Sony DVD Architect Pro User Guide

February 21, 2007
After DVD Architect software is installed and you start it for the first time, the registration wizard appears. This wizard offers easy steps that allow you to register the software online with Sony Media Software. Alternatively, you may register online at
mediasoftware at any time.
Registering your product will provide you with exclusive access to a variety of technical support options, notification of product updates, and special promotions exclusive to registered DVD Architect users.
www.sony.com/
Registration assistance
If you do not have access to the Internet, registration assistance is available during normal weekday business hours. Please contact our Customer Service Department by dialing one of the following numbers
Telephone/Fax Country
1-800-577-6642 (toll-free) US, Canada, and Virgin Islands
+608-204-7703 for all other countries
1-608-250-1745 (Fax) All countries
:
Customer service/sales
For a detailed list of Customer Service options, we encourage you to visit
http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/support/custserv.asp. Use the following numbers for telephone support during normal
weekday business hours:
Tel e p h o n e /F a x/ E - m a i l Co u n t r y
1-800-577-6642 (toll-free) US, Canada, and Virgin Islands
+608-204-7703 for all other countries
1-608-250-1745 (Fax) All countries
Technical support
For a detailed list of Technical Support options, we encourage you to visit
http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/support/default.asp. To listen to your support options, please call 608-256-5555.
About your rights in DVD Architect software
DVD Architect software is licensed to you under the terms of the End User License Agreement. The End User License Agreement is first presented to you when you install the software. Please review the End User License Agreement carefully as its terms affect your rights with respect to the software. For your reference, a copy of the End User License Agreement for DVD Architect software is located at
/www.sony.com/mediasoftware.
http:/
About your privacy
Sony Media Software respects your privacy and is committed to protecting personal information. Your use of the software is governed by the Software Privacy Policy. A copy of this policy is incorporated into the registration process and you are asked to agree to its terms prior to accepting the terms of the End User License Agreement. Please review its contents carefully as its terms and conditions affect your rights with respect to the information that is collected by the software. For your reference, a copy of the Software Privacy Policy is located at
http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/corporate/privacy.asp.
Proper use of software
DVD Architect software is not intended and should not be used for illegal or infringing purposes, such as the illegal copying or sharing of copyrighted materials. Using DVD Architect software for such purposes is, among other things, against United States and international copyright laws and contrary to the terms and conditions of the End User License Agreement. Such activity may be punishable by law and may also subject you to the breach remedies set forth in the End User License Agreement.
Legal notices
Vegas, Vegas+DVD, DVD Architect, Vegas Movie Studio, Vegas Movie Studio+DVD, DVD Architect Studio, ACID, Music Studio, Sony Sound Series, Groove Mapping, Groove Cloning, CD Architect, Sound Forge, Audio Studio, and Cinescore are trademarks or registered trademarks of Madison Media Software, Inc. or its affiliates in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners in the United States and other countries.
Thomson Fraunhofer MP3
MPEG Layer-3 audio coding technology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson.
Supply of this product does not convey a license nor imply any right to distribute content created with this product in revenue generating broadcast systems (terrestrial, satellite, cable and/or other distribution channels), streaming applications (via internet, intranets and/or other networks), other content distribution systems (pay-audio or audio on demand applications and the like) or on physical media (compact discs, digital versatile discs, semiconductor chips, hard drives, memory cards and the like).
An independent license for such use is required. For details, please visit: http://www.mp3licensing.com.
Microsoft DirectX programming interface
Portions utilize Microsoft® DirectX® technologies. Copyright © 1999 – 2007 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Microsoft Windows Media 9
Portions utilize Microsoft Windows Media® technologies. Copyright © 1999 – 2007 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Dolby, Dolby Digital AC-3, and AAC encoding
This product contains one or more programs protected under international and U.S. copyright laws as unpublished works. They are confidential and proprietary to Dolby Laboratories. Their reproduction or disclosure, in whole or in part, or the production of derivative works therefrom without the express permission of Dolby Laboratories is prohibited. Copyright 1992 – 2007 Dolby Laboratories. All rights reserved.
Dolby®, the double-D symbol, AC-3®, and Dolby Digital® are registered trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. AAC™ is a trademark of Dolby Laboratories.
PNG file format
Copyright © 2007. World Wide Web Consortium (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics, Keio University). All rights reserved. This work is distributed under the W3C Software License in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTIBILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. http://www.w3.org/
Consortium/Legal/2002/copyright-software-20021231.
Apple QuickTime
Apple® QuickTime® application is a trademark of Apple, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
Apple Macintosh Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF) file format.
Apple® Macintosh® Audio Interchange™ File Format (AIFF) is a trademark of Apple, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
Targa file format
The Targa™ file format is a trademark of Pinnacle Systems, Inc.
Tagged Image File Format (TIFF)
Adobe Tagged Image™ File Format is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and other countries. All rights reserved.
Macromedia Flash
Macromedia and Flash are trademarks or registered trademarks of Macromedia, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.
Sony Media Software
1617 Sherman Avenue Madison, WI 53704 USA
The information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a guarantee or commitment on behalf of Madison Media Software, Inc. (also referred to as Sony Media Software in this document) in any way. All updates or additional information relating to the contents of this manual will be posted on the Sony Media Software Web site, located at
http:// www.sony.com/mediasoftware. The software is provided to you under the terms of the End User License Agreement and Software
Privacy Policy, and must be used and/or copied in accordance therewith. Copying or distributing the software except as expressly described in the End User License Agreement is strictly prohibited. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express written consent of Madison Media Software, Inc.
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Table of
Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Welcome to DVD Architect software!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
System requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing DVD Architect software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Getting help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Online help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Context-sensitive help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Help on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Learning the DVD Architect Workspace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Main window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Main window components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Project Overview window (Ctrl+Alt+1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Workspace (Alt+0). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Editing toolbar (Alt+1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Text toolbar (Alt+2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Window Docking Area (F11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Explorer window (Alt+3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Themes window (Alt+4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Buttons window (Alt+5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Backgrounds window (Alt+6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Compilation window (Alt+7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Properties window (Alt+8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Timeline window (Alt+9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Playlists window (Ctrl+Alt+2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
DVD Scripts (Ctrl+Alt+3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
How it works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Preparing files for DVD Architect software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
AC-3 audio (.ac3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
PCM audio (.wav) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
NTSC MPEG video (.m2p, .mp2, .mpg, .mpeg, .mpv) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
PAL MPEG video (.m2p, .mp2, .mpg, .mpeg, .mpv) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Starting a new project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Opening an existing project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Choosing your media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Using Explorer window views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Downloading media from the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Previewing media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Adding files to your project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Setting the DVD start item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
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Setting the DVD introduction (first play) media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Setting your project properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Disc properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Copy protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Mastering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Summary tab information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Optimizing your project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Determining whether menus and titles are compliant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using the Optimize DVD dialog to fine-tune your project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Editing a media file’s source project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Saving your project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Saving a copy of your project (Save As) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Creating a Menu-Based DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Building menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Adding a submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Adding a submenu from a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Reapplying a file’s layout to menu objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Inserting pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Adding pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Deleting pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Changing page order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Editing menu page properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Background Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
End Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Remote Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Color Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Adding titles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Inserting a picture compilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Inserting a music/video compilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Inserting a single-movie title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Editing title order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Adding graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Editing graphics properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Transformations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Color Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Inserting and editing text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Inserting text on a menu or page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Setting a menu’s title text object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Formatting text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
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Editing text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Moving text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Setting loop points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Inserting a scene selection menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Continuing playback after playing the selected scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Returning to the menu after playing the selected scene/chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Creating a scene selection only DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Inserting a setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Adding navigation buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Creating menu transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Creating custom menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Using color sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Editing a color set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Applying color sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Changing an object’s size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Resizing an object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Making all selected objects the same height or width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Cropping and adjusting video and graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Displaying the Crop and Adjust window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Using the toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Crop and adjust properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Cropping graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Crop and video effects keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Adding keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Deleting keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Navigating between keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Changing interpolation curves between keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Moving keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Editing crop settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Viewing and editing media properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Displaying the Media Properties window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Editing media properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Opening in Graphics Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Moving and arranging objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Changing the position of an object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Transformation keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
The Keyframe tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Editing button order for a menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Aligning objects in a menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Automatically aligning objects based on current theme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Centering objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Adjusting object spacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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Deleting objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Enabling snapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Snapping to the grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Snapping to other objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Snapping to safe areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Using automatic button actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Button properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Transformations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Highlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Color Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Button Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Copying and pasting attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
The Navigation tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Setting object order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Viewing object order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Changing object order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Creating a Music/Video Compilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Adding a music/video compilation to a menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Adding audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Replacing an audio file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Adding and editing images or videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Inserting images or videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Replacing an image or video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Setting image stretching or scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Rotating an image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Adjusting brightness and contrast or editing the image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Adding and editing text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Adding text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Formatting text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Moving text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Deleting text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Setting thumbnail display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Music/video compilation properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
End Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Remote Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Slide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Color Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
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Creating a Picture Compilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Adding a picture compilation to a menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Adding and editing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Inserting images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Replacing an image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Generating slideshow animation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Setting image stretching or scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Rotating an image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Adjusting brightness and contrast or editing the image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Setting display duration from the Picture Compilation Properties window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Setting display duration from the timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Inserting an empty slide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Adding and editing text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Adding text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Formatting text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Moving text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Deleting text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Inserting a graphic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Inserting audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Setting thumbnail display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Picture compilation properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Track Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
End Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Remote Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Slide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Color Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Creating Playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Adding a playlist to a menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Adding a playlist without a link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Adding titles to a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Deleting titles from a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Rearranging titles in a playlist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Renaming a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Playlist properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
End Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Playlist Item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Creating a Single-Movie DVD or Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Adding a movie title to a menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
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Setting in and out points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Working with markers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Inserting scene/chapter markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Inserting chapter markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Inserting buttons-on-video markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Renaming markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Moving markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Deleting markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Loading markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Saving markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Media properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Track Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Remote Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Color sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Adding buttons to videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Editing button order for a video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Animating buttons with keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Adding Audio, Video, and Subtitles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Audio tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Adding audio tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Replacing audio in a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Setting the audio track for timeline playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Changing audio track colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Video tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Adding video tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Adding video to tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Setting the video track for timeline playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Changing video track colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Video event properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Subtitles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Adding a subtitle track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Adding subtitle text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Creating a graphic subtitle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Inserting a graphic subtitle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Importing subtitles from a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Exporting subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Creating subtitles from regions in a Vegas project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Adjusting subtitle event timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Adjusting a subtitle event’s length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Copying formatting across subtitle events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Editing a subtitle event’s color set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Setting the subtitle track for timeline playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
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Changing subtitle track colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Subtitle properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Subtitle Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Transformations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Color Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Generating music with Cinescore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Generate a new soundtrack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Edit an existing soundtrack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Using Masks, Menus, and Themes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Creating custom masks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Thumbnail masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Frame masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Highlight masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Creating custom menus and buttons using layered graphics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Naming requirements for layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Creating a layered .psd menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Creating custom menus and buttons using single-layer graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Working with themes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Applying themes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Choosing a theme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Applying a theme’s alignment to menu objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
Deleting a theme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
Creating custom themes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
Exporting menu as a theme. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Learning about positional and grid themes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Working with positional themes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Working with grid themes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Modifying grid layout properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Using Scripting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Adding an existing script to a menu or title. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Creating a script. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Inserting a statement in a script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Appending a statement to a script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Removing a statement from a script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Rearranging statements in a script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Editing a script’s statements in the Script Properties window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Testing a script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Renaming a script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Deleting a script. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Setting a DVD start script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
General Purpose Register Memories (GPRM). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
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System Parameter Register Memories (SPRMs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Language codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Previewing Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Preview window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Preview toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Previewing your project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Previewing on an external video monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Setting up an external monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Configuring an external monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Preparing and Burning Your DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Preparing your project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Burning your projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Burning 8 cm discs to 12 cm discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Burning multiple copies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Writing a disc master. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Customizing DVD Architect Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Changing grid settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Using the toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Hiding and displaying the toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Reordering toolbar buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Adding buttons to the toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Removing buttons from the toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Setting DVD Architect software preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
General tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Video tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Video Device tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Editing tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Display tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Preview tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Burning tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Mastering tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Project file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Magnification and view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
General editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Inserting objects and titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Timeline window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Mouse shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
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Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i
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Chapter
1

Introduction

Welcome to DVD Architect software!

DVD Architect™ software has everything you need to create and burn professional DVDs on your computer. You’ll be creating picture slideshows, single-movie DVDs, music compilations, and menu-based DVDs on your computer in no time!

System requirements

Microsoft® Windows® 2000 SP4 or XP
800 MHz processor
200 MB hard-disk space for program installation
256 MB RAM
OHCI compatible i.LINK® connector*/IEEE-1394DV card (for external-monitor preview)
Microsoft Windows-compatible sound card
DVD-ROM drive (for installation from a DVD only)
Supported DVD-R/-RW/+R/+RW drive (for DVD burning only)
Microsoft DirectX® 9.0c or later (included on application disc)
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (included on application disc)
Internet Explorer 5.1 or later (included on application disc)
Note:
Some features may require product registration.
*i.LINK is a registered trademark of Sony Electronics, used only to designate that a product contains an IEEE 1394 connector. All products with an IEEE 1394 connector may not communicate to each other.

Installing DVD Architect software

1.
Place the DVD Architect application disc in the drive. The setup screen displays (if AutoPlay is enabled for your CD-
ROM or DVD-ROM drive).
Note:
If you have disabled the AutoPlay feature, click the Start button and choose Run. Type D:\setup.exe, where D is
the drive letter of your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, and follow the on-screen prompts to complete the installation.
2.
Click Install, and then follow the on-screen prompts to install the appropriate version of DVD Architect for your computer..
Note:
Windows Installer is used for all versions of Windows. Windows Installer is installed and then you are asked to
restart your system.

Getting help

You can access two types of help within DVD Architect software:
• Online help
•Context-sensitive help.

Online help

To access online help, choose Contents and Index from the Help menu or press F1.
Note:
To view online help, Internet Explorer 4.0 or later must be installed on your system. Internet Explorer 5.1 is included
on the DVD Architect application disc for your convenience.
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Toolbar
Tab s
Information pane
The following table describes the four tabs of the Online Help window.
Tab Description
Contents
Index Provides a complete listing of the help topics available. Scroll through the list of available topics or
Search Allows you to enter a keyword and display all of the topics in the online help that contain the
Favo rite s Allows you to keep topics that you revisit often in a separate folder. To add a topic to your favorites,
Provides a list of available help topics. Click a closed book to open the pages, and then click on a
topic page .
type a word in the Type in the keyword to find box to quickly locate topics related to that word. Select the topic and click the Display button.
keyword you have entered. Type a keyword in the Type in the word(s) to search for box and click the List Topics button. Select the topic from the list and click the Display button.
click the Add
button on the Favorites tab.

Context-sensitive help

To use context-sensitive help in a dialog box, click the question mark button in the upper-right corner of the dialog box and then click an item in the dialog box.

Help on the Web

Additional DVD Architect software help and information is available on the Sony Media Software Web site. From the Help menu, choose Sony on the Web to view a listing of Web pages pertaining to DVD Architect software and Sony Media Software. The software starts
your system’s Web browser and attempts to connect to the appropriate page on the Sony Media Software site.
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Chapter
2

Learning the DVD Architect Workspace

DVD Architect™ software is designed to make it easy to create a professional-looking DVD. Many of the editing operations, commands, and shortcut keys are common to other popular software applications, as well as other Sony Media Software applications.

Main window

When you start the application, the main window appears.
Menu bar
Toolbar
Project overview
Text editing bar
Window docking area
Editing toolbar
Workspace
Properties window
Timeline

Main window components

The work area is divided into four primary areas and is described in the following table.
Component Description
Project Overview window Workspace Properties window Window Docking area
You can resize these sections by dragging the dividers between them or by pressing F11.
Press Description
F11 Minimizes and restores the docking area at the bottom of the window. Shift+F11 Maximizes and restores the left and right docking areas (Project Overview and Properties
windows).
Ctrl+F11 Minimizes and restores the window docking area, Project Overview, and Properties windows.
Where you assemble your project and can see the big pictures. Where you edit menus and pages. Where you edit properties for media and objects in your project. Where you find media, themes, buttons and backgrounds, and perform timeline editing on playlists, compilations, scripts, and titles in your project.
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Toolbar

The main toolbar allows you to quickly access the most commonly used functions and features. To specify which buttons are displayed,
choose Customize Toolbar from the Options menu. To toggle display of the main toolbar, choose Too lb a r from the View menu.
New Project: Creates new project. Paste: Pastes items from clipboard
into project.
Open Project: Opens existing project. Undo: Reverses the last command
Save Project: Saves the current project.
Properties: Opens project properties. Enable Snapping: Enables snapping
Cut: Cuts selected events or time range.
Copy: Copies selected events or time range.
performed.
Redo: Reverses and Undo.
to grid lines.
Preview: Shows or hides the Preview window.
Make DVD: Opens the Make DVD wizard.

Project Overview window (Ctrl+Alt+1)

The Project Overview window provides a high-level view of the menus and titles in your project. You can use this window to arrange the menus and titles in your project and add or delete titles.
To toggle the display of the window, choose Project Overview from the View menu.
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Toggle Display of End Actions: Displays or hides end actions.
Set DVD Start: Sets the selected menu or title as the DVD Start item.
Insert Object: Show or hides the Insert Object drop-down list.
Delete Object: Deletes the selected title or menu.

Workspace (Alt+0)

The workspace is the portion of the DVD Architect window where you design your project. The workspace represents the currently selected menu or object.
To set input focus to the workspace, choose Focus to Workspace from the View menu.
Across the top of the workspace, there is a toolbar that helps you navigate through your project and zoom in/out of the DVD Architect workspace.
Address bar
Address bar With a drop-down menu, this allows you to navigate through the menus and titles of the parent
folder.
Back to Parent Allows you to navigate back to the parent folder of your project.
Tip: You can also use the Backspace key.
Previous Page Allows you to navigate back to the previous page in your project.
Tip: You can also use the Page Up key.
Next Page Allows you to navigate to the next page in your project.
Tip: You can also use the Page Down key.
Zoom Settings Click the down arrow next to the button to choose the magnification of the page in the
workspace. When Auto Zoom is selected, the image will zoom to fit the current workspace size.
Tip:
To browse a file’s current location on your drive or network, right-click the file in the Explorer window or in the DVD Architect
Back to Parent
workspace and choose Explore Current Folder (or select the Video or Audio box in the Properties window, click the then choose Explore Current Folder from the menu) to open the Windows Explorer.
Next Page
Zoom Settings
Previous Page
button, and
For more information, see Explorer window (Alt+3) on page 17.
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Editing toolbar (Alt+1)

The editing toolbar allows you to edit objects that you select in the workspace. To toggle display of this toolbar in the workspace,
choose Editing Toolbar from the View menu.
Selection Tool: Selects and moves objects.
Sizing Tool: Selects and resizes objects.
Navigation Tool: Verifies and edits which buttons will be activated when you press Up, Down, Left, or Right buttons on the DVD player remote control.
Keyframe Tool: Inserts a keyframe. Keyframes are used to animate objects by cropping them or changing their size or position.
Align Left: Aligns all selected objects to left edge of object that has focus.
Align Top: Aligns all selected objects to the top edge of the object that has focus.
Align Horizontal Center: Aligns all selected objects to the horizontal center of the object that has focus.
Align Vertical Center: Aligns all selected objects to the vertical center of the object that has focus.
Align Right: Aligns all selected objects to the right edge of the object that has focus.
Align Bottom: Aligns all selected objects to the bottom edge of the object that has focus.
Make Same Width: Makes all selected objects the same width as the object that has focus.
Make Same Height: Makes all selected objects the same height as the object that has focus.
Space Across: Adjusts the selected objects so an equal amount of horizontal space exists between objects.
Space Down: Adjusts the selected objects so an equal amount of vertical space exists between objects.
Horizontal Centering: Aligns selected objects to the horizontal center of the screen.
Vertical Centering: Aligns selected objects to the vertical center of the screen.

Text toolbar (Alt+2)

The text bar allows you to edit various properties for text objects you select in the workspace. To toggle the display of the text bar, choose Text bar from the View menu.
Font: Allows you to choose the typeface that will be used for text.
Font Size: Allows you to choose the size (in points) of the typeface that will be used for text.
Bold: Sets text in bold typeface. Justify Vertical Center: Aligns text to vertical
Italic: Sets text in italic typeface. Justify Bottom: Aligns text to bottom edge of
Shadow: Allows you to select position, color, and blurring of a shadow behind text.
Justify Left: Aligns text to left edge of text box.
Justify Center: Aligns text in center of text box.
Justify Right: Aligns text to right edge of text box.
Justify Top: Aligns text to top edge of text box.
center of text box.
text box.
Font Foreground Color: Allows you to set foreground color for text.
Edit Text: Makes selected text box editable.
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Window Docking Area (F11)

You can dock (anchor) windows around the edges of the DVD Architect window to keep frequently used windows available, but out of the way, while you are working with a project.
You can dock several windows in the same area of the screen and the windows will be layered. Click a window’s tab to bring it to the top.

Explorer window (Alt+3)

The Explorer window is similar to the Windows® Explorer. Use the Explorer tab to select media files to drag to the workspace or Project Overview window. From the View menu, choose Explorer to show or hide the Explorer window.
You can also use the Explorer to perform common file-management tasks such as creating folders, renaming files and folders, and
deleting files and folders. Use the Start Preview you have the Auto Preview button selected, any video or graphic file you click in the Explorer will automatically display in the workspace.
Select drive or folder
and Auto Preview buttons to preview files before adding them to the project. If
Preview selected media files before placing them in the project.
Select media to place in the project by dragging or double-clicking.

Themes window (Alt+4)

The Themes window is used to apply a theme to your menu-based project. From the View menu, choose Themes to show or hide the Themes window.
A theme is a style sheet for your DVD menu page. Each theme can contain a background image, button type, layout style, button behaviors, text style, and embedded navigation behaviors. You can apply themes to specific menu pages as you work. Each new page you add to that menu will default to using the same theme.
DVD Architect software includes some themes for you to use, and you can also create your own themes and apply them to your projects.
For more information, see Working with themes on page 123.
Double-click a theme
to apply it to a menu.
Apply Theme: Allows you to apply themes to specific menu pages as you work.
Delete Theme: Allows you to delete your own custom themes.
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Buttons window (Alt+5)

The Buttons window displays buttons that are available from installed themes and from your DVD Architect installation. From the View menu, choose Buttons to show or hide the Buttons window.
You can use the Buttons window to add new buttons to your menus, replace existing buttons, or remove frames from existing buttons.
Use the toolbar to add
or replace buttons.
Drag a button to the workspace to add it to a menu.
Insert Button: Adds the selected button (with no link) to the current menu.
Replace Button: Replaces the selected button in the workspace with the selected button in the Buttons window.
Remove Frame: Removes the frame from the selected button in the workspace.
Show Framed Buttons: Shows only buttons with frames in the Buttons window.
Show Non-Framed Buttons: Shows only buttons without frames in the Buttons window.
Show All Buttons: Shows buttons with or without frames in the Buttons window.

Backgrounds window (Alt+6)

The Backgrounds window displays menu backgrounds that are available from installed themes and from your DVD Architect installation. From the View menu, choose Backgrounds to show or hide the Backgrounds window.
You can use the Backgrounds window to add a background to a menu page or change an existing background.
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Compilation window (Alt+7)

The Compilation window displays a listing of the items in a music compilation or picture compilation. From the View menu, choose Compilation to show or hide the Compilation window.
You can use this window to arrange the items in a compilation, set image stretching or scaling, rotate an image, or set a picture’s display duration.
Drag items to rearrange, or right-click to display a shortcut menu with additional options.
Insert Item: Adds images to a picture compilation or audio to a music compilation.
Delete Items: Removes images from a picture compilation or audio from a music compilation.
Fit compilation to audio: Automatically adjusts the duration of all slides to match the length of the audio file.
Generate Slide Show Animations: Increase Contrast: Increases the contrast of the
Rotate Counterclockwise: Rotates the image counterclockwise.
Rotate Clockwise: Rotates the image clockwise.
Reset Effect Properties: Resets all effect properties.
Auto Levels: Automatically adjusts the brightness and contrast. The most abundant colors (either light or dark) are enhanced.
Auto Levels (Dark): Automatically adjusts the brightness and contrast. The least abundant colors (either light or dark) are enhanced.
Auto Level Channels: Automatically adjusts brightness and contrast. Adjustment is performed independently on each color channel.
Increase Brightness: Increases the brightness of the image.
Decrease Brightness: Decreases the brightness of the image.
image.
Decrease Contrast: Decreases the contrast of the image.
Increase Contrast Center: Adjusts the anchor point around which green contrast is adjusted.
Decrease Contrast Center: Adjusts the anchor point around which green contrast is adjusted.
Thumbnail Size: Displays small, medium, or large thumbnail images.
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Properties window (Alt+8)

The Properties window includes controls that you can use to edit nearly every detail of your project. From the View menu, choose Properties to show or hide the Properties window.
The contents of the Properties window change depending on the current selection. For example, if you have a menu open in the workspace, you can edit page properties and button properties. If you have a title open in the Timeline window, you can edit
information about the media file.
Property Description
Graphics Edits the position, size, and appearance of graphical elements on a menu or compilation. Button Edits the action and appearance of the selected menu button. Menu Page Adjusts the length, background media, end actions, and remote control button behavior
Subtitle Adjusts subtitle text positions and adjusts which color set is used to draw subtitle text. Media Adjusts the end actions and remote control button behavior for the selected media file. Picture Compilation Adjusts the end actions and remote control button behavior for the selected picture
Music/Video Compilation Playlist Adjusts the settings for each item in a playlist or to set the end action for the selected
Video Event Chooses the media file that will be used for events on the additional video tracks and
Script Properties Adjusts settings for each statement in your DVD script.
for the selected page.
compilation. Adjusts the end actions and remote control button behavior for the selected music/video compilation.
playlist.
adjusts color settings and cropping.

Timeline window (Alt+9)

The Timeline window is a chronological representation of a video, picture compilation, music/video compilation, or the background media for a menu. From the View menu, choose Timeline to show or hide the Timeline window.
The timeline displays your main audio and video tracks, subtitle and additional audio tracks, chapter markers, and transport controls you can use to preview your media within the DVD Architect workspace.
Insert Track: Shows or hides the Insert Track drop-down list.
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Import Subtitles: Imports subtitles from a script file.
Add Audio Track: Adds an audio track to the current file.
Add Video Track: Adds a video track to the current file.
Add Subtitle Track: Adds a subtitle track to the current file.
Insert Subtitle Text Event: Adds a subtitle text event to the selected track.
Insert Video Event: Adds a video event.
Insert Button: Inserts a button into the workspace.
Insert Scene/Chapter Marker: Inserts a scene chapter marker.
Insert Chapter Marker: Adds a chapter marker.
Insert Buttons on Video Marker: Inserts a button on video marker.
Generate Music: Allows you to generate music for your project using Cinescore
.
Export Subtitles: Exports subtitle content to a script file.
Load Markers: Loads markers from a file.
Save Markers: Saves markers to a file.
Auto Ripple: Toggles Auto Ripple mode.
Quantize to Frames: Forces events and markers to frame boundaries.
Enable Timeline Snapping: Enables timeline snapping.
Set In Point: Sets the in point for the title to the cursor position.
Set Out Point: Sets the out point for the title to the cursor position.
Set Loop Point: Sets the loop point to indicate the point where looped playback begins.

Playlists window (Ctrl+Alt+2)

You can use playlists to play a sequence of movies, chapter markers, music compilations, or picture compilations. A playlist can contain only titles that are part of the DVD project, which are played from start to finish, and an end action determines what happens at the end of the playlist. From the View menu, choose Playlists to show or hide the Playlists window. page 94.
Insert Playlist: Adds a new playlist to your project.
Delete Playlist: Removes the current playlist from your project.
Insert Playlist Items: Displays the Select Title dialog where you can add titles to the current playlist.
Current playlist
Playlist item list
Allows you to choose the playlist that you want to display.
Lists the titles in the playlist.
For more information, see Playlist properties on
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DVD Scripts (Ctrl+Alt+3)

From the View menu, choose DVD Scripts to display the DVD Scripts window. You can use the Script Properties controls in the Properties window to adjust settings for each statement in your DVD script.
Scripting in DVD Architect gives you even more options for creativity when designing your DVD. Among other things, you can customize the play order of your DVD, create simple games, and add navigation clues. The scripting feature in DVD Architect is based on the DVD-Video specification.
Item Description
Insert DVD Script Click to add a new DVD script to your project. For more information, see Creating a
Delete DVD Script Click to remove the current script from your project
.
script on page 130.
Insert Statement Click to add a statement to your script. The Script Properties information is displayed in
the Properties window, allowing you to choose your statement type and construct your statement.
Append Statement Click to add a statement to the end of your script. The Script Properties information is
displayed, allowing you to choose your statement type and construct your statement.
Delete Statement Click to remove the selected statement(s) from your script.
Tog gle Bre akpoin t Click to insert a breakpoint to the currently selected command(s) or label(s) in the
script.
DVD scripts list Choose an existing script from the drop-down list to specify the script you want to
display.
Script statement list Lists the statements in the script. You can drag statements within this area to rearrange
Note:
Breakpoints are useful for debugging scripts. In the preview mode, breakpoints suspend playback and display the debugger
them. You can use the Script Properties controls to set the statement type, commands, and conditions.
area in the lower-left corner of the preview window, allowing you to step through the script in a certain area and then resume playback.
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Chapter
3

Getting Started

This chapter details what you need to know to start authoring your DVD using DVD Architect™ software.

How it works

The basic process for creating a DVD is essentially the same regardless of the type of project you choose to create. The steps listed below are discussed in more detail in the following sections:
1.
Start a new project and specify the type of project you want to create (menu based, music/video compilation, picture compilation, or single movie).
2.
Choose and add your media.
3.
Preview your project.
4.
Save your project.
5.
Prepare and burn your DVD.

Preparing files for DVD Architect software

To ensure that your DVD preparation and burning process goes smoothly, you should attempt to save your media files in the supported formats prior to bringing them into your DVD Architect project. DVD Architect software supports a wide variety of file formats, but some will require transcoding or recompression by the DVD preparation process, lengthening the amount of time needed to complete this operation, and possibly resulting in degradation of quality.
information, see Choosing your media files on page 25.
The following files will not require recompression if encoded with proper parameters: MPEG-2, PCM, and AC-3.
For more
Note:
The Sony Media Software AC-3 and MainConcept MPEG-2 encoders provide templates that, if used without any
modifications, result in files that do not require any recompression (unless the file size is too large to fit on a DVD).
The precise settings to produce MPEG-2, PCM, and AC-3 files that do not require recompression follow.

AC-3 audio (.ac3)

Number of channels: stereo or 5.1 surround
Bit rate: 64 kbps to 448 kbps inclusive

PCM audio (.wav)

Sample size: 16, 20, or 24 bit
Sample rate: 48 or 96 kHz
Number of channels: stereo
Compression: uncompressed

NTSC MPEG video (.m2p, .mp2, .mpg, .mpeg, .mpv)

If you’re using the MainConcept MPEG-2 encoder in Vegas® software, use the DVD Architect NTSC video stream or DVD Architect 24p NTSC video stream template to render your video stream (you’ll need to render your audio stream
separately according to the parameters listed in the AC-3 audio or PCM audio sections above).
Aspect ratio and frame resolution:
Aspect Ratio Frame Size
4:3 720x480
4:3 704x480
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Aspect Ratio Frame Size
4:3 352x240
4:3 352x480
16:9 720x480
16:9 704x480
Frame rate: 29.97 fps or 23.976 fps + 2-3 pulldown
Maximum GOP (group of pictures): 36
Maximum bit rate: 9.8 Mbps
No low delay

PAL MPEG video (.m2p, .mp2, .mpg, .mpeg, .mpv)

If you’re using the MainConcept MPEG-2 encoder in Vegas software, use the DVD Architect PAL video stream or DVD Architect PAL Widescreen video stream template to render your video stream (you’ll need to render your audio stream separately according to the
parameters listed in the AC-3 audio or PCM audio sections above).
Aspect ratio and frame resolution:
Aspect Ratio Frame Size
4:3 720x576
4:3 704x576
4:3 352x576
4:3 352x288
16:9 720x576
16:9 704x576
Frame rate: 25 fps
Maximum GOP (group of pictures): 30
Maximum bit rate: 9.8 Mbps
No low delay

Starting a new project

You can design a DVD as simple or as complex as you’d like, consisting of stills, video, and audio. Organization of these components is an important piece of the creation process. In the software, organization is handled by a project file (*.dar) that saves the relevant information about source file locations, insertion points, chapters, text, and more. This project file is not a multimedia file, but is instead used to create the final product when your editing is finished.
1.
From the File menu, choose New. The New Project dialog is displayed.
2.
On the General tab, click the type of project that you want to create:
Type of project Description
Menu Based Produces a DVD that displays a menu when played in a DVD player. Users can move through the
Music/Video Compilation
Picture Compilation
menu items and select what they’d like to view. You can use any kind of media to a menu-based DVD. In addition, you can add multiple menus and titles (music compilations, picture compilations, and movies). Produces a DVD containing a compilation of audio files. You can choose a still image or video to associate with each audio file. Music or video compilations contain no menus, but users can skip forward and backward through audio tracks using their DVD remote control. see Creating a Music/Video Compilation on page 75. Produces a DVD that displays a slideshow of still images. You can choose one background audio track to play while the pictures are displayed. Picture compilations contain no menus, but users can skip forward and backward through pictures using their DVD remote control. information, see Creating a Picture Compilation on page 83.
For more information, see Creating a Menu-Based DVD on page 39.
For more information,
For more
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Type of project Description
Single Movie Produces a DVD containing a single movie. Single movies contain no menus or other media (aside
3.
Choose the appropriate video setting from the Project video format drop-down list. This format is used for video that must be recompressed and for all menus in your project.
4.
Choose the appropriate audio setting from the Project audio format drop-down list. This format will be used for audio files that require recompression.
5.
If your projects typically use these settings, select the Start all new projects with these settings check box.
Note:
The project settings you chose in the New Project dialog can be changed at any time while you are working on a project, with
from introductory video/audio, if desired).
or Title on page 97.
For more information, see Creating a Single-Movie DVD
For more information, see Adjusting video recompression settings on page 35.
For more information, see Adjusting audio recompression settings on page 36.
the exception of the type of project you chose to create. To change any of these settings, choose Properties from the File menu.
6.
Click the Summary tab, and complete the information in the fields as desired. This information is saved with the project.
Field Description
Title
Artist
Engineer
Copyright
Comments
Enter the title of the project. Enter the name of the artist who performed in the project. Enter the name of the person who mixed or edited the project. Enter copyright information about the project. Enter any comments you want to associate with the project.
We recommend saving your project at regular intervals to avoid loss of work due to system failure or power outages. For more
information, please
see Saving your project on page 37.

Opening an existing project

1.
From the File menu, choose Open. The Open dialog is displayed.
2.
Locate and select the project (.dar) file you want to open.
3.
Click the Open button.
Tip:
If media files cannot be located when you open a project, you can choose to leave the media offline and continue to edit your
project. If you restore the source media file at a later time, the project will open normally.

Choosing your media files

You can use the Explorer window to find and add media files to your project. DVD Architect software supports a wide variety of media
files. You may add any of the following media file types to your project:
Form at Extension Definition
AC-3 .ac3 Encoded Dolby® Digital surround or stereo sound format. AT RA C .aa3, .oma A Sony proprietary audio compression technology. GIF .gif 256 index color, lossless image and animation format widely used on the Internet. JPEG .jpg True color, lossy Internet image format. Macintosh AIFF File .aif Standard audio format used on Macintosh® computers. MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 .mpg MPEGs, files compressed using a lossy audio/video compression method, can be used with
MPEG Layer 3 .mp3 Highly compressed audio file. Ogg Vorbis .ogg A patent-free audio encoding and streaming technology. Photoshop .psd Adobe® Photoshop® proprietary image format (flattened). Portable Network Graphic .png True color or indexed color, lossy or lossless Internet image format that supports alpha
QuickTime .mov, .qt QuickTime™ standard audio/video format used on Macintosh® computers.
DVD Architect software.
channel transparency.
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Format Extension Definition
Sony Perfect Clarity Audio .pca Sony proprietary lossless audio compression format. Sony Wave 64 .w64 Sony proprietary Wave64™ audio file that does not have a limited file size (unlike Windows
WAV files that are limited to ~2GB). TAR GA .tga True color, lossless image format that supports alpha-channel transparency. TIFF .tif Tagged Image File Format, a common bitmap format. You must have QuickTime installed to
use TIFF files in DVD Architect software. Video for Windows .avi Standard audio/video format used on Microsoft® Windows-based computers. Wave (Microsoft) .wav Standard audio format used on Microsoft Windows-based computers. Windows Bitmap .bmp Standard graphic format used on Microsoft Windows-based computers. Windows Media Audio .wma The Microsoft audio-only format used to create files for streaming or downloading via the
Web. Windows Media Format .wmv The Microsoft standard used for streaming audio and video media via the Web.
Note:
DVD Architect software includes support for many file types and can convert your media to the formats required for DVD as needed. However, for best performance (decreased disc preparation time and recompression), use existing rendered files. For more information about the types of files that can be used without recompression, see Preparing files for DVD Architect software on page 23.

Using Explorer window views

You can control the information that is displayed in the Explorer window by clicking the Views button and selecting a view.
View Description
Tree View Displays all of the available drives and folders that you may choose from to find files. Summary View Displays everything shown in the Tree View, but adds an area below the file list where summary information for the
Details Displays all the properties for each file. The information is presented in a table format. You can sort the
All files Displays all file types in the selected folder.
selected file is displayed, such as the file type and properties.
files according to a category by clicking the column label for that category.

Downloading media from the Web

You can also download media files from the Web for use in your project.
1.
From the File menu, choose Get Media from the Web. Your Web browser starts and attempts to connect to the Internet.
2.
Search for and download files to use in your project.

Previewing media files

You can preview media files from the Explorer window at any time before adding them to your project. To do so, simply click once on the
file to select it, and then click the Start Preview button
You can enable automatic previewing of selected files by clicking the Auto Preview button . When this option is enabled, any file you select in the Explorer window is automatically previewed. To stop the preview, click the Stop Preview button. To disable this option, click the Auto Preview button again.
. To stop the preview, click the Stop Preview button .
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