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Chapter 2 Getting started
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DVD authoring workflow
Authoring a DVD with DVDit Pro HD involves the following basic steps (although you
don’t have to perform the steps in this order):
1. Prepare the assets (video, audio, and images) that will go into the DVD presentation,
using common video and graphics applications.
2. Start DVDit Pro HD and create a new project.
3. Import your assets into the project.
4. Use the imported assets to create titles (movies and slideshows) and menus.
5. Link the titles and menus together using button links and End Actions.
6. Test how the project will play back to make sure that everything works as desired.
7. Burn a disc or write a DLT from the project.
DVDit Pro HD makes it easy to create professional DVDs with complex menu navigation,
chapter points, subtitles, and other special features such as playlists and DVD-ROM content.
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DVDit Pro HD often provides many different ways to perform a particular task. For
example, you can add a chapter point to a movie by pressing the Insert key, choosing an
option from the Timeline menu, using a Right-click menu, or clicking a button. Generally,
this User Guide shows only one or two ways to perform these tasks.
Blu-ray projects
Blu-ray Disc (BD) is a 25 GB optical disc format (50 Gb for dual layers) that offers high-
definition video resolutions (up to 1920 x 1080), high-definition surround audio, and
expanded interactivity, beyond standard-definition DVD titles.
DVDit Pro HD lets you create and burn Blu-ray projects with high-definition video and
audio assets that are compliant with the format. However, in authoring the interactivity of
the project in DVDit Pro HD, the same constraints of the DVD-Video format (number of
titles, number of menu buttons, available link destinations, etc.) apply.
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