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DVD Studio Pro 101: Introduction to DVD Studio Pro

Course Description

This two-day intensive course introduces students to the full basic feature set of DVD Studio Pro. Students will learn to create a professional DVD title, from storyboarding and menu design to burning and replication, using real-world media and professional production workflow.

Classes are taught by Yan Shvalb, a graphic artist and author of two recent books released by PeachPit Press: Authoring Professional DVDs with DVD Studio Pro 2 and Advanced Finishing Techniques for Final Cut Pro 4. He is an Apple certified trainer in DVDSP, Shake and FCP and also teaches classes in Maya.

All students receive the Apple Pro Training Series course book DVD Studio Pro 4: Authoring Professional DVDs. There is a maximum of eight students in each class, and each student works at his or his own computer system.

The course fee is $1,000.

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for anyone interested in authoring professional-quality DVDs.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of Macintosh OSX

Certification

Students who have completed DVD Studio Pro 101 are eligible to take the Apple-Certified End User Exam in DVDSP 4.

As an Apple-Certified Pro, you will have the ability to differentiate yourself to employers and colleagues as a highly skilled user of this professional application. You will receive a certificate from Apple distinguishing you as an Apple-Certified Pro, and you will have the right to use the Apple-Certified Pro logo.

DVDSP 101 students who wish to be recognized by Apple as an Apple-Certified Pro have the opportunity to take the DVDSP 4 Level 1 End User Exam, free of charge, on the last day of class, Sunday, from 6pm to 9pm.

Class Dates in 2008

October 11-12, 2008

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Schedule

Classes are taught Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Discounts

Students who have completed both Elements and Motion or FCP 200 will receive 20% off the cost of this course.

Elements 101: Designing Elements for Motion Graphics
Motion 200: A Comprehensive Study of Motion 2

Lesson Outline from *DVD Studio Pro 4: Authoring Professional DVDs*
Topic	Description
Lesson 1 Preparing Your First DVD Project	DVD Creation Process, The DVD Specification, Exploring the Interface, Creating a Simple DVD in Basic View, Creating a Menu, Connecting Assets to the Menu, Simulating a Disc, Building and Burning a Disc.
Lesson 2 Exploring the Full Interface	Opening the Project, Exploring Window Configurations, Adjusting the Project.
Lesson 3 Setting Up a Simple DVD	Storyboarding Your DVD, Creating the Swiss Storyboard Using the Graphical Tab, Previewing the Finished Project with Apple’s DVD Player, Identifying Source Video Settings, Setting DVD Studio Pro Settings, Setting Up Disc Properties, Importing Video and Audio Files, Setting Chapter Markers, Simulating Your Project.
Lesson 4 Creating Menus Within DVD Studio Pro	The Menu Creation Process, Importing Assets, Adding a Background Graphic, Creating Buttons on a Still Menu, Making Connections from Buttons to Video, Using the Title Safe Feature, Adding Title and Text to the Menu, Adding Sound to the Menu, Setting up Navigation on Your DVD, Changing the Still Menu in a Motion Menu.
Lesson 5 Creating a Chapter Index Menu	Customizing a Default Chapter Index Menu, Setting Up the Chapter Index Navigation Buttons, Completing the Customized Chapter Index Menu Template, Automating the Chapter Index Menu Creation Process.
Lesson 6 Creating a Slideshow	File Formats for Slideshows, Adding a Slideshow, Modifying Your Slideshow, Slideshow Transitions, Converting a Slideshow to a Track.
Lesson 7 Adding Subtitles	Creating Subtitles in DVD Studio Pro, Modifying the Font and Color of Subtitles, Importing Subtitles from a Text File, Previewing Subtitles, Creating Buttons over Video, About Closed Captioning.
Lesson 8 DVD-ROM Content and DVD@cess	Adding DVD-ROM Content to a DVD-Video Disc, Creating a Web Link with DVD@cess, Activating DVD-ROM Content with DVD@cess.
Lesson 9 Finishing Your DVD	Testing Your Project, Building and Formatting a DVD, Using the Apple DVD Player, Burning a Disc Using the Burn Command, Choosing a Recordable DVD Media, Distribution of Your Completed DVD, Designing Disc Labels and DVD Case Inserts.
Lesson 10 Introduction to Encoding	Bit Budgeting, Using Compressor to Encode a File, Creating a Preset, Creating a Compressor Droplet, Encoding Using A.Pack.
Lesson 11 Creating Menus with Overlays	The Tiger DVD Project, Playing the Tiger DVD with DVD Player, Creating Menus with a Simple Overlay, Creating Menus with Advanced Overlays.
Lesson 12 Working with Markers and Stories	Working with Chapter Markers, Creating Markers in Final Cut Pro, Working with Markers in DVD Studio Pro, Using Stories as Playlists, Creating a Story with Multiple Markers.
Lesson 13 Connections and Basic Scripting	Assembling the Tiger project, Establishing Connections, Creating a Menu Loop Script, Adding Random Play Commands, Connecting the Script to the Menu.