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DVD Studio Pro Training Schedule
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DVD Studio Training Course Synopsis
Students learn all aspects of DVD production in this comprehensive two day hands-on class-including: story boarding, navigation, menus, design, bit budgeting, video and audio encoding, authoring, web-links, proofing and pre-mastering.
Training Course Length and Time
This class is 3 days long. Class time is 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. Breaks are scheduled throughout the day and lunch is typically scheduled 12-1. Students provide their own lunch.
What You Will Learn in This Training Course
- Designing a Menu
- Using DVD Studio Pro With Final Cut Pro
- Giving The Menu Interactivity
- Encoding Video and Audio Properly
- Creating Web-links
- Viewing Real-Time Previews
- Making the Final DVD
Who Should Attend this Training Course
This class is designed for corporate designers, wedding and sports videographers, DVD enthusiasts, electronic publishers, film studio development executives, Final Cut Pro users, university filmdepartments, website designers and anyone else who wants to learn how to create a professional-looking DVD on the Apple platform.
Enrollment
Please fill out our registration form and fax it to us at (312) 896-9094.
Locations for this Training Course
We have training centers in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, San Diego and Washington DC. We also offer classes at a network of rental facilities. We offer private onsite training and instructor-led, live online training. If coming to a rental facility, please double-check the location of your class with our office to make sure you get to the right location.
Prerequisites for this Training Course
Knowledge of your operating system and basic computer navigation is required for all classes.
Goals for this Training Course
Sterling Ledet and Associates realizes the importance of education and we take pride in being able to offer you classes that are more custom fit to your needs. Call us at (770) 414-5007 if you have any special questions or e-mail us at sales@ledet.com.
Lesson 1
- Getting to Know the Work Area
- Looking at the window setup
- Graphical view
- Project view
- Asset view
- Property inspector
- Pop-Up menu prompts
Lesson 2
- Retaining Digital Quality
- Drawing from digital video editing software
- Encoding video in MPEG-2 format
- PAL versus NTSC
- DVD-9 support
- 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios
Lesson 3
- Audio aspects
- Encoding audio in PCM format
- Encoding audio in AC-3 (Dolby Digital) format
- Using Quicktime fi les (i.e. – AIFF, WAVE, Sound Designer)
- Channel Formats from mono to 5.1 surround sound
Lesson 4
- Intro to Building Menus
- Using Photoshop layers
- Creating still menus
- Creating motion menus with video clips
- Placing buttons over video tracks
Lesson 5
- Interactivity
- Using tracks (video and audio)
- Chapter markers
- Web Links using DVD access
- Multistory feature for creating alternate versions
- Subtitles and Languages
- Slide Shows
- Scripting
Lesson 6
- Final Output
- Real-time preview emulating DVD functionality
- Outputting in the correct format
- DVD-R using Apple DVD-R or Pioneer DVR-S201 recorder
- Transferring Projects to digital tape for mass duplication
- Using DVD-RAM to test projects
- DLT tape (required for DVD-9 projects)