Roxio DVDit Pro HD, User Manual

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Chapter 3 Creating projects
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Starting a new project
When you launch DVDit Pro HD, it creates a new, untitled project automatically, using the
default project settings. When a new project is launched, the New Project dialog is placed on
top of it to allow you easy access to TV Standard and Menu Aspect Ratio project settings. If
you click cancel, you can immediately begin importing assets and creating movies and
menus. If you change the New Project settings and click OK, DVDit Pro HD will start a new
project with your custom project settings. See
“Changing DVDit Pro HD’s preferences” on
page 159 to change the default settings.
If you want to use other settings temporarily — for example, to create a PAL format project
when your default TV Standard is NTSC — you must create a new project after launching
DVDit Pro HD.
To create a project using other settings:
1. Choose File > New. The New dialog box opens.
2. Select the appropriate options for your project:
- Project Name: Project names should be no more than 25 alphanumeric characters
(letters and numbers). This name will become the burned disc’s volume name (the
name displayed when you view the disc in Windows Explorer).
- TV Standard: Choose the appropriate TV broadcast standard for the country and
region where the DVD will be played. See “TV Standards and DVD regions” on
page 173 for more information. Once you have set the project’s TV Standard, it
cannot be changed.
- Menu Aspect: Choose either Fullscreen for 4:3 menus or Widescreen for 16:9
menus. This option determines the size of the Preview window for menu design.
When Fullscreen is selected, menus created in DVDit Pro HD are 720 x 480 for
NTSC and 720 x 576 for PAL; when Widescreen is selected, menus are 1280 x 720.
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