Designing DVD Menus - How to Create Professional-looking DVDs
Published on 29. November 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-904705-42-0 (ISBN)
Description
Making DVDs is now within the scope of every home movie-maker. The equipment needed is readily available, and the costs have plummeted. Moreover, it's fun to use, it's easy to learn, and, best of all, you can share the DVDs you make with friends, family and business associates - and wow them with your sheer brilliance! Designing DVD Menus will provide readers at any level with all the information and inspiration they need to create a complete DVD from start to finish. It demystifies the jargon and explains technical issues in terms that are easy to understand. Employing plenty of easy-to-follow, step-by-step workthroughs, it encourages you to focus on getting creative with your ideas. It is full of projects that show how to use animation, picture-within-picture, background movie clips and audio and imaging effects to create stunning titles, menu screens, transitions and interactive features. All in all, it offers a wealth of tips and tricks to give your designs that cool, professional edge.
Making DVDs is now within the scope of every home movie-maker. The equipment needed is readily available, and the costs have plummeted. Moreover, it's fun to use, it's easy to learn, and, best of all, you can share the DVDs you make with friends, family and business associates - and wow them with your sheer brilliance! Designing DVD Menus will provide readers at any level with all the information and inspiration they need to create a complete DVD from start to finish. It demystifies the jargon and explains technical issues in terms that are easy to understand. Employing plenty of easy-to-follow, step-by-step workthroughs, it encourages you to focus on getting creative with your ideas. It is full of projects that show how to use animation, picture-within-picture, background movie clips and audio and imaging effects to create stunning titles, menu screens, transitions and interactive features. All in all, it offers a wealth of tips and tricks to give your designs that cool, professional edge.
Making DVDs is now within the scope of every home movie-maker. The equipment needed is readily available, and the costs have plummeted. Moreover, it's fun to use, it's easy to learn, and, best of all, you can share the DVDs you make with friends, family and business associates - and wow them with your sheer brilliance! Designing DVD Menus will provide readers at any level with all the information and inspiration they need to create a complete DVD from start to finish. It demystifies the jargon and explains technical issues in terms that are easy to understand. Employing plenty of easy-to-follow, step-by-step workthroughs, it encourages you to focus on getting creative with your ideas. It is full of projects that show how to use animation, picture-within-picture, background movie clips and audio and imaging effects to create stunning titles, menu screens, transitions and interactive features. All in all, it offers a wealth of tips and tricks to give your designs that cool, professional edge.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Lewes
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Octopus Publishing Group
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
500 full colour photos
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
690 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-904705-42-0 (9781904705420)
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George Cairns is a freelance artist and writer. A regular contributor to Digital Camera Magazine, Computer Arts Projects, Digital Creative Arts and 3D World, he has spent over a decade teaching Photoshop and video editing at a number of universities in the UK. Michael Burns is a freelance journalist with nine years' experience of writing about the creative computer graphics and digital technology industries. He contributes regularly to Computer Arts, Digit, Televisual, PC Pro, Macworld, and Macformat.
George Cairns is a freelance artist and writer. A regular contributor to Digital Camera Magazine, Computer Arts Projects, Digital Creative Arts and 3D World, he has spent over a decade teaching Photoshop and video editing at a number of universities in the UK. Michael Burns is a freelance journalist with nine years' experience of writing about the creative computer graphics and digital technology industries. He contributes regularly to Computer Arts, Digit, Televisual, PC Pro, Macworld, and Macformat.
George Cairns is a freelance artist and writer. A regular contributor to Digital Camera Magazine, Computer Arts Projects, Digital Creative Arts and 3D World, he has spent over a decade teaching Photoshop and video editing at a number of universities in the UK. Michael Burns is a freelance journalist with nine years' experience of writing about the creative computer graphics and digital technology industries. He contributes regularly to Computer Arts, Digit, Televisual, PC Pro, Macworld, and Macformat.