Guadeloupe...
  • Page 178 Appendix B TV Standards and DVD regions Country/territory TV Standard DVD region Indonesia PAL/SECAM Iran PAL/SECAM Iraq PAL/SECAM Ireland PAL/SECAM Israel PAL/SECAM Italy PAL/SECAM Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) PAL/SECAM Jamaica NTSC Japan NTSC Jordan PAL/SECAM Kazakhstan PAL/SECAM Kenya PAL/SECAM Kiribati PAL/SECAM Korea (North) PAL/SECAM...
  • Page 179 TV Standards and DVD regions by country/territory Country/territory TV Standard DVD region Macau PAL/SECAM Macedonia PAL/SECAM Madagascar PAL/SECAM Malawi PAL/SECAM Malaysia PAL/SECAM Maldives PAL/SECAM Mali PAL/SECAM Malta PAL/SECAM Marshall Islands NTSC Martinique PAL/SECAM Mauritania PAL/SECAM Mauritius PAL/SECAM Mayotte PAL/SECAM Mexico NTSC Micronesia NTSC...
  • Page 180 Appendix B TV Standards and DVD regions Country/territory TV Standard DVD region Netherlands Antilles NTSC New Caledonia PAL/SECAM New Zealand PAL/SECAM Nicaragua NTSC Niger PAL/SECAM Nigeria PAL/SECAM Niue PAL/SECAM Norfolk Island PAL/SECAM Northern Mariana Islands NTSC Norway PAL/SECAM Oman PAL/SECAM Pakistan PAL/SECAM Palau (Belau)
  • Page 181 TV Standards and DVD regions by country/territory Country/territory TV Standard DVD region Russia PAL/SECAM Rwanda PAL/SECAM Samoa (American) NTSC Samoa (Western) PAL/SECAM San Marino PAL/SECAM São Tomé and Principe PAL/SECAM Saudi Arabia PAL/SECAM Senegal PAL/SECAM Seychelles PAL/SECAM Sierra Leone PAL/SECAM Singapore PAL/SECAM Slovakia...
  • Page 182 Appendix B TV Standards and DVD regions Country/territory TV Standard DVD region Swaziland PAL/SECAM Sweden PAL/SECAM Switzerland PAL/SECAM Syria PAL/SECAM Taiwan NTSC Tajikistan PAL/SECAM Tanzania PAL/SECAM Thailand PAL/SECAM Togo PAL/SECAM Tokelau PAL/SECAM Tonga NTSC Trinidad and Tobago NTSC Tunisia PAL/SECAM Turkey PAL/SECAM Turkmenistan...
  • Page 183 TV Standards and DVD regions by country/territory Country/territory TV Standard DVD region Vietnam PAL/SECAM Virgin Islands (American) NTSC Virgin Islands (British) NTSC Wallis and Futuna Islands PAL/SECAM Western Sahara PAL/SECAM Yemen PAL/SECAM Yugoslavia PAL/SECAM (Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo) Zambia PAL/SECAM Zimbabwe PAL/SECAM...
  • Page 184 Appendix B TV Standards and DVD regions...

  • Page 185: Appendix C Shortcuts

    Appendix C Shortcuts This section documents the keyboard shortcuts for DVDit Pro HD. It includes: • “File menu shortcuts” on page 186 • “Edit menu shortcuts” on page 187 • “View menu shortcuts” on page 187 • “Timeline menu shortcuts” on page 188 •...

  • Page 186: File Menu Shortcuts

    Appendix C Shortcuts File menu shortcuts Action Shortcut Ctrl+N New From Existing 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 Settings Ctrl+E Exit Alt+F4...

  • Page 187: Edit Menu Shortcuts

    Edit menu shortcuts Edit menu shortcuts Action Shortcut Undo Ctrl+Z Redo Ctrl+Y Ctrl+X Copy Ctrl+C Paste Ctrl+V Duplicate Ctrl+D Copy Attributes Shift+Ctrl+C Paste Attributes Shift+Ctrl+U Delete Delete Select All Ctrl+A View menu shortcuts Action Shortcut View Safe Area Ctrl+1 (one) View Button Numbers Ctrl+2 Show Grid...

  • Page 188: Timeline Menu Shortcuts

    Appendix C Shortcuts Timeline menu shortcuts Action Shortcut Play Movie Spacebar Stop Ctrl+K Next Frame Alt+Right Arrow Previous Frame Alt+Left Arrow Next Chapter 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...

  • Page 189: Dvd Menus Menu Shortcuts

    DVD Menus menu shortcuts DVD Menus menu shortcuts Action Shortcut Add Menu Ctrl+M Add Sub-Menu Shift+Ctrl+M Selection Tool Text Tool Highlight Tool Lock/Unlock Remove Link Shift+Ctrl+R Align Left Ctrl+L Align Right Shift+Ctrl+L Align Top Ctrl+T Align Bottom Shift+Ctrl+T Center Horizontally Alt+Ctrl+H Center Vertically Alt+Ctrl+V...

  • Page 190: Simulate Menu Shortcuts

    Appendix C Shortcuts Simulate menu shortcuts Action Shortcut Simulate From First Play Shift+Ctrl+P Simulate From Current Position Alt+Ctrl+P Burn menu shortcuts Action Shortcut Burn Disc Ctrl+B Write Volume Shift+Ctrl+B Write Image Alt+Ctrl+B Window menu shortcuts Action Shortcut Basic Layout Advanced Layout Movie Creation Layout Menu Authoring Layout Navigation &...

  • Page 191: Appendix D Subtitle Script Files

    Appendix D Subtitle script files A subtitle script file contains the strings for a single subtitle track. DVDit Pro HD’s script format gives you control over the positioning and some properties of every subtitle in a script by the use of tags.

  • Page 192: Supported File Formats And Text Encoding

    Appendix D Subtitle script files Supported file formats and text encoding Filename extension: .txt Text encoding: Unicode (UTF-8, UTF-16 little-endian, UTF-16 big- endian). Files must include the Unicode byte order mark (BOM). To create subtitle script files with the correct encoding, use a text editor that can save Unicode files.
  • Page 193 Subtitle timecodes must not overlap. If you create a script where one subtitle starts before the previous subtitle finishes, DVDit Pro HD will not import that subtitle. To make a subtitle text block that contains two or more lines, you can either use “|”...
  • Page 194 Using the font commands, you can set the typeface and some formatting for the entire script and for individual subtitles. If you import a script that does not contain font commands into DVDit Pro HD, the imported subtitles use the Text settings that you last specified in DVDit Pro HD’s Edit Subtitles window.
  • Page 195 If you import a script that does not contain position commands into DVDit Pro HD, the imported subtitles are placed at the position that you last specified in DVDit Pro HD’s Edit Subtitles window.
  • Page 196 Appendix D Subtitle script files For example: $HorzAlign = CENTER $VertAlign = BOTTOM 00:02:17:12 00:02:23:21 Text block centered at bottom $HorzAlign = LEFT $VertAlign = TOP 00:02:27:02 00:02:35:18 Text block at top left Generally, it is better to use only the commands.
  • Page 197 $TapeOffset FALSE subtitle timecodes are referenced to the movie’s timecode in DVDit Pro HD, which always starts at 00:00:00:00. setting references the subtitle timecodes to the source asset’s timecode. If you add...
  • Page 198 Appendix D Subtitle script files...

  • Page 199: Glossary

    Glossary The aspect ratio of a widescreen TV screen (also expressed as 1.78:1 or 1.78). 16:9 The aspect ratio of a standard TV screen (also expressed as 1.33:1 or 1.33). Advanced Access Control System. AACS is a powerful content protection system AACS supported by both Blu-ray and HD-DVD formats.
  • Page 200 Type 2 files contain separate video and audio streams. DVDit Pro HD supports both formats. Blu-ray Disc. Writable discs are known as BD-R. Rewritable discs are BD-RE. Prerecorded discs are known as BD-ROM.
  • Page 201 Glossary Part of an audio track containing information that is heard through a particular channel loudspeaker — for example, the left or right channel in a stereo soundtrack. A marker in the video stream. Chapter points let viewers navigate to specific locations chapter point or scenes in the video.
  • Page 202 Glossary codec for creating extremely compressed video files. DivX A high-quality compressed audio format developed by Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Dolby Digital Dolby compression can deliver up to six channels of surround sound. NTSC-format video contains either drop-frame or non-drop-frame timecode. drop- frame/non- The NTSC frame rate is 29.97 fps.
  • Page 203 Glossary DVD+RW Real Time Recording Format. A video recording format intended for set- DVD+VR top DVD recorders using DVD+RW or DVD+R media. Discs are compatible with most set-top DVD players. DVD-Recordable. A DVD disc that can be recorded once. DVD-R DVD-random access memory.
  • Page 204 Graphics interchange format. A lossless compressed bitmap graphics file format popular for Web images. GIF images can contain up to 256 colors, support transparency, and can be animated. However, DVDit Pro HD does not support GIF animations. Files have the extension .gif.
  • Page 205 Glossary The I-picture contains all the image information for a single frame or field, and is thus only moderately compressed. B-pictures and P-pictures contain only information that is different from the previous or next frame/field, and reference the nearest I-picture for the remaining information.
  • Page 206 Glossary A picture that shows the disc’s First Play menu/title. The Jacket Picture is displayed Jacket Picture on-screen when the disc is stopped in a player that supports the Jacket Picture format. lossy compressed bitmap graphics format developed by the Joint Photographic JPEG Experts Group.
  • Page 207 Glossary A set of standards for compressing video and audio, developed by the Moving MPEG Pictures Expert Group. The DVD-Video standard is based on MPEG-2 video compression; the standard also permits the use of MPEG-1 video. Other MPEG formats include MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3) audio and MPEG-4 video. These are not part of the DVD standards.
  • Page 208 For widescreen (16:9) TVs, the pixel aspect ratios are 1.2 for NTSC and 1.4222 for PAL. In DVDit Pro HD, a sequence of titles that play in succession. On a DVD+VR disc, an playlist edited selection of sections from one or more titles.
  • Page 209 Glossary The red-green-blue color model used in computer monitors. The color of each pixel in an image is made up of a red component, a blue component, and a green component. In a full-color (24 bits per pixel) image, each component can be one of 256 values, from zero (darkest) to 255 (lightest).
  • Page 210 Microsoft Corporation and based on MPEG-4 compression standards. WMA and WMV files can be copy-protected, which prevents them from being used on any device that is not licensed to play them. Such copy-protected files cannot be used in DVDit Pro HD projects.
  • Page 211 Glossary The maximum amount of data that a DVD or CD recorder can successfully transfer write speed per second. Usually expressed as a multiplier — 1x, 2x, 4x, 48x, and so on. Generally, a larger number means a faster drive. CD and DVD discs also have speed ratings.
  • Page 212 Glossary...

  • Page 213: Index

    A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Index assets audio 52 AC-3 audio 52 deleting 50 DVD requirements 64 DVD requirements 64 HD Transcoding settings 42 images 53 SD Transcoding settings 40...
  • Page 214 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Index auto-activating buttons 137 Link End Action 140 AVI video 51 locking 116 resizing 113 rotating 115 Safe Area 104 subpicture colors 124...
  • Page 215 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Index for menu background 109 Disc Size setting 32 copy protection 37 discs copying burning 150 menu buttons and text 117 DVD Region Codes 39...
  • Page 216 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Index Edit Playlist window 128 Edit preferences 163 General media 169 Edit Slideshow window 94 General preferences 160 Edit Subpicture Colors dialog box 125 GIF images 53...
  • Page 217 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Index changing duration 123 choosing button subpicture 131 Jacket Picture 44 copying 126 Joliet support 34 copying buttons and text 117 JPEG images 53 creating button links 130...
  • Page 218 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Index First Play 129 editing 154 importing from DVD+VR discs 49 opening MyDVD projects 45 Language Code Extension 82 Opposite Track Path 36 linking to menu buttons 130...
  • Page 219 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Index Blu-ray 12 subtitles 81 burning discs from 150 renaming creating 30 chapter points 89 creating disc images from 153 menus, titles, and playlists 129 creating DLTs from 156...
  • Page 220 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Index choosing transition 98 creating 94 TARGA images 53 deleting 150 Television Standards Duration by country/territory 174 default setting 163 templates 105...
  • Page 221 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Index transitions, for slides 98 trimming menus 123 movies 84 TV Standard default setting 160 new projects 30 TV standards 173 Unicode format 191...
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