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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 | |