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| Dive into DVD!: The future of design is here | |
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| What to expect from this book | |
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| What you shouldn't expect | |
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| What you'll learn | |
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| A super-simple DVD overview | |
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| DVD basics, hardware requirements, and software overviews | |
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| DVD Basics: DVD is your next design frontier | |
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| The Meaning of DVD | |
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| A Popular Format | |
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| Way Better than CD-ROM | |
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| Interactivity | |
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| Menus | |
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| Content | |
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| The Designer's Role | |
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| The Big Squeeze: MPEG-2 | |
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| Authoring | |
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| DVD Formats Primer | |
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| Basic format types | |
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| Disc burners | |
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| Rewritable discs | |
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| Other Video Discs | |
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| Future of DVD Technology | |
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| Summary | |
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| DVD: What Can it Do?: Features and functions | |
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| DVD Specification | |
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| Media Layers | |
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| DVD-Video Format | |
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| Video | |
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| Source files | |
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| Tracks | |
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| Region codes | |
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| Video formats | |
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| Screen size options | |
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| Multiple camera angles | |
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| Chapter markers | |
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| Looping video menus and seamless transitions | |
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| Audio | |
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| Separate from video | |
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| Most popular audio formats | |
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| Additional audio formats | |
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| Surround sound configuration | |
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| Still Frames | |
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| Menu graphics | |
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| Photo slideshows | |
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| Jacket pictures | |
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| Information screens | |
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| Interactive games | |
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| Subpictures | |
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| Menu highlights | |
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| Subtitles and karaoke | |
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| DVD-ROM Data Files | |
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| Additional Features | |
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| Closed Captions | |
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| Copy protection | |
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| Web links | |
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| Parental controls | |
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| Behaviors | |
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| Designer's Toolbox: DVD hardware and software overview | |
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| Hardware Overview | |
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| Windows or Mac? | |
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| Software decides | |
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| Windows hardware | |
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| Macintosh hardware | |
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| Why not both? | |
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| Required Hardware | |
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| Connectivity | |
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| Storage | |
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| Display | |
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| Audio output and speakers | |
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| DVD burner | |
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| Optional Hardware | |
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| Input devices | |
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| Quality control and testing | |
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| Output devices | |
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| Software Overview | |
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| All-in-one DVD authoring | |
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| DVD authoring software (required) | |
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| Video editing software (required) | |
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| Video compositing software (optional) | |
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| Menu compositing software (required) | |
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| 3D animation software (optional) | |
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| Audio editing software (optional) | |
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| Video encoding software (required) | |
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| Audio encoding software (required) | |
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| Subtitling software (optional) | |
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| Software DVD player (required) | |
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| External disc burning software (optional) | |
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| Video & Audio Overview: Essential hardware and software | |
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| Hardware You'll Need | |
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| A fast computer | |
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| Additional hard drives | |
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| A digital video camera | |
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| What if your video camera isn't digital? | |
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| File Formats, Transcoding, and Other Tidbits | |
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| Video format for DVD | |
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| Transcoding and encoding | |
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| Digital video format | |
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| Audio formats | |
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| Video standards | |
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| Video Editing Software | |
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| Entry-level video editing applications | |
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| Mid-range video editing applications | |
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| Pan-and-Zoom Software | |
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| Audio Editing Software | |
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| DVD menu design: structure, style, design and production guidelines, usability, and video compositing | |
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| Sample DVD Projects: A gallery of project ideas and menu designs for personal and commercial projects | |
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| Entertainment | |
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| Independent movie | |
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| Drama | |
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| Recital | |
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| Business | |
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| Hands On Community Art | |
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| Bonanza Creek Ranch | |
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| Self-Promotion | |
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| Lead Veins rock-and-roll band | |
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| Danny Wilding flute music | |
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| Clan Tynker | |
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| Ritmo del Alma Flamenco | |
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| Event | |
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| Biking Across Kansas | |
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| Burns Supper | |
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| Documentary | |
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| Ozark Folk Music | |
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| School yearbook | |
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| Looking for Mary | |
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| Personal Projects | |
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| Home movies | |
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| Vacation movies | |
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| Old movie archives | |
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| Birthdays and anniversaries | |
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| Video greetings and digital postcards | |
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| Digital photo archives | |
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| DVD Menu Structure: Integrating content and navigation | |
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| Content | |
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| Menu System | |
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| Elements of a Menu System | |
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| Navigation | |
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| Transitions | |
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| Content menus | |
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| Audio | |
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| Menu Buttons | |
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| Standard button labels | |
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| Non-standard button labels | |
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| Button shapes | |
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| Subpicture highlights | |
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| Image-swap buttons | |
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| Auto-activation | |
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| Button routing | |
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| Menu Design Styles: Design directions for DVD menus | |
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| Design Directions | |
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| Content sets the tone | |
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| User Experience | |
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| Menu Styles | |
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| Utilitarian Menus | |
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| Reasons for utilitarian menus | |
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| Simple yet elegant | |
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| Derivative Menus | |
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| Reasons to use derivative menus | |
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| Conceptual Menus | |
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| Menu environments | |
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| Reasons to use conceptual menus | |
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| Conceptual menu templates | |
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| Combined Styles | |
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| Original Menu Content | |
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| Menu Design Process: Helpful guidelines for DVD menu design | |
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| Idea Generation | |
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| Educate yourself | |
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| Preview the video | |
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| Method | |
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| Research | |
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| Planning | |
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| Sketches and storyboards | |
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| Design | |
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| Test your concepts | |
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| Effective Menu Design | |
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| Unified experience | |
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| Simplicity | |
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| Ease of use | |
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| Accessibility | |
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| Speed | |
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| Aesthetic appeal | |
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| Quality | |
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| Creativity | |
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| Enhances perceived value | |
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| Design principles | |
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| Visual hierarchy | |
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| Menu design guidelines | |
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| DVD Menu Usability: Guidelines for good menu design | |
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| Usability Starts with Understanding the Project | |
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| Think "user-centered" design | |
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| Basic Design Principles Can Improve Usability | |
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| The principle of contrast | |
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| The principle of repetition | |
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| The principle of alignment | |
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| The principle of proximity | |
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| Characteristics that Enhance Usability | |
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| Simplicity | |
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| Consistency | |
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| Forgiveness | |
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| Accessibility | |
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| Feedback | |
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| Speed | |
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| Customization | |
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| Versatility | |
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| Predictability | |
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| Test Your Disc for Usability | |
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| Graphics for TV Screens: Using Photoshop to create broadcast-safe menus | |
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| Video Factors that Affect DVD Graphics | |
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| NTSC and PAL video standards | |
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| Interlaced video | |
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| Square pixels vs. non-square pixels | |
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| Avoid thin horizontal lines | |
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| Be wary of patterns | |
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| Small type and serif fonts | |
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| Broadcast-safe colors | |
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| Action-safe and title-safe areas | |
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| The Power of Layers | |
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| Typography for TV Screen Display | |
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| More menu design tips | |
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| More Photoshop Tips | |
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| Designing with Motion Graphics: Use video compositing techniques to create motion menus | |
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| Video Compositing | |
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| The power of video layers | |
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| Mini-videos for menus | |
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| Keyframe animation | |
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| Compositing Software | |
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| Motion Graphics Examples | |
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| Packaged Motion Graphics | |
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| Royalty-free motion graphics | |
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| Software templates | |
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| DVD planning, encoding, authoring, testing, and duplication vs. replication | |
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| Professional DVD Showcase: Menu design inspiration | |
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| Design: Finishing Post | |
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| Design: MPL Media | |
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| Design: Marek Doszla | |
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| Design: Stanford Creative | |
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| Design: The Pavement | |
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| Create a Plan: Planning and information architecture | |
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| Make a New Plan, Stan | |
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| Project Planning and Architecture | |
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| Create a project flowchart | |
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| Bit budgeting | |
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| Data rate budgeting | |
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| Create a schedule | |
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| Asset Acquisition | |
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| Encoding | |
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| DVD Authoring and Multiplexing | |
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| Delivery | |
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| Duplication and replication | |
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| Label design and package design | |
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| Encoding: Compressing video and audio for DVD | |
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| MPEG Formats | |
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| MPEG-2 Compression | |
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| Frame rates | |
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| How MPEG-2 compression works | |
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| I, B, and P frames | |
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| Bit rate | |
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| Video Encoding | |
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| Encoder types | |
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| Input formats | |
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| Settings | |
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| Audio | |
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| Output extensions | |
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| Quality balance | |
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| Software Overviews | |
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| Authoring: An overview of the DVD assembly process | |
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| DVD Authoring Software | |
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| Asset assembly and more | |
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| The more crayons the better | |
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| Abstraction layer | |
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| Authoring Process | |
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| Import assets | |
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| Asset types | |
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| Organize assets | |
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| Merge (multiplex) | |
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| File Structure | |
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| Basic Authoring Options | |
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| Basic disc settings | |
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| Asset attributes | |
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| Advanced Settings | |
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| Advanced asset attributes | |
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| Enhanced interactivity features | |
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| Advanced disc settings | |
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| Authoring Software Levels | |
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| Choosing Your Software | |
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| Buying considerations | |
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| Software overviews | |
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| Technical Testing: Hardware and software techniques for quality control testing | |
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| Testing Methods | |
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| Simulation | |
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| Emulation | |
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| Check disc | |
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| Simulation Testing | |
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| Testing a DVD-9 | |
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| Duplication & Replication: Reproducing your project on DVD media | |
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| The Duplication Process | |
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| Limited-quantity duplicators | |
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| Do-It-Yourself Duplication | |
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| The Replication Process | |
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| Replication Formats | |
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| What is DLT? | |
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| Replication Legal Issues | |
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| First Impressions | |
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| Labeling | |
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| Packaging | |
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| Extra stuff | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Resources | |
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| Index | |
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| About this DVD | |