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The Complete Guide to

DVD Authoring with Macintosh

Bruce Nazarian, MPSE

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I’d like to dedicate this book to those of you who have, at one time or another, asked:

“Ok, so when are YOU going to write a book about DVD?” to those intrepid souls who looked a new technology squarely in the face and said, without reservation,

“I can do that!” to all those who generously gave of their time and knowledge to help me learn the ropes about many things to all of you who have put time into helping your DVD compatriots online at www.recipe4dvd.com to the Cubmaster, because he was too cool for words to those who know I care, even when they’re far away to Jessica Amanda, who made me smile and to Nilceia, who always

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The Remote Control Is the Key to DVD Navigation 4

Menu Navigation Arrows, and Enter Key 5Navigating to and from Menus: Using

Using the Remote Control or Mouse for DVD

Burning to DVD-R (A) 10

DVD-RW 11DVD+R 11DVD+RW 11

DVD-RAM 12Disc Size—Gigabytes (GB) versus Billions (BB) 12

1—Plan the Project, then Acquire the

5—Deliver the Project—Burn a DVD

OK, I’m Going to Replicate—What Now? 16

Helpful Data for Use While Calculating

First on the Block for HD DVD Authoring 19

New!—HD DVD Authoring—First in the World! 25

New!—Better Access to Menu Loop Points 27Getting Started with DVD Studio Pro 4 27

Templates, Shapes, Patches, Fonts 28Launching DVD Studio Pro 4 for the First Time 29Setting the Default Configuration 29Getting Acquainted with Your Options 29

Using the Interface Configurations 49

Contents

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Sizing the Main Window for Best Effectiveness 49

Using Windows, Quadrants, and Tabs 54Reducing or Enlarging the Main Window Size 54

Resizing All Quadrants Simultaneously 55Resizing Quadrants Independently of

Unlinking the Quadrants from Each Other 55Dragging an “Unlinked” Quadrant Boundary 56

Dragging to Hide a Visible Quadrant 56Dragging to Reveal a Hidden Quadrant 57Unlinking One Boundary Doesn’t Unlink

Re-Linking the “Unlinked” Boundaries—

Palette Default Entries Are Tied to

Adding Your Own Elements in the Palette,

Changing the Size of the Thumbnail Images 66

Palette Entries Stay in the Palette 66

Using Music and Sound Files in Your DVD 67

Creating Dolby Digital (AC3) Files 67

What Kind of Graphics Stills Can You Use? 68

Organizing Assets Using the Palette 68

Adding Tools to the Toolbar (or Removing

Moving Tools around in the Toolbar 73

Hey! The Graphical View Window Is BACK! 76

Adding New Elements to the Outline 79

To Select a Project Element for Inspection 87

To Select a Project Asset for Inspection 88

Contents

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Summary 89

Organizing Assets in Folders before

Organizing Assets Using the Palette 96

Creating a New Folder within the Assets Tab 98

To Add Assets Using an Import Command 98

Importing Files or Folders by Drag-and-Drop 99How DVD Studio Pro Organizes Assets 100Checking Imported Asset Files for Usability 100

Locating an Asset File in the Finder 100Seeing More Details in the Assets Tab 101Displaying More Data in the Assets Tab 101

Relinking One Missing Asset File 103Relinking an Entire Folder, or More

To Remove a Folder or File from

Adding Assets by Dragging Directly

There’s a Lot of Data in That Tiny MPEG File 118Image Enhancement before or during Encoding 119Some Hints for Successful MPEG Encoding 119

Prepping for Export from Final Cut Pro 121

Setting DVD Markers in Final Cut Pro 122

Exporting into MPEG-2 from Final Cut

Contents

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Using Compressor to Encode (Quick Start) 124Encoding Using DVD Studio Pro’s Onboard

Creating an MPEG-2 File Using DVD

Exporting from Final Cut Pro Using QuickTime 128Exporting Requires QuickTime “Export

QuickTime MPEG-2 Encoder Performance

DTS (supported since DVD Studio Pro 3.02) 143Audio Formats Upcoming for HD DVD and BD 144What Audio Format Should I Use for My DVD? 144How to Create AIFF Audio Files (in General) 145How to Create an AIFF File Using

How to Create an AIFF File Using iMovie 146

Encoding AC-3 Audio Streams Using A.Pack 147

A.Pack Quick Encode Guide for Stereo Files 148

Settings Preferences in the Audio Tab

Setting the Data Rate (the All-Important

Setting the Dialog Normalization Setting 152

Setting the Bit Stream Mode Parameter 152

Settings in the Bitstream Tab (in Detail) 153

Setting the RF Overmodulation Protection 155

Setting the Digital Deemphasis Parameter 156

Setting the Low-Pass Filter (for Full

Setting the DC Filter (for Full BW Channels) 157

Setting the Low-Pass Filter (for

Setting the Surround Phase Shift 157

Setting the 3 dB Attenuation in Surround

Setting the A.Pack Batch List Encode

Monitoring Your Dolby Digital Encodes 161

Encoding AC-3 Audio Streams Using

About the Compressor 2 Batch List 163

Using Compressor 2 for Encoding Stereo Files 164

Selecting an Encode Format Preset 164Set Destination and Output Filename 165Using the Inspector for a Closer Look 166Verifying the Encode Preset Settings 166

Using Compressor 2 for Surround Sound

Dolby Encoding Preferences Outlined in Detail 171Dolby Preferences in the Audio Tab 171

Verify the Sample Rate of the Source File(s) 173Setting the Data Rate (the All-Important

Setting the Dialog Normalization Setting 173Setting the Bit Stream Mode Parameter 174Settings in the Bitstream Tab (in Detail) 174Settings in the Preprocessing Tab (in Detail) 176

Setting the RF Overmodulation Protection 177Setting the Digital Deemphasis Parameter 177Setting the Low-Pass Filter

Setting the Low-Pass Filter (for Full

A Simple Overview of the DTS Process 180

Encoding a DTS Packed File into a DTS

Chapter 7 Authoring Tracks 183

How Many Tracks Do I Need for My DVD? 185I’m Not Sure How to Structure My DVD (Yet) 186

Playing Video Clips Sequentially and

When Can a “Nonseamless” Transition Look

You Need Separate Video and Audio

Creating a Track—(Track Editor Basics) 189What Do I Need to Create a Track? 189Creating a Track without an Asset 189Adding a Video Asset to an Empty Track 190Find Matching Audio for a Video Asset

Can I Still Use the Track Inspector to

Creating a Track with an Asset Automatically 194Adding Additional Clips to a Track 196

You Can Author with Movie Files as

Creating a Track Using the Menu Editor 197You Don’t Need a Menu to Make a DVD… 198

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Customizing the Stream Area Display 200More Track Display Selection Tools 202How the Timeline Works—Zero-Based versus

Trimming Streams Using the Asset Inspector 205

The Track Inspector User Operations Tab 208

The Clip Inspector—Viewing Clip Properties 210

About Multi-Angle Tracks (and Mixed-Angle

Keyboard Commands for Viewer Controls 215

How Angle Playback Works in Viewer 216

The Viewer Is for Quick Checks Only… 217

Marker for a Dual-Layer Breakpoint 221

Markers to Define Story Segments 221

About Marker Locations 221

Defining Markers in Tracks with

Importing Markers from a Text File 224

Button Highlight Markers (Orange) 225

Dual-Layer Break Markers (the Black Dot) 225

Marker Inspector User Operations Tab 228

Some Important Marker Do’s and Don’ts 228

Interactive Markers (Buttons over Video) 229

Using the Story Editor to Define the Story

To Move an Existing Story Marker 232

To Reassign the Track Marker Assigned

To Complete the Story Definition 232

Defining the Story by Defining the

To Redefine the Story’s End Jump Action 233

Chapter 9 Authoring Menus 237

About DVD Studio Pro’s Menu Editor 239Menu Creative Functions Are Built-in 239

Round-Trip Links to Outside Editors 239

Understanding Button “States” in Menus 241What Constitutes a “Standard Method” Menu? 241

About the Subpicture Overlay File 243

Drop Palettes for Drag-and-Drop Menu Editing 249

Adding a Menu Template from the Palette 250

Standard Menu Inspector General Tab

Background and Overlay Layer Settings

The Menu Inspector Transition Tab 255

The Menu Inspector Color Settings Tab 255

Simple Overlay Colors versus Advanced

The Simple Steps to a Standard Menu

The Simple Steps to a Layered Menu 261

Adding a Background Picture to a

Naming and Renaming Menu Buttons 265

Creating Simple Menu Highlights without

Setting the Button’s Highlights Using

Help! I Can’t See the Selected and

Creating Menu Highlights with Subpicture

Defining the “Subpicture Overlay” 267

How Does the Subpicture Overlay Work? 267

Assembling a Menu with a Subpicture

Specifying the Background Picture by

Making Connections Using the Button Inspector 274

Summaries of Dragging Assets and Elements

Dragging a Layered Still Image (.PSD) to

Dragging an Audio Asset to the

Dragging a Video Asset with Audio to

Dragging Assets to a Standard Menu Button 279Dragging a Video Asset to a Standard

Dragging a Still Image to a Standard

Dragging Multiple Stills (or a Folder) to a

Dragging a Video Asset with Audio to a

Dragging Assets to a Standard Menu’s

Dragging a Video Asset to a Drop Zone 280

Dragging a Still Image to a Drop Zone 281

Dragging Project Elements to Standard

Dragging a Track to the Empty Area 281

Dragging Multiple Tracks to the Empty Area 281

Dragging a Story to the Empty Area 281

Dragging Multiple Stories to the Empty Area 282

Dragging a Slideshow to the Empty Area 282

Dragging Multiple Slideshows to the

Dragging a Menu to the Empty Area 282

Dragging a Script to the Empty Area 282

Dragging Project Elements to a Standard

Dragging a Slideshow to a Button 283

Dragging Templates and Styles to

Dragging a Shape to the Empty Area 284

Dragging a Shape to a Button or Drop Zone 284

Dragging a Template to the Empty Area 285

Dragging a Button Style to the Empty Area 285

Dragging a Button Style to a Button 286

Dragging a Text Style to the Empty Area 286

Dragging a Text Style to a Text Object 286

Dragging a Drop Zone Style to the

Dragging a Drop Zone Style to a Drop Zone 287

Dragging a Layout Style to the Menu Editor 287

Dragging Assets to Layered Menus 287

Dragging a Video Asset with Audio to a

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Dragging a Single-Layer Still Image to

Dragging a Layered Still Image (.PSD)

to a Layered Menu’s Empty Area 288Dragging Multiple Stills (or a Folder)

to a Layered Menu’s Empty Area 289Dragging a Track to a Layered Menu’s

Dragging a Story to a Layered Menu’s

Dragging a Slideshow to a Layered

Dragging a Menu to a Layered Menu’s

Dragging a Video Asset with Audio to a

Dragging a Single-Layer Still Image to a

Dragging a Layered Still Image to a

Dragging Multiple Stills (or a Folder) to

Dragging Project Elements to a Layered

Dragging a Track to a Layered Menu Button 291Dragging a Story to a Layered Menu Button 292Dragging a Slideshow to a Layered Menu

Creative Issues 296Graphics Formats Usable for Slides 297

Need More Slides for the Slideshow? 301

Adding an Individual Audio File to a Slide 304Using an Overall Audio File in the Slideshow 305

Adding Transitions to a Slideshow 307

Some Precautions about Audio for Slideshows 310

Basic, Standard, Advanced—the View:

Making Connections 324Breaking or Modifying Connections 327Setting the First Play (IMPORTANT!) 328

Avoiding Remote Control Key Problems 329Understanding Sources and Their Connections 329

Understanding Targets and How They Work 334

Subtitling Options in DVD Studio Pro 341Importing SPUs from DVD Studio Pro 1

Subtitle Tools in DVD Studio Pro 4 342

Switching Subtitle Streams in Preview 343

Applying Settings Globally to an Entire Stream 345

Positioning of the Subtitle Text 353Using a Graphic File for a Subtitle 353

Scripting = Enhanced Interactivity 356

General and System Parameters—Scripting

Loading a Script or Script Description 364

Editing in the Script Command Inspector 367The First Pane—Command Selection 367

The Fourth Pane—the Comments Field 367Conditional versus Unconditional Commands 367

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Thinking Logically about Comparisons 370

What Does a “Play All” Script Do? 377

Check Your Project Thoroughly before Output 384

Setting the Simulator Preferences 386

Resolution and Display Mode Selectors 390

The Simulator Display Is “Live” and Active 391Emulating a Project with Apple DVD Player 391

Setting Disc Properties before Building or

The Disc Inspector Disc/Volume Tab 395

The Disc Inspector Region/Copyright Tab 396

Format Options in the Disc/Volume Tab 405

Format Options in the Region/Copyright Tab 405

Making a DVD Hybrid Disc in DVD

Making a Hybrid Disc Using DVDSP V1.5 408

Creating a DVD-Hybrid in DVD

Making a Hybrid Disc Using DVDSP

Making a Hybrid Disc Using DVDSP

Hybrid Discs Viewed on Settop Boxes 411

Important Limit on DVD-R Disc Size! 411

Roxio Toast Titanium—the Swiss Army

Contents

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Chapter 15 Graphics Issues for DVD Images 413

Yet a Third Approach to Image Dimensions! 418Image Composition Limitations (“Safe Zones”) 418DVD Image Color Rules—RGB versus Video 419

A Global Method to Control Black/White Levels 420How to Reveal Graphic Image Flaws and

Using Layer Styles (Layer Effects) with

Rendering Layer Styles for Layered DVD

Keeping the Colors within Video Standards 424

Completing the Photoshop DVD Graphic Image 425

Motion Image Sizes—720 x 486, 720 x 480 426Creating Motion Menus in Adobe After Effects 427

To Create and Export a DVD Motion Composition with After Effects 427

About Transitions in DVD Studio Pro 428Creating Motion Menus in Nonlinear Edit Tools 428Assembling a Motion Menu Sequence in

Customizing This Simple Menu Sequence 430Encoding Motion Menus into MPEG Once

Capturing a Menu Image from a Screen Image 431Trimming the Screen Capture in Photoshop 432

Creating the Highlights in the Overlay File 434

Chapter 16 Duplication and Replication 437

“One-offs”—Burning One Disc, or

Duplication—Making More than 10,

Replication—When You Need More

Duplication versus Replication—How

Single-Burner Automated Duplicators 442Multiple-Burner Straight Duplicators 442Single-Burner Robotic System

Multi-Burner Robotic Systems

1—Delivering the DVD Master—Physical

3—Metallizing the “Glass Master” 445

5—Molding—The “Stamper” Goes to Work 4456—Sputtering—The DVD Gets a Reflective

Chapter 17 Advanced Authoring 451

DVD@ccess—Interactivity Beyond DVD-Video 452

What Do I Need to Use DVD@ccess? 452

Menus 454Slides 454

Proper DVD@ccess Syntax Is Important 454

Testing Using the Apple DVD Player 456

Mounting a img File on the Mac Desktop 456Demo Files and Projects for You to Use

Creating DVD Hybrid Discs in DVD Studio Pro 457

About User Operations Properties 459

An Example Display Condition: Setting a

Appendix B Alternative Encoders 469

Summary of BitVice MPEG2 Encoder

About MPEG Power Professional—DVD 471

Look on the DVD for More Information 480

Before You Install—Check Your Current

Configuring DVD Studio Pro Software 509

Checking the Current QuickTime™

Becoming an authority on a particular aspect of modern technology is like ing up for indentured apprenticeship—the technology never stands still, so one

sign-is obligated to keep up with it or become obsolete and left in the dust BruceNazarian has been serving time in the DVD avocation for many years, longenough to graduate from apprentice to master And as a master of DVD StudioPro he’s on the hook to keep up with the Jobs-es, so to speak You hold in yourhands the fruit of Bruce’s efforts to stay current

In the early days of DVD authoring, programs such as Scenarist and Sonic DVDCreator required considerable expertise, not to mention considerable cash Thencame products such as DVDit and DVD Studio Pro that did much more for muchless Each succeeding generation has made it easier to produce great-lookingDVDs DVD Studio Pro, like many Apple products, strives to reach a wide audi-ence while staying as simple as possible It straddles the range above consumerswho want to copy home movies to DVD and below the inscrutable specialistswho create special-edition movie titles or thousand-menu interactive discs Ithides the full complexity of the DVD format, which makes it usable by meremortals, but it also hides the full power of the DVD format

That’s where Bruce comes in He has spent a prodigious amount of time exploringthe intricate underpinnings and the murky crannies of DVD When someone won-ders “How’d they do that?” Bruce knows the answer As anyone who has taughtknows, the best way to learn something is to teach it By this measure, Bruce knowsDVD and DVD Studio Pro as well as anyone, since he has taught innumerable train-ing workshops and seminars at conferences such as NAB, EMX, DV Expo, and thelike Bruce’s experience at the lectern imbues this book with uniquely relevantdetail, since he’s been asked the hard questions, the odd questions, and the stupidquestions More importantly he knows how make DVD Studio Pro do its thing: rollover, sit up and beg, and jump through flaming hoops while balancing eight audiotracks and ten subpicture tracks on its nose This book will give you the inside edgeyou need to quickly become productive using DVD Studio Pro, and to get more out

of it than probably even its creators thought possible

Jim TaylorSenior Vice President and General Manager,Advanced Technology Group, Sonic Solutions

Author of DVD Demystified and Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About DVD

FOREWORD

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Thanks for purchasing this book

I sincerely hope you will find it an invaluable reference for not only DVD StudioPro 4, but all of the other important ancillary information you need to becomesuccessful in DVD Authoring, even if your success is only measured by the abil-ity to produce one disc—YOURS!

If you already know DVD Authoring and how to create video and Audio for

DVD, but want to start using DVD Studio Pro 4 right away, read Chapters 2 and

3 to learn the basics of the application, and then go to Chapter 7, “AuthoringTracks.” Specific information on using DVD Studio Pro 4 begins here.Remember that to get the best from the entire suite of applications, you should

learn Compressor 2, for Dolby Digital audio compression and the creation of

HD DVD video assets in the H.164 codec If you require subtitles for your DVD,learning how to use the Subtitle editing features, or to write an STL script will

be an important addition to your skill set This is covered in Chapter 12,

“Subtitles.”

If you are completely new to DVD authoring, I recommend reading the whole

book in the order in which the chapters appear I’ve designed this book to walkyou through the basics of DVD itself, then the basics of DVD Studio Pro 4, andfinally the specifics of each of the functions within DVD Studio Pro 4 Each chapter outlines the specifics for one specific function within DVD Studio

Pro We first cover Tracks, then Markers and Stories, used within Tracks; next, Menus & Buttons, Slideshows & Slides and making Connections to build naviga- tion Later chapters cover Subtitling using the Track Editor and subtitle files, Scripting, Building and Formatting (how to burn DVD-Rs and write DLT tapes), and graphics issues for DVD Finally, we cover Duplication and Replication (how

to create more than one DVD), and discuss Advanced authoring topics like

DVD@ccess, Hybrid DVDs (containing Video + ROM features), and other issues.

An extensive set of Appendices add to the reference use of this book, which

includes a DVD-centric glossary, Information on third-party encoding tions, Installation guides for DVDSP and Quicktime Pro, and lots of other goodinformation

solu-If you purchased the first version of this book, you will notice that Appendix A

is no longer the DVD Studio Pro Command library To be honest, we opted to

PREFACE

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include this in PDF form on the book DVD, as it allowed us to use the printedpages for the additional features that were added in DSP 3 and DSP 4

So, don’t forget to explore the companion DVD included with this book—there’s

a LOT more information in there to assist you in DVD authoring, as well asassets and projects to practice building DVDs

Enjoy, and thanks again for your purchase—I welcome your comments, too I

do read all of your emails, and respond to as many as possible If you are ing trouble with your DVD project, I offer consulting by phone and email, and

hav-a DLT output service if you wish your projects to be professionhav-ally replichav-ated.You can find information on all of these things by visiting my website

www.Recipe4DVD.com.

You will also find the book companion website there