Apple iDVD Bedienungsanleitung

ONLINE ADDENDUM:iDVD Part of iMovie ’09 & iDVD for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart GuideJeff Carlsonhttp://jeffcarlson.com/imovievqs/ Peachpit PressSu

iDVD Addendum—Chapter 14About DVDsThe Digital Versatile Disc is quite a wonder: it’s physically small, like a CD, but packs nearly seven times the dat

iDVD Overview5Working with iDVD ProjectsIf iDVD is currently running because you shared a movie from GarageBand, you don’t need to open, create, or sa

iDVD Addendum—Chapter 16Using OneStep DVDSometimes you may want to just burn some footage to a disc, without dealing with pretty graphics or navigatio

iDVD Overview7Using Magic iDVDTo get more of iDVD’s style without spend-ing a lot of time building a full project, drag movies, music, and photos from

iDVD Addendum—Chapter 18iDVD’s InterfaceSome software is deep, with lots of hidden, out-of-the-way features. iDVD is not one of those programs. That’s

iDVD Overview9ControlsThe program’s main controls run below the preview window:u Add button. Click this button to display a pop-up menu that lets you

iDVD Addendum—Chapter 110Creating a New ProjectBringing in a movie from iMovie via Garage-Band isn’t the only entryway to iDVD. You can start by creat

iDVD Overview11Creating an iDVD Project from Final CutVideo editors working in Final Cut Express or Final Cut Pro often bring their work into iDVD to

iDVD Addendum—Chapter 112Figure 1.12 A new submenu looks like any other button in themes that use text buttons, but double-clicking it leads to a sub

iDVD Overview13To move objects to another submenu:u Select an icon for a submenu, movie, or slideshow and drag it onto the icon for the submenu where

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iDVD Addendum—Chapter 114To use a transition between menus:1. If you’re currently within the submenu, click the back arrow icon to return to the prev

iDVD Overview15Setting an Autoplay MovieNearly all of the commercial movie DVDs I’ve watched lately begin with either several screens of threatening i

iDVD Addendum—Chapter 116Previewing the DVDThe menu screen provides a good represen-tation of what your viewers will see, but some aspects of a DVD—th

iDVD Overview17Adding DVD-ROM DataEarlier in this chapter I mentioned that it’s possible to create a hybrid DVD, which contains a DVD project as well

iDVD Addendum—Chapter 1184 Tipsn When you create an iDVD slideshow, you can choose to store copies of those photos on the DVD-ROM portion of the dis

iDVD Themes19 iDVD Themes2My wife is moderately addicted to several home decorating shows on TV, the ones where a designer takes over a room and the

iDVD Addendum—Chapter 220Applying a ThemeWhen you start iDVD, a theme is already selected for you—either the first one in iDVD’s list, or the one that

iDVD Themes21To apply a theme in the Map view:1. With the Themes pane visible, click the Map button.2. Click the icon of the menu whose theme you wa

iDVD Addendum—Chapter 222Using MotionMenu items are designed to do more than display a text title or static image. DVDs typically convey video, so why

iDVD Themes23Motion buttonsAny QuickTime movie you add to your menu is a motion button—when motion is turned on, the movie plays within its button ico

About This AddendumWhen Apple released iLife ’09, the company added a lot of new features to iMovie but barely touched iDVD. To keep this book from be

iDVD Addendum—Chapter 224Motion durationThe Loop Duration slider in the Menu Info window controls how long your motion elements play before they are r

iDVD Themes25Using Drop ZonesTo add a bit of visual interest and a personal touch to your menu, add a movie, photo, or collection of photos to the dro

iDVD Addendum—Chapter 226Working with dynamic drop zonesSome of the latest themes feature dynamic drop zones: one or more drop zones ani-mated within

iDVD Themes27To autofill drop zones:1. Choose Autofill Drop Zones from the Project menu, or press Command-Shift-F.2. Click the Autofill button. iDVD co

iDVD Addendum—Chapter 228Working with multiple photos in a drop zoneWhen you drag multiple photos to a drop zone, they act as a slideshow within the z

iDVD Themes29To delete photos from the drop zone:1. In the Drop Zone Photos editor, select the photos you wish to remove. Shift-click to select a ran

iDVD Addendum—Chapter 230Editing TextNot all text needs to be in service of buttons or submenus—edit and add your own text boxes. The following steps

iDVD Themes31To insert special characters:1. Click a text block once to select it, then click again to edit it.2. Choose Special Characters from the

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Customizing iDVD Themes33 Customizing iDVD Themes3The benefit of iDVD’s approach to creating DVD menus is that everything is already in place; the back

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iDVD Addendum—Chapter 334Editing Text FormattingA hallmark of the Macintosh has been the capability to change the appearance of text onscreen. Sure, e

Customizing iDVD Themes35To reset text to the theme’s default formatting:1. Select the text block you want to change back to the theme’s formatting.2

iDVD Addendum—Chapter 336Editing Text Alignment and PositioniDVD uses two terms for aligning text: align-ment and position. Alignment refers to how th

Customizing iDVD Themes37Button label positionIn themes where buttons include an icon, instead of just text, the Label pop-up menu determines where th

iDVD Addendum—Chapter 338Editing ButtonsButtons are the mechanism by which your viewers interact with the DVD. In addition to changing the buttons’ te

Customizing iDVD Themes39To change the button highlight color:u In the Buttons area of the Menu Info window, click the Highlight field and choose a c

iDVD Addendum—Chapter 340Changing the BackgroundTo alter a theme’s appearance dramatically, swap the existing background image with your own photo or

Customizing iDVD Themes41To set the beginning and ending of a background video:1. With a video set as the background, make the Menu Info window visib

iDVD Addendum—Chapter 342Setting Background AudioBeing a more visual person, I tend to forget about audio unless it’s either (a) highly annoying, or (

Customizing iDVD Themes43To remove background audio:1. Bring up the Menu Info window or the Drop Zones Editor.2. Drag the sound file out of the Audio

vTable of Contents Chapter 1: iDVD Overview 3About DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Working with iDVD P

iDVD Addendum—Chapter 344Looping Movie PlaybackNormally, a movie or scene plays its frames and finishes, moving on to the next scene or returning to th

Customizing iDVD Themes45Saving a Favorite ThemeYou’ve added a new background, new music, and tweaked the buttons and text to your liking. If you want

iDVD Addendum—Chapter 346Deleting a Favorite ThemeCreating a favorite theme is a simple opera-tion, but iDVD offers no similarly direct method of remo

Slideshows47 Slideshows4Most of this book centers on video and all of the wonderful things you can do with it. But your digital lifestyle probably in

iDVD Addendum—Chapter 448Creating a SlideshowThe ingredients for a successful slideshow are photos, photos, and more photos (with perhaps a dash of au

Slideshows494 Tipsn iDVD now has the capability to include movies in a slideshow. Simply drag one to the Slideshow Editor (see the next page).n You

iDVD Addendum—Chapter 450Setting Slideshow OptionsNow that you’ve created a slideshow, use the Slideshow editor to change several settings that pertai

Slideshows51To edit titles and comments:u iDVD copies each photo’s title and com-ments from iPhoto. If you plan to make these visible, click the titl

iDVD Addendum—Chapter 452To preview the slideshow:u With the Slideshow editor open, click the Preview button. You can also go back to the menu, previ

Slideshows53Adding PhotosI never seem to hit upon the right combina-tion of photos when I create a slideshow—there’s always one (or two, or twenty) mo

viTable of ContentsTable of Contents Chapter 5: Archiving, Encoding, and Burning 55Creating a Project Archive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

iDVD Addendum—Chapter 454Adding Background AudioJust as audio can play in the background of a menu, slideshows can include audio, too.To add backgroun

Archiving, Encoding, and Burning55Archiving, Encoding, and Burning5iMovie’s purpose is to create a movie, which can be published to a Web page, sent t

iDVD Addendum—Chapter 556Creating a Project ArchiveBurning a DVD takes a lot of hard disk space and processing power. Some people choose to build a pr

Archiving, Encoding, and Burning57s Include encoded files. iDVD can encode material in the background, which reduces the time it takes to burn the dis

iDVD Addendum—Chapter 558Choosing an Encoding SettingiDVD employs three encoding methods: Best Performance, High Quality, and Professional Quality.To

Archiving, Encoding, and Burning59Professional QualityProfessional Quality uses the same encod-ing algorithms found in Apple’s pro-level applications.

iDVD Addendum—Chapter 560Burning the DVDBefore you click the Burn button, make sure you have enough hard disk space available: at least twice the amou

Archiving, Encoding, and Burning61To burn the DVD:1. Click the Burn button; the iris reveals the glowing Burn button that’s been hiding under iDVD’s

iDVD Addendum—Chapter 5624 Tipsn If you’ve specified Best Performance, wait for asset encoding to finish before start-ing the burn process.n Remember

Archiving, Encoding, and Burning63Saving as a Disc ImageUntil iDVD 5, you needed to own a Mac with an Apple-supplied SuperDrive to burn iDVD projects.

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iDVD Addendum—Chapter 564After the BurnWhen the burning process is complete, iDVD spits out the DVD disc and asks if you’d like to make another copy (

Index65IndexiAAdd Chapter Marker button, 11alignmentof buttons, 38of text, 36–37of titles, setting, 36animation, 9, 15, 22, 24Apple, virtual remote co

66IndexIndexBlu-ray, 3Burn button, 9, 55, 61burning DVDsbasics of, 55, 60–62burn times when encoding, 58from disc images, 63disc name, changing, 60dup

67IndexIndexencodingBest Performance encoding, 58, 62burn times when encoding, 58encoded assets, 64High Quality encoding, 58, 59Professional Quality e

68IndexIndexIiconsbutton icons, changing, 39slideshow icons, 48, 53iDVDvs. iMovie, purposes of, 55overview, 3iDVD ThemePAK, 21iMovie vs. iDVD, purpose

69IndexIndexposition of buttons (themes), 38position of text (themes), 36–37presentations, 49Preview button, 9, 14, 16previewingDVDs, 16slideshows, 52

70IndexIndexthemes (continued)background audio, setting, 42–43buttons, editing, 38–39defined, 9deleting favorites, 46drop zones, 25–29iDVD ThemePAK, 21

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iDVD Overview3 iDVD Overview1iMovie took a technology dominated by professionals—movie editing—and made it easy for normal people to use. In some way