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1. General...............................................................................................................   5

 

2. Installation and Starting the Program .............................................................   5

 

3. The DVD-Arabesk 2 Menu ................................................................................   6

 

 

3.1 Creation..................................................................................................   6

 

 

3.2 Info / Play ............................................................................................... 12

 

 

3.3 Miscellaneous........................................................................................ 14

 

4. Practice Example for Layout of a DVD Menu.................................................. 16

 

 

4.1 Menu layout with DVD-Arabesk 2........................................................ 16

 

 

4.2 Menu layout with PIP-Studio ............................................................... 19

 

5. Practice Excercises for Specifying the Background Menu............................. 22

 

 

5.1 Animated DVD title text........................................................................ 22

 

 

5.2 Moving background with Liquid Images ............................................ 23

 

 

5.3 Moving background with Particle Magic ............................................ 24

 

 

5.4 Moving background with Akaba – New Concept............................... 25

 

 

5.5 Suggestions for layout ......................................................................... 26

Summary of Contents for DVD-Arabesk 2

Page 1: ...User manual DVD Arabesk 2 for Casablanca ...

Page 2: ...alers therefore cannot be held liable for any defects or unintentional damage in connection with the installation or use of the DVD Arabesk 2 software MacroSystem Digital Video AG and its dealers do not guarantee fault free use of the product or complete flawlessness of the product Any implied guarantee is totally out of the question including guarantee of suitability of the softwa re or operating...

Page 3: ...mple for Layout of a DVD Menu 16 4 1 Menu layout with DVD Arabesk 2 16 4 2 Menu layout with PIP Studio 19 5 Practice Excercises for Specifying the Background Menu 22 5 1 Animated DVD title text 22 5 2 Moving background with Liquid Images 23 5 3 Moving background with Particle Magic 24 5 4 Moving background with Akaba New Concept 25 5 5 Suggestions for layout 26 ...

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Page 5: ...ou can then remove the SmartMedia card which will restart the Casablanca system If you want to install DVD Arabesk 2 as a demo version only also possible for Casablanca systems without a DVD burner select the program in the list and click activate If you are working with SMART EDIT version 2 5 or higher click on the Cancel button in the displayed number code window If you are working with SMART ED...

Page 6: ...deo material You also see the information Project length which indicates the length of the inserted project You can specify the Image quality of the project after conversion to the DVD standard by clicking on the selection control There are Four levels available Reduced Normal High and Maximum The image quality is determined by the data rate level of compression the better the image quality the mo...

Page 7: ...arge projects Selecting the function Edit Chapters opens a window in which the individual storyboard scenes are displayed The scenes are displayed for example as follows Chapter 1 000 05 00 S1 A chapter must always begin at the start of a scene so scroll through the scenes displayed in this window and decide where you would like to set the beginning of a chapter Select the line of the desired scen...

Page 8: ... the first film automatically when the DVD is inserted After the first film ends the menu appears but you now do not see the first film listed in the DVD menu screen It is now not possible to start the first film again from the menu Trailer Menu This setting plays the first film automatically but also displays the film in the DVD menu where can now be selected again Background This function is use...

Page 9: ...rs directly after the n entered together with the backslash After you press Ok you will see the text you have entered appear as a multi line title If you have the Power Key Option then you can exit the screen keyboard with the Return key If you are using SMART EDIT version 3 1 then simply press also with Power Key Option the key combination Alt Return if you want to move to a new line The Return c...

Page 10: ...or whether only the text is to be displayed no Stamp With Position you specify the position of the image or text If you have specified no Stamp then a frame is automatically put around the film name belonging to the project In order to suppress this frame later in the DVD menu set the stamp icon border width to the value 0 see Borders Film Texts If you have set this function activate the desired s...

Page 11: ...m stamp when it is active Activation Color defines the color the frame shows momentarily when the frame is selected Shadow This function lets you specify the shadow that is thrown by the icon You can set the Color Size Border and Direction of the shadow At the left edge of the operating panel you will find the familiar controls that allow you to reduce the size of the panel or move it to the other...

Page 12: ... DVD writer always writes about 20 of the media even when the actual data volume is much less Writing duration becomes proportional for projects of 20 minutes length or more The read write diode is on during the write process It can happen that Casablanca is finished writing the write window closes but that the diode is still on In this case wait until the diode turns off before removing the DVD D...

Page 13: ...next chapter beginning Stop button to stop playback and to call up the Film Info window Play in order to playback the activated film Pause in order to stop playback temporarily 3 2 Info Play All 5 Clicking on the All button calls up the Info window in which you can see the contents on the compiled virtual DVD This virtual DVD exists on the hard disk but has not yet been written to an actual DVD Yo...

Page 14: ...al options for using Arabesk 3 3 Miscellaneous Read DVD 7 With DVD Arabesk 2 you can make copies of DVDs that you have written with DVD Arabesk 2 or DVD Arabesk To make a DVD copy you Read the source DVD to the hard disk and then write a DVD R or RW The result is a 100 copy without loss This function is meant to let you copy your own finished DVDs after you have deleted the project from the hard d...

Page 15: ...s can be erased and rewritten but they are somewhat more expensive and do not work with all players 3 3 Miscellaneous Settings 9 A click on the button Settings opens a window in which you can specify the Write Speed You have the possibility of specifying two different speeds with the help of the selection button Normal and High For DVDs with small data volume the write duration can be significantl...

Page 16: ...and anxious to see your film Now enter the menu Finish and start the program DVD Arabesk 2 After a moment you will see the DVD Arabesk menu Now click on the button Add Film at the upper left so that the corresponding window opens Clicking on Select project opens the project selection in which you can now select the project of your choice It does not matter which project you choose first because yo...

Page 17: ...und displays an operating panel in which you see the button Menu that you now set to the option Control In the lower portion of the window the selection button 1 Film is displayed that you now set to the function Trailer only You see that the image of the film selected as leader is now not visible in the menu Now set the selection button Menu to Background in order to specify the layout of the DVD...

Page 18: ... do the same for the other images You might wish to vary some of the settings e g set another size Now enter the menu Film Texts in which you also activate a stamp icon After clicking on the button Text the screen keyboard appears with which you can rename the marked film This is useful when your projects e g were named P1 previously or were titled with an inappropriate name Text entry works accor...

Page 19: ... DVD then you can make further changes under Edit Menu And you check the changes again under the menu item All If you are satisfied with the result then you can go to the menu item Settings in which you specify the write speed for burning the DVD please read Chapter 3 3 item 9 Finally click on the button Write DVD open the front panel of your Casablanca system and press the button on the drive to ...

Page 20: ... Single and under Effect set Hard Cut for IN and OUT Now select as Shape a Rectangle and set the Size 120 x 96 for NTSC 120 x 80 in order to obtain an average sized picture Note In order to obtain a small reference picture select 80 x 64 NTSC 80 x 50 for a large picture use 160 x 128 NTSC 160 x 100 Now go to the menu Border and set both Size and Blur to 0 Also the value of Distance in the menu Sha...

Page 21: ...d menu and confirm with Ok Afterward set the option Animated unter Mode and activate additionally in the case that you have put a video clip under the DVD menu created with PIP Studio the function Audio so that a checkmark appears Then set the Size under menu item Borders at least to the value two The alpha value of the frame color or frame pattern must not be set to 0 Select an appropriate Color ...

Page 22: ...yed with the built in player 5 1 Animated DVD title text In this example you will learn to create an animated heading for the DVD menu without having to use a supplementary program Create a fixed image or a moving scene with a nice motif from your video material representing the contents of the films on the DVD This scene should be 15 seconds long Alternatively you can use a 15 second pattern scen...

Page 23: ...ribed in Chapter 3 When you calculate your DVD and play it in the built in player you will see the heading moving into the picture from the right If you take more than 15 seconds to activate a film in the DVD menu the text will move through the picture again because the DVD menu is played repeatedly Of course you can use supplementary programs to modify the previously described titling For example...

Page 24: ...propriate title e g Videos 2003 In our example we have decided to use the font Lynn at a size of 200 The text should have a white color with an alpha value of 50 and show a white frame with a thickness of 4 Center the text and calculate the effect over the entire scene Then create a new scene from it and insert it into the storyboard Now enter the menu Image Processing effects and select the Parti...

Page 25: ...d drag the mouse to size the rectangle A medium sized background icon for DVD Arabesk 2 must be of size 102 x 96 NTSC 120 x 80 Add this value to the coordinates and subtract 1 so that the rectangle is positioned at the coordinates 565 185 NTSC 565 169 Confirm by clicking on the left trackball key You have just created a window as a wall Then select the color green in the palette window and click o...

Page 26: ...ction of the scene created previously with Akaba New Concept by clicking on Ok Under Mode activate the function Still In the menu item Stamps select under Type the setting Stamp f Scene select a medium size and position the icons next to each other by using the button Position in the windows created with Akaba New Concept 5 5 Suggestions for layout In the following you see some examples for DVD ba...

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