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Summary of Contents for MacroSystem Digital Video DVD-Arabesk 2
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Page 1: User Manual
User manual DVD-Arabesk 2 for Casablanca... -
Page 2: Legal Notices
MacroSystem Digital Video AG and its dealers therefore cannot be held liable for any defects or unintentional damage in connection with the installation or use of the DVD-Arabesk 2 software. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents 1. General... 5 2. Installation and Starting the Program ... 5 3. The DVD-Arabesk 2 Menu ... 6 3.1 Creation... 6 3.2 Info / Play ... 12 3.3 Miscellaneous... 14 4. Practice Example for Layout of a DVD Menu... 16 4.1 Menu layout with DVD-Arabesk 2... -
Page 5: General
You can then remove the SmartMedia card which will restart the Casablanca system. If you want to install “DVD-Arabesk 2” as a demo version only (also possible for Casablanca systems without a DVD burner), select the program in the list and click “activate”. -
Page 6: The Dvd-Arabesk 2 Menu
3. The DVD-Arabesk 2 Menu Now you see the “DVD-Arabesk 2” menu, which is divided into three different blocks. The buttons will be described in the order in which they are used for the simple creation of a DVD. You will also find references to buttons that are fully explained later in the text. - Page 7 “Ok” so that you are again in the “Add Film” window. Click on “Ok”, so that your settings are automatically calculated and the films are added to the “DVD-Arabesk 2” program. This can take some time, depending on the size of the project...
- Page 8 “Menu” setting. • “Control”: Here you can make the settings that effect how the finished DVD is played when put into a DVD player. “1. Film” This function gives you the chance to specify whether the first film projects is automatically played or simply listed in the menu.
- Page 9 image, go to the main “Edit” menu and trim the scene or split it into two scenes and select the second half of the scene as your icon stamp selection. The “Mode” button gives you the choice of “Still” or “Animated”, so that you can specify a fixed or moving background scene.
- Page 10 As soon as you select the menu “Stamps”, a dashed-line frame appears around one of the scene icons. Now activate the desired film simply by clicking on the image currently representing it. The frame now surrounds this image. If you click on the button “Type”, you have two options: the function “Stamp f.
- Page 11 • “active Borders”: Here you can specify the appearance of the border of the active film stamp icon the DVD menu screen when played in a DVD player. The button “Selection Color” specifies color of the border of the film stamp when it is active.
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Page 12: Info / Play
You can remove the DVD when Casablanca has finished writing and when the diode is off. Now you can try out the DVD in your Casablanca DVD Player or in another DVD player. Most newer DVD players accept DVD-R media. Note: DVD-RW media that have already been... - Page 13 keyboard so that you can change the name of the film that is activated in the upper list. Please note that changing the name also causes the film name in the DVD menu to be changed! The information fields “Image quality” and “Audio mode”...
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Page 14: Miscellaneous
This block provides additional options for using Arabesk. 3.3 Miscellaneous: Read DVD (7) With “DVD-Arabesk 2” you can make copies of DVDs that you have written with “DVD- Arabesk 2” or “DVD-Arabesk”. To make a DVD copy, you Read the source DVD to the hard disk and then write a DVD-R or RW. - Page 15 Instead, a background image appears in which the films existing on the DVD are represented by text. Only the films themselves can be restored. With the help of “DVD-Arabesk 2” you can create a completely new menu. Of course the original films remain unchanged.
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Page 16: Practice Example For Layout Of A Dvd Menu
4.1 Menu layout with DVD-Arabesk 2 In this practice example we would like to demonstrate the possibilities of the program “DVD-Arabesk 2” that you have already learned about in the previous reference sections. You will learn how to specify a layout for a DVD menu and how to use various functions. - Page 17 “Free capacity” shows you how much free space is still available on the DVD. This lets you know if additional projects can be added. After you have inserted four projects including a leader (this should be enough for this practice example), click in the DVD-Arabesk menu on the button “Film”...
- Page 18 After you have made these Background settings, go to the menu item “Title”. Here you can give a name to your background menu. By clicking on the button “Text” you call up the screen keyboard (or with the Power Key-Option) with which you can enter a title of your choice, e.g.
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Page 19: Menu Layout With Pip-Studio
PIP-Studio (available separately). PIP-Studio offers you the possibility of creating animated reference images. Go to “DVD-Arabesk 2”, click on “Add Film” and choose the desired film in the window “Select Project”. Repeat this procedure until you have inserted all desired projects. - Page 20 Note: You can also use a moving background, but you should make sure that it does not have a confusing effect in combination with moving film reference images. Confusing effects can sometimes be avoided by making the animated background menu darker or fuzzier. Now create a scene of 20 seconds duration containing video material corresponding in content to the video material of the first project...
- Page 21 “Edit” menu. Now your scene (menu and perhaps also music) is in the middle frame of the scene bin. Start “DVD-Arabesk 2” and go to the function “Edit Menu”. Select the menu item “Background” and set the option “Type” under “Scene”.
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Page 22: Practice Excercises For Specifying The Background Menu
(frame color, title, etc.) 5. Practice Excercises for Specifying the Background Menu Using Supplementary Software “DVD-Arabesk 2” offers you the possibility of creating the DVD background menu with other Casablanca programs. You can use all the supplementary programs available for... -
Page 23: Moving Background With Liquid Images
Calculate the heading and create a scene from it, so that the scene titled with “horizontal scroller” is in the active frame of the scene bin. Start “DVD-Arabesk 2” and click on “Edit Menu”. Select the menu item “Background”, and then select the function “Type” under “Scene”... -
Page 24: Moving Background With Particle Magic
Border”. Calculate the effect and create a scene from it that appears in the scene bin. Start “DVD-Arabesk 2”. Click on the button “Edit Menu” and select the menu item “Background”. Under “Type” pick the option “Scene” and use “Select” to call up project selection. Confirm the... -
Page 25: Moving Background With Akaba - New Concept
The background menu thus created could appear as follows: 5.4 Moving background with Akaba - New Concept In this example you will learn to use the program Akaba - New Concept to create the entire background menu. Pick an appropriate scene for a fixed image, for example “Bricks”... -
Page 26: Suggestions For Layout
Finally, exit Akaba - New Concept and click on “Ok” in the “Special” menu so that the 20- second scene is calculated. Start “DVD-Arabesk 2” and enter the menu item “Background”. Under “Mode” select the option “Scene” and call up project selection with “Select”.