When Best Performance (max 60 minutes) is selected, encoding will happen quickly and you have the option of selecting 'Enable background encoding'. These encoder settings control the quality of the encode, the speed of the encoding process and when the encoding will take place. In General settings, turn on 'Show Drop Zones', turn off the Apple logo watermark and turn off 'Delete render files on closing' as well.Įncoding is the process of converting video to the m2v format (MPEG 2) which can then be read by DVD players. From the menu bar, choose iDVD and select Preferences. IDVD 5 has three Preference panes that you will want to go through and set up before you start your new project. When you have completed your DVD and tested it out then it's time to use the Burn button more on this later. This is essential for proofing your DVD before you burn to disc. When in Preview mode you can run your links, navigate around and test out your DVD. The Preview button allows you to simulate how your DVD will work when viewed on a TV. The Preview button puts your DVD into play mode complete with an on screen remote control. Next is the Map button which provides a graphical view of the organization of your DVDs menus and links more on this later. First, on the right side is the Motion button which turns green when activated and plays the motion menus with audio for a quick preview. Like 'Folder', Slideshow will create a new link (My Slideshow) in the menu that links to the new Slideshow. The last button on the left is 'Slideshow'. More often, you'll simply want to have different menus for different subjects of your DVD. Yes, you can add a 'Folder' to this new menu for yet another menu. If you need to have more than 12 links, then using 'Folder' for the 12th link will take the viewer to a new menu where you can have an additional 12 links. For one, iDVD limits you to a total of 12 links (buttons) on any one menu. There are several reasons to create new menus. The Folder button (which I would rename the 'Submenu button'), places a 'My Folder' link on the menu and at the same time creates a new menu which is accessed by the 'My Folder' link. The Customize button, opens the Customize drawer to the left of the main iDVD window (shown below). There are seven buttons along the bottom of the iDVD Editor window. iDVD will accept bitmapped image files, JPEG, TIFF, PSD, GIF, BMP, PICT, and PDF, but not Vector graphics (Illustrator files), iDVD 5 supports high definition video (HDV) and 16:9 widescreen formats as well as MPEG-4 and iSight video imported as an iMovie HD movie. Images and photos from graphic applications like PhotoShop are supported. Photos from iPhoto and music from iTunes as well as AAC, MP3, and AIFF audio files. You can use video from Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express and iMovie. Sprite movies, Flash tracks, MPEG-1 and MEPG-2 files. IDVD 5 will accept most QuickTime formatted material, except for: QuickTime VR movies.
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Aside from additional new features, the new stock Menu Themes with their animated drop zones are quite amazing, very professional indeed. I admit to be being more than just a little surprised when I launched iDVD 5 for the first time. Some of these new features have come down from iDVDs big brother, DVD Studio Pro. With each version more features have been added. IDVD still intrigues me and I have kept up with each new iteration.
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As time went by my customers demanded greater sophistication in their DVDs, so I switched to DVD Studio Pro 2 when it shipped. iDVD 2 added a few more features and more of my customers wanted DVDs of their projects. I would use a piece of art from the artists portfolio to replace the stock template backgrounds, added some music and produced a DVD that my customers could use. As it turned out I started using iDVD to create DVDs for some of my customers who are artists. Never a fan of VHS as a final output from Final Cut Pro I did some testing. I remember when the first version of iDVD shipped.
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