Having the ability to author DVDs is not only a great step towards distributing a polished product, but can save you money and add extra value to the DVDs you burn. Videomaker’s DVD Authoring Webinar can help you learn the necessary steps towards creating your own DVDs. We will be covering hardware and software considerations, menu design and navigation, importing assets, creating DVD chapters, burning your project to disc, labeling and duplication.

Following the web presentation, all registrants will receive a copy of our special report “Creating DVD Extras.” In addition to valuable information and a free special report, we are including a live Q&A segment; our team answering your questions. Videomaker’s DVD Authoring Webinar starts at 11:00 AM (PST) on Wednesday, September 7th, so be sure to sign up soon!

Not interested in DVD Authoring? Videomaker’s weekly Webinar Training Series features a wide variety of video production and post production topics including Advanced Shooting, Green Screen and Special Effects, Advanced Editing, Lighting for Video, and much more.

The rice has been thrown, the footage has been captured and edited, and now you’re ready for the final stage: DVD authoring. If you haven’t started using DVD menus in your wedding video products, you should. Authoring DVDs with menus has become increasingly affordable and easy to do. Having a DVD menu will not only make your DVDs look more polished and professional, but it will also give you the opportunity to upsell your product.

Since you’ve got the disc space and the customizable menu, consider including the option of DVD bonus features in your wedding video bundles. Bonus features can include content such as raw ceremony footage, uncut interviews, a photo montage or even a “trash the dress” segment. You can provide pre-determined packages or work with each client to customize their own DVD content.

Giving your clients the option of DVD bonus features greatly increases the potential value of your product while allowing the client to enhance their wedding day memories. By mastering DVD authoring software you’ll not only be able to take your wedding videos to the next level, but you will be giving your clients something to “ooh” and “ahh” at for years to come.

Once you’ve created stunning video for your client, make sure the DVD presentation matches it in professionalism and aesthetic beauty. Videomaker’s Introduction to DVD Authoring and Design DVD will get you on your way to breathtaking DVDs. Learn More.

DVD Authoring software has made it possible for video producers to create professional-looking DVDs from the comfort of their home or office. Having the ability to author your own DVDs can save you money and add extra value to the DVDs you burn.

Videomaker’s all-new DVD Authoring Webinar can help you learn the necessary steps towards creating your own DVDs. We will be covering hardware and software considerations, menu design and navigation, importing assets, creating DVD chapters, burning your project to disc, labeling and duplication. All, of which, are great steps towards distributing a polished product.

Following the webinar, all registrants will receive a copy of our special report “Creating DVD Extras.” This report is crammed full of additional tips we can’t fit into the presentation!

In addition to valuable information and a free special report, our DVD Authoring Webinar will also include a live Q&A segment; our team answering your questions. Videomaker’s DVD Authoring Webinar starts at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, November 17^th, so be sure to sign up soon!

Not interested in DVD Authoring? Videomaker’s weekly Webinar Training series is taught by our experts and features a wide variety of video production and post production topics including Advanced Shooting, Green Screen and Special Effects, Advanced Editing, Lighting for Video, and much more.

Everyone is getting into the video creation field, either as a hobby, a business or just to save precious memories for future generations. From hard drives and flash cards to “sending it to the cloud”, where do you think your footage will be in 1000 years?

Will you be able to access the Cloud? Or would that company storing it have crashed and burned by a century from now? What about tape? Flash drives? DVDs? what media collecting format in use today will still be in use in 2110?

If you’re burning your files to a DVD do you ever wonder how long that DVD will last until time and the elements take over? We met up with Primera Technologies at NAB last week and they showed us some new innovative technology with Millenniata, a company they are partnering with for long-term storage.

Millenniata has created the M-writer 100 year disc, and that’s not just marketing babble. The technology is different than any disc technology out there, was tested by NASA and is being used by the Library of Congress.

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Remember VHS? Laserdisks? If you’re lucky enough to remember the chore that was rewinding tape, then you probably have a healthy respect for how quickly media storage can change. From VHS to DVD to Blu-Ray, media storage has gotten smaller, cheaper, and easier to use. So what’s next?

In regard to video and film, flash memory may be the answer. Historically, flash memory has taken a back seat to optical media such as DVD’s and Blu-Ray. Just recently however, the tide has begun to change. Studios and distributors have realized that flash memory, with its quick read/write times, durability, and small size allows consumers to enjoy their movies without all of the hassles that VHS, DVD, and Blu-Ray usually bring. Seriously, how many times have you rented a DVD only to get it home and find out it has more scratches than a good D.J.? Also, how many times have you sat around waiting for a DVD to burn only to have a mysterious error force you to start all over again? These are the kinds of problems that flash memory can avoid.

Recently, flash maker Kingston unveiled a deal with Paramount Studios to start selling movies on flash cards and USB drives, making it easy for those without expensive Blu-Ray players to enjoy movies at home. Even the video rental business has started to see the benefits of flash memory. A company called Portomedia has begun to set up kiosks that will let consumers download movies to a flash memory key or portable hard drive. Ideally, you could go shopping for groceries, and with your flash drive in tow, choose from a catalogue of over 5,000 movies and have it downloaded at a kiosk in a few minutes time.

I personally love the idea of saving shelf space with SD cards and believe that with the price of flash memory dropping exponentially as technology improves, it’s probably only a matter of time before flash memory takes over as king of media storage.