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AVS4YOU Help - AVS DVD Authoring AVS4YOU Programs Help AVS DVD Authoring www.avs4you.com © Online Media Technologies, Ltd., UK. 2004 - 2009 All rights reserved AVS4YOU Programs Help Page 2 of 53 Contact Us If you have any comments, suggestions or questions regarding AVS4YOU programs or if you have a new feature that you feel can be added to improve our product, please feel free to contact us. When you register your product, you may be entitled to technical support. General information: [email protected] Technical support: [email protected] Sales: [email protected] Help and other documentation: [email protected] Technical Support AVS4YOU programs do not require any professional knowledge. If you experience any problem or have a question, please refer to the AVS4YOU Programs Help. If you cannot find the solution, please contact our support staff. Note: only registered users receive technical support. AVS4YOU staff provides several forms of automated customer support: AVS4YOU Support System You can use the Support Form on our site to ask your questions. E-mail Support You can also submit your technical questions and problems via e-mail to [email protected]. Note: for more effective and quick resolving of the difficulties we will need the following information: Name and e-mail address used for registration System parameters (CPU, hard drive space available, etc.) Operating System The information about the capture, video or audio devices, disc drives connected to your computer (manufacturer and model) Detailed step by step describing of your action Please do NOT attach any other files to your e-mail message unless specifically requested by AVS4YOU.com support staff. © Online Media Technologies Ltd., UK 2004 - 2009 All rights reserved. www.avs4you.com AVS4YOU Programs Help Page 3 of 53 Resources Documentation for your AVS4YOU software is available in a variety of formats: In-product (.chm-file) and Online Help To reduce the size of the downloaded software installation files the in-product help was excluded from the installation although you can always download it from our web-site for your convenience. Please, visit AVS4YOU web-site at http://www.avs4you.com/OnlineHelp/index.aspx to download the latest available version of the help executable, run it and install into the AVS4YOU programs folder. After that you will be able to use it through the Help menu of the installed AVS4YOU software. Online Help include all the content from the In-product help file and updates and links to additional instructional content available on the web. You can find the Online Help at our web-site - http://www.avs4you.com/OnlineHelp/index.aspx. Please note, that the most complete and up-to-date version of AVS4YOU programs help is always on the web. PDF Documentation The offline help is also available as a pdf-file that is optimized for printing. All PDF help files are available for download at the programs pages at AVS4YOU web-site (both http://www.avs4you.com/index.aspx and http://www.avs4you.com/OnlineHelp/index.aspx). To be able to read and print AVS4YOU PDF help files you will need to have a PDF reading program installed. User Guides You have access to a wide variety of resources that help you make the most of your AVS4YOU software. The step-by-step user guides will be of help not only to the novice users but also to the users that face a certain task to be performed and look for a way to do it. Please, visit our User Guides section of AVS4YOU web-site at http://www.avs4you.com/Guides/index.aspx to read the detailed instructions for various software and tasks Technical Support Visit the AVS4YOU Support web-site at http://support.avs4you.com to ask your questions concerning AVS4YOU software installation, registration and use. Feel free to also use our e-mail address [email protected]. Downloads Visit the Downloads section - http://www.avs4you.com/downloads.aspx - of our web-site to find free updates, tryouts, and other useful software. We constantly update the software, new versions of the most popular programs and new software are also frequently released. © Online Media Technologies Ltd., UK 2004 - 2009 All rights reserved. www.avs4you.com AVS4YOU Programs Help - AVS DVD Authoring Page 4 of 53 Overview AVS DVD Authoring is a full-featured application for DVD creation and menu editing, that lets you create DVDs from various types of video files and add DVD menu to them. You will be able not only to create static DVD menus, but also add videos and music as background to your menu, edit the menu layout and more. Let your fantasy work and create DVDs with menus that look absolutely professional using AVS DVD Authoring. To start AVS DVD Authoring go to Start menu and choose All Programs -> AVS4YOU -> Video -> AVS DVD Authoring. Main Window The Main Window of AVS DVD Authoring comprises the following parts: Main Menu - is used to get access to all the main functions and features of the program. Top Toolbar - is used to get quick access to the basic features, such as working with projects, importing video and working with title sets. Navigation Panel - is used to navigate through your created DVD menu. Editing Area - is used to apply different tools and effects to your menu and preview the result. Timeline - is used to add and manage your videos and create chapters. Properties Area - is used to view and change the main properties of different elements. Disc Usage Window - is used to control the available disc space. © Online Media Technologies Ltd., UK 2004 - 2009 All rights reserved. www.avs4you.com AVS4YOU Programs Help - AVS DVD Authoring Page 5 of 53 Main Menu AVS DVD Authoring can be operated with the help of Main Menu elements. Flexible system of menu elements is a perfect tool for navigating and operating the application, controlling all the processes. The Main Menu has the following structure: File menu section Item Shortcut Description New Project Ctrl+N Use it to start a new project and create a new DVD with a menu. New Custom Use it to create a new project with your custom settings. Project Use it to start the Project Wizard that will help you easily create a new project with preset Project Wizard parameters. Open Project Ctrl+O Use it to open a previously saved project to edit it or to create and burn a DVD. Save Project Ctrl+S Use it to save the currently edited project. Save Project Use it to save the currently edited project under a different name. as... Use it to add video to the DVD structure. You can select video files of different formats, they Import Video will be converted to DVD format once you finish your DVD creation. Recent Projects Use it to open a list of recently opened projects to select one for editing. Build DVD Use it to start DVD creation and burning it onto a disc. Exit Use it to finish work with AVS DVD Authoring and exit. Edit menu section Item Shortcut Description Use it to reverse the latest performed command. If this option is not available, it means there Undo Ctrl+Z is no action to undo. Redo Ctrl+Y Use it to repeat your latest performed command or action. Use it to cut the selected object of the DVD menu (text, image or simple graphics) - delete it Cut Ctrl+X from the menu and put into the clipboard to be able to paste it later to some other place of the menu. Use it to copy the selected object of the DVD menu (text, image or simple graphics) into the Copy Ctrl+C clipboard to be able to paste it later to some other place of the menu. Use it to paste the previously copied or cut object of the DVD menu (text, image or simple Paste Ctrl+V graphics) from the clipboard to some place of the menu. Delete Del Use it to delete the selected object of the DVD menu (text, image or simple graphics). Select All Layers Ctrl+A Use it to select all the layers with objects in the Editing Area. © Online Media Technologies Ltd., UK 2004 - 2009 All rights reserved. www.avs4you.com AVS4YOU Programs Help - AVS DVD Authoring Page 6 of 53 Use it to change the layers layout relative to each other. You can select the necessary object Order layer and change its position using the Bring to Foreground, Send Forward, Send Backward and Move to Background options. Use it to change several layers position at the same time. You can select the necessary several objects layers and change their positions using the Align Left, Align Top, Align Align Right, Align Bottom, Align by Horizontal Center and Align by Vertical Center options. Rename F2 Use it to rename the currently selected object or menu page. Project menu section Item Description Add First Play Use it to add a video that will be played before the DVD menu is opened. Video Create Title Set Use it to create a new title set for your DVD menu structure. Remove Title Set Use it to remove the selected title set from your DVD menu structure. Build DVD Use it to start DVD creation and burning it onto a disc. Settings Use it to view and change the main project settings. Menu Page menu section Item Description Add Text Use it to add text to your created DVD menu. Add Image Use it to add images to your created DVD menu. Add Simple Use it to add simple graphical shapes to your created DVD menu.