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Desktop DVD Authoring opens up the world of DVD at your desktop-for playing movies, archiving data, and authoring video productions. Whether for business presentations or family events, the medium of DVD offers an exciting new way to create and distribute video material as high-quality interactive presentations. 

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With this book, you can easily create and share great-looking productions on DVD and even CD, with real, full-quality digital video and audio, complete with professional-style menus. Even better, the DVD discs that you burn at your desktop can be played almost anywhere-not only on computer DVD drives, but also on consumer set-top DVD players. 

This book will help you make sense of DVD - discs and formats, consumer and computer products, computer systems and peripherals, for playback and authoring, across both the Windows and Macintosh platforms. You'll see the range of possibilities for desktop DVD authoring, from transferring some videotapes to DVD as easily and simply as possible, to designing your own interactive presentations.

From the Book

Sample chapters, plus expanded and updated information from the Appendices.

    Front Cover (Image)

    Back Cover (Image)

    Full Contents

    Introduction

    Chapter 1: Making Sense of DVD

    Chapter 5: Digital Media and DVD on Windows
        (PDF - Sample chapter on NewRiders.com)

    Appendix B: DVD Authoring References
        plus: Digital Video Editing References

    Appendix D: DVD Authoring Software Gallery
        plus: Digital Video Editing Software Gallery

    Appendix C: DVD Authoring Glossary 
        plus: Digital Video Editing / Adobe Premiere Glossary

    plus: more DVD Authoring Articles

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Contents Summary

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PART I - UNDERSTANDING DVD: CONSUMER AND COMPUTER

Chapter 1 - Making Sense of DVD
Chapter 2 - Consumer DVD Players: DVD Video and Audio
Chapter 3 - Consumer DVD Recorders: Recordable Formats
Chapter 4 - Digital Media and DVD on the Macintosh
Chapter 5 - Digital Media and DVD on Windows

PART II - EXPLORING DVDS ON YOUR COMPUTER

Chapter 6 - Playing DVDs on the Macintosh OS X
Chapter 7 - Playing DVDs in Windows XP

PART III AUTOMATED DVD AUTHORING

Chapter 8 - Integrated Video Editing and DVD
Chapter 9 - Automated DVD Authoring with Sonic MyDVD

PART IV - PERSONAL DVD AUTHORING

Chapter 10 - Personal DVD Authoring with Apple iDVD
Chapter 11 - Personal DVD Authoring with Sonic DVDit!

PART V - PROFESSIONAL DVD AUTHORING

Chapter 12 - Professional DVD Authoring with Apple DVD Studio Pro
Chapter 13 - Professional DVD Authoring with Sonic ReelDVD
Chapter 14 - Feature Film DVD Authoring with Sonic Scenarist

PART VI - APPENDIXES

Appendix A - DVD Technical Summary
Appendix B - DVD References
Appendix C - Glossary
Appendix D - DVD Authoring Software Gallery

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