Menu Creation

• How to Create a Professional Motion Menu for a DVD

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  The goal of this tutorial is to demonstrate some basic tools in developing a DVD motion menu from scratch. In our example, the motion menu will play back for 30 seconds, and the specifications will be NTSC format, using a 4:3 aspect ratio. For this tutorial, we will be creating a typical "main menu" from a feature-length movie project. The menu itself will display a 30-second clip from our movie, as well as three buttons for navigation. The three buttons will be Play Program, Scene Selection and Bonus Features.

• Special Features: DVD Extras

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  Anonymous (not verified) - Sat, 11/01/2008 - 12:00am

  

  People love movies, and many people love them enough to want to watch movies about the movies they love. Special features are any additional audio, visual or interactive media that exist beyond the original version of a film on a DVD. These features may be items such as extended versions, director's cuts of the film, audio commentaries, behind-the-scenes featurettes, documentaries, production stills, cast and crew bios, alternate endings, animatics, interactive games... the list goes on and on. So, if you can dream it up as an added feature, someone somewhere is going to appreciate it. Let's take a closer look at a few common special features you can add to your own DVDs.

• Tutorial: DVD Motion Menus

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  Anonymous (not verified) - Thu, 05/01/2008 - 12:00am

  

  Some simpler DVD authoring programs have auto-everything, and all you have to do is "click...click...click" to make a finished project. But there's a real beauty in DVD motion menu making, and this month's tutorial is all about how you can take control of your program and make your DVD menus come to life.

• DVD Navigation and Linkage

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  John introduces us to some DVD "Navigation & Linkage" tips.

• Sonicfire Pro Audio Software at NAB 2006

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  NAB 2006 Special - 199

• To DVD or not to DVD?

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  Okay, we're now officially smack dab in the middle of the era of the

• DVD Menu Authoring

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  Anonymous (not verified) - Fri, 04/01/2005 - 12:00am

  

  How to keep that freshly burned DVD from moonlighting as a coffee-table coaster.

• Come and See the (Slide) Show

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  Anonymous (not verified) - Sun, 08/01/2004 - 12:00am

  

  Throw that carousel projector away. Now you can build your own slideshow that doesn't require turning down the lights.

• What Makes DVDs Go 'Round

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  Anonymous (not verified) - Sun, 08/01/2004 - 12:00am

  

  Tips for authoring DVD menus.

• DVD Authoring Software Buyer's Guide

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  Anonymous (not verified) - Mon, 04/01/2002 - 12:00am

  

  How do you get your video onto a DVD? Check out our DVD authoring software buyer's guide.

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