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Contents 1 Introduction . .5 About the tutorial project . .6 The tutorial workflow. .7 2 Getting Started . .9 Copying the tutorial assets . .10 Starting the tutorial project. .11 3 Authoring the Tutorial Content . .15 The Boeing movie. .16 The Airplanes slideshow. .20 The Main menu. .24 The Scenes menu . .29 4 Adding Navigation . .35 The Main menu buttons . .36 The Scenes menu buttons. .40 Setting First Play . .44 Setting DVD remote actions . .45 4 Contents 5 Simulation and Burning . 47 Simulating the project . 48 Burning the tutorial project to disc . 49 Conclusion . 51 1 Introduction The DVDit Pro Tutorial is an introduction to creating DVD-Video discs with DVDit Pro. It takes you step-by-step through the authoring process of importing media files (assets), creating movies, slideshows, and menus, adding links between the content, setting playback order, simulation, and burning to disc. The tutorial takes approximately two hours and provides an opportunity to use many of the features in DVDit Pro. During the tutorial, you may occasionally be referred to the DVDit Pro User Guide, which provides a complete description of the features in the program. The rest of this chapter includes the following introductory sections: • “About the tutorial project” on page 6 • “The tutorial workflow” on page 7 6 Chapter 1, Introduction About the tutorial project The completed tutorial project will consist of a movie, slideshow and two menus: Main menu Contains an image background and three text objects that link to the Boeing movie, Scenes menu, and Airplanes slideshow. The Main menu will be set to First Play, which means it will automatically play when the disc is inserted into the DVD player. Boeing movie Contains video, audio, and three chapter points. When the movie finishes playing, it will link back to the Main menu. Scenes menu Contains an image background, three button frames that link to the chapters in the Boeing movie, and a navigation button that links back to the Main menu. The Scenes menu will be assigned to the TITLE button for the Boeing movie, so the viewer will be able to jump to it by pressing the TITLE button on the DVD remote control during playback of the movie. Airplanes slideshow Contains four still images, each displayed for 10 seconds, and an audio track. When the slideshow finishes playing, it will link back to the Main menu. Boeing movie Chap. 1 Chap. 2 Chap. 3 Main menu Scenes menu (First Play) (title menu) Slideshow Layout for the tutorial project The tutorial workflow 7 Note: Although the assets included with the DVDit Pro Tutorial are NTSC, they can be used with PAL projects. And although this document uses an NTSC project as its example, the information and instructions included in this document apply equally when working with PAL projects. Note: The DVDit Pro Tutorial assets have been provided by Victory Studios (www.victorystudios.com). Reuse or distribution of this copyrighted material, in any form, is strictly prohibited. The tutorial workflow The following procedure outlines the basic workflow for creating the tutorial project. These steps are documented in greater detail in the remaining chapters. The DVDit Pro Tutorial includes the following basic steps: 1 Copy the tutorial assets to your hard drive. 2 Launch DVDit Pro, create a new project, and import the tutorial assets. 3 Create the Boeing movie by dragging the imported video clip from the Palette window into Titles list in the Project window. In the Timeline window, add an audio track and chapter points to the movie. 4 Create the Slideshow by dragging the slide images from the Palette window into the Titles list in the Project window. Set the duration for the slides and add an audio track to the slideshow. 5 Create the Main menu by dragging a menu background from the Palette window into the Menus list in the Project window. Display the menu in the Preview window and add a text heading and three text buttons. 6 Create the Scenes menu by dragging a menu background from the Palette window into the Menus list in the Project window. Display the menu in the Preview window and add a text heading, three button frames, and one navigation button. 8 Chapter 1, Introduction 7 Link the buttons on the Main menu and Scenes menu to their desired destinations and set the highlight colors for each menu. 8 Set the Main menu to First Play, so it will play automatically when the disc is inserted into a DVD player. 9 Assign DVD remote actions to the Boeing movie and Slideshow, so that the appropriate menu appears when the viewer press the MENU or TITLE buttons during playback. 10 Use the Simulation window to test the project, interacting with it as if it were a completed disc. 11 Burn the project to a recordable DVD. 2 Getting Started This chapter documents copying the tutorial assets to your hard drive and importing them into a new DVDit Pro project. It includes the following topics: • “Copying the tutorial assets” on page 10 • “Starting the tutorial project” on page 11 10 Chapter 2, Getting Started Copying the tutorial assets Assets are the media files that are used in DVDit Pro to create movies, slideshows, and menus, which in turn are used to build the DVD-Video project. Assets include still images, video and audio clips, and button objects. Before launching DVDit Pro and starting the tutorial, you must first copy the tutorial assets folder to a local hard drive. To copy the tutorial assets, do one of the following: • If you have the DVDit Pro Installer disc, insert the disc and drag the “DVDit Pro Tutorial Assets” folder to a local hard drive.