Dvd Authoring?
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- oculasm
does anyone know of an industry standard DVD authoring program that will let me create complex dvd menus and interactivity.
I fancy having a go.
- unknown0
Sonic, but that costs aout 60 grand for all the kit, but you can get a deal for 30 k.
- oculasm0
sonic sounds familiar.. Im gonna google now..
what does the kit have?
have you had personal experience?cheers.
- unknown0
For really complex interaction, you ain't gonna use DVD, the complexity comes when you're doing something like what I'm doing at the mo. (D&AD DVD) and it has some 100 screens and 150 subtitles pages that all need to be individually named... and you need a decent set up to handle all that
- oculasm0
thanks.. sounds interesting..
what I have plannned probably wont have more complexity than "tender loving care" or "point of view" by aftermath interactive.. like punching in a code and watching a number of videos in a particular sequence. Ive already worked out a sample of the relationships of my videos on paper first.
do you perhaps have any specification of the dvd language? what its capabilities are? that might help me on my way..
- unknown0
I leave that to the authorer... thats why there are companies that specialise in it... such as ThePavement... I worked with them when doing a DVD for Orbital
- oculasm0
thanks for your help.
your work is tight! speciallly the orbital work which Ive just had a look at!as a multimedia student.. I have to become a bit of the authorer and a bit of the content creator.. :)
its for an arty thing..not commercial anyway. so budget isnt that far strectching..I hope my uni library stocks the D&AD DVD this year. I usually check it each year,
- unknown0
I did it last year... you may want ot look at what apple mac authoring software offers, adobe are also bring out something for PC... but haven't researched into it yet.
- oculasm0
oh right well I may have seen it already..
thanks, Ill look into them today,
- paulrand0
if it's a non-commercial thing, how about apple dvd pro?
- ChankDiesel0
Engagesstudio
When will we see the D&AD DVD out in the shops ?.
I'm making my Uni's DVD this year with all the students work on to see, what am i getting myself into?.
- intoxicated0
Hi guys,
Funny, I'm trying to get a DVD done too. Its for my wife's documentary film that I've become the self-appointed promoter/producer/designer on and now I think its time for DVD. We did a VHS run that is no longer available...anyhooo.
I know that authoring DVD is big business and requires top-gear. But I want to design the menu/interface so all the branding is the same - perhaps add a photo gallery and some production notes. A scene selection whould be nice, but that's too hard to produce right?
Anyway, I'm thinking that I can do the graphic deisng in Flash and then pass it on to a Post Prod. House to bang out a master. Am I on the right track? And do I need a professional team to author this or can I use a friend with a Mac DVD system.I shout up now.
Oh, see: http://www.zeniththemovie.com for more info on the doc, it's good.
- unknown0
The DVD will be out in the autumn... but you can last years now.