Chapter 5
Creating and editing movie titles
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Creating and editing chapter points
Chapter points let viewers navigate to specific locations or scenes in a movie and are one of
the most important navigation tools available to DVD authors. You create and edit chapter
points in the Timeline window.
Each movie can contain up to 99 chapter points. This is the maximum allowed by the DVD-
Video format.
This section includes:
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“Adding chapter points manually” on page 88
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“Moving chapter points” on page 89
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“Naming chapter points” on page 89
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“Deleting chapter points” on page 91
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“Effect of trimming on chapter points” on page 91
Adding chapter points manually
To add a chapter point to a movie:
1. Double-click the movie in the Project window.
2. In the Timeline window, do one of the following:
t
Drag the Playhead to the location where you want to create the chapter point.
t
Enter the timecode where you want to add the chapter point in the Playhead field
above the Timeline ruler. The Playhead moves to this timecode location.
Playhead field
Playhead
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Summary of Contents for DVDit Pro HD
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