Focal Easy Guide to DVD Studio Pro 3

This highly illustrated, full-color book tells readers all they need to know to get up and running quickly using DVD Studio Pro to achieve professional results. All the essential areas are covered: preparing assets, the DVD SP interface, setting up DVD, adding tracks, building menus, adding markers, building slideshows, making subtitles, and multiplexing.

Introduction; Hardware Requirements; Installing DVD Studio Pro; Making DVD's - The Easy Way; Making DVD's - The Professional Way; Overview of the DVD Production Process; Planning Your Disc; Preparing Assets; The DVD Studio Pro Interface; Setting up Your DVD; Adding Tracks; Building Menus; Adding Markers; Building Slideshows; Making Subtitles; Finishing the DVD; Multiplexing - Putting it all together.

"Rick Young's book is magnificently studded with beautiful color graphics and illustrations that make it a joy to look at and use...an easy to follow book short on pages but long on excellent and useful information and guidelines, what more is necessary?" - www.kenstone.net "Studio Pro 3.0 is the acknowledged industry leader and this Focal Press Easy Guide hands you the keys... Young's clear approach allows the new user's creativity to flow by holding back on the complications until a need-to-know situation arises...Text is clear, free of jargon and verbal clutter. Precise screenshots build confidence at every stage. This little volume excites interest as it unfolds, just like a well-authored DVD...a great new addition to the Focal Press imprint's Easy Guide series." - www.shootingpeople.org "The first book we've seen on DVD Studio Pro 3 is a good 'un...this full-colour romp through the vagaries of DVD creation will delight novices and experienced users alike. There's even a section at the back with Q&A-style interviews with leading DVD Studio Pro protagonists." - iCreate magazine