DVD Studio Pro 2 Solutions -- Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Introducing DVD Studio Pro 2 -- Configuring DVD Studio Pro 2 -- Running DVD Studio Pro 2 for the First Time -- Choosing Configurations within the Program -- Choosing a Video Standard within DVD Studio Pro 2 -- Looking at the DVD Studio Pro 2 Interface -- Manipulating the Interface -- Working with Tabs -- Adjusting Quadrants -- Other Interface Elements -- Manipulating the Floating Windows -- Customizing the Toolbar -- Saving Configurations -- Understanding the Interface -- Identifying Windows -- Using Projects -- Loading Assets -- Using the Assets Tab -- Importing Assets -- Examining Assets -- Managing Assets -- Removing Assets -- Renaming Assets -- Managing Folders -- Relinking Assets -- Using the Palette Media Tabs -- The Audio Palette -- The Stills Palette -- The Video Palette -- Using the Media Tabs -- Solution: Build and Burn a Looping DVD -- Add Your Movie -- Set Up Your Disc -- Test and Then Burn Your Disc -- Solution: Build and Burn a Looping Slideshow -- Build Your Slideshow -- Set Up Your Disc -- Finishing the DVD -- Chapter 2: Building Basic Menus -- Types of DVD Studio Pro 2 Menus -- Identifying Menu Elements -- Menu Creation Tools -- Looking at the Menu Editor -- Using the Outline Tab to Manage Menus -- Building Basic Menus -- Enabling Design Features -- Using Drag and Drop to Build Menu Items -- Creating Buttons, Drop Zones, and Text -- Customizing Menu Items -- Customizing Text -- Populating Drop Zones and Buttons -- Working with Button Text -- Linking Buttons -- Adding Button Highlights -- Setting the First Play -- Checking Your Menus -- Solution: Build a Custom Highlight Shape -- Solution: Build a Custom Drop Zone Shape -- Solution: Reuse iDVD Drop Zone Patches -- Chapter 3: Creating Overlay and Layered Menus.

Creating Basic Overlay Menus -- Designing Black-and-White Overlays -- Button Roles -- Creating the Menu -- Moving on to Advanced Overlay Menus -- Grayscale and Chroma -- Adding Layered Menus -- Designing the Layered Menu -- Creating the Layered Menu in DVD Studio Pro 2 -- Controlling Button Order -- Creating Language-Specific Versions of Your Menus -- Testing Your Multilanguage Menu in DVD Studio Pro 2 -- Testing Your Multilanguage Menu in Apple DVD Player -- Building Widescreen Menus -- Solution: Add Anti-Aliased Text Highlights -- Solution: Add a Pop-Out Button with Advanced Overlays -- Solution: Create a Rollover Menu -- Chapter 4: Preparing Video Assets -- Preparing Safe Colors -- Avoiding Saturated Colors -- Safe Colors with Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Express -- Safe Colors with iMovie -- Safe Colors and Adobe Photoshop -- Using Safe Zones -- Safe Zone Dimensions -- Staying within Safe Zones -- Understanding Pixel Shape -- Preparing Stills with Graphic Converter -- Preparing GraphicConverter for Batch Operations -- Batch Scaling -- Scaling Odd-Sized Images -- Batch Preparation for Safe Zones -- Chapter and Compression Markers -- Working with Markers in Final Cut Pro and Express -- Creating Chapter Markers in iMovie -- Adding Chapter Markers in QuickTime Pro -- Adding Chapter Markers in Compressor -- Choosing an Audio Format -- Preparing Sound with QuickTime Pro -- Converting MPEG Audio -- Solution: Build a Custom, Reusable Template -- Solution: Create a simple Chapter Menu -- Chapter 5: Compressing Video and Audio -- Bit Rates, Compression, and Playback -- Choosing Bit Rates -- Bit Budgets -- Creating a Bit Budget to Select a Bit Rate -- Compressing Video with QuickTime MPEG-2 Encoder -- Exporting Final Cut Pro Video to MPEG-2 -- Exporting to MPEG-2 from QuickTime and iMovie -- Encoding with Compressor -- Creating Custom Presets.

Clean Up Your History -- Create a Compression Droplet -- Add New Destinations -- Encoding AC-3 Sound with A.Pack -- Using A.Pack for Basic Encodes -- Solution: Create Motion Buttons for Your Menus from Your Compressed Movies -- Solution: Add Background Audio to Your Menu -- Chapter 6: Building Tracks -- Track Essentials -- Track Creation Tools -- Building Tracks -- Exploring the Outline Tab -- Populating the Outline Tab -- Managing Project Elements -- Adding Assets to Outline Elements -- Exploring the Track Editor -- The Track Editor Line by Line -- Adding Material to Streams -- Organizing Materials -- Trimming Clips -- Adding Angles -- Previewing with the Viewer Tab -- Simulating from Tracks -- Solution: Create a Multiangle Track with Alternate Audio -- Solution: Use Mixed-Angle Footage -- Solution: Build and Test a Wide-Angle (16:9) Track -- Solution: Connect a Menu Button to a Track -- Solution: Choose an Audio Stream -- Chapter 7: Markers and Stories -- Understanding Marker Roles -- Creating Markers -- Using Embedded Markers -- Adding Markers with the Track Editor -- Adding Markers with Text Files -- Managing Markers -- Creating Stories -- Looking at the Story Editor -- Editing Story Properties -- Testing Stories -- Delving into the Connections Tab -- Looking at the Connections Editor -- Managing Connections -- Sources and Targets -- Solution: Create a Story -- Solution: Build Virtual Tracks, Adding More Videos Per Disc -- Solution: Add DVD @ccess to Your Movie -- Chapter 8: Subtitles -- Subtitle Capabilities -- Transcribing Text -- The AppleScript Subtitling Utility -- Creating Subtitles -- Adding Subtitles by Hand -- Adding Subtitles by Importing Graphic Files -- Adding Subtitles by Importing Subtitle Text Files -- The Basic Subtitles Format -- Setting Subtitle Color -- Exploring Other Subtitle Features -- Adding Buttons Over Video.

Testing Subtitles -- Solution: Build an Animated Subtitle Sequence -- Solution: Add a Button to an Animation -- Chapter 9: Building and Using Slideshows -- Slideshow Pros and Cons -- Setting Slideshow Preferences -- Understanding the Slideshow Tab -- Managing Slides and Slideshows -- Slideshow Management -- Managing Slides -- Audio and Slideshows -- Things to Know About Slideshows -- Understanding How Pauses Work in Tracks -- Analyzing Tracks: Chapters, Cells, and VOBUs -- VOBU Slideshows -- Solution: Create a Slideshow with Arrows -- Solution: Create a 16:9 Slideshow -- Solution: Create a Slideshow with Transitions -- Solution: Create a Video "Slideshow" -- Chapter 10: Scripting DVDs -- Adding Scripts to Projects -- The Script Editor and Inspectors -- The Script Command Inspector -- The Script Inspector -- Discovering the Elements of Scripting -- Commands -- DataTypes -- Operators -- Compare Conditions -- Building Scripts -- Adding Commands -- Sample Commands -- Saving Scripts -- Loading Scripts -- Discovering Advanced Simulator Features -- Solution: Use the Info Drawer to Monitor Registers -- Solution: Play a Random Track -- Solution: Use a Prescript to Control Subtitles -- Solution: Count Menu Timeouts and Send a Message -- Solution: Create a Shuffle Play -- Chapter 11: Advanced Interaction Menus and Methods -- Auto Action and Invisible Buttons -- Selecting a Default Menu Button -- Setting the Default Button -- Targeting Buttons -- Using Highlight Condition to Select a Button -- Allowing or Disallowing Button Number Access -- Setting the Menu Drop Shadow -- Customizing Motion Menu Loops -- Other Ways to Build Menu Loops -- Using the At End Pop-Up -- Using Display Condition -- Reviewing DVD @ccess Features -- Using DVD @ccess on Windows and Macs -- Adding DVD @ccess to Project Elements -- Valid URLs -- Enabling DVD @ccess for the Simulator.

Controlling User Interactions -- Solution: Navigate through Menus with Arrows -- Solution: Build a Simple Easter Egg -- Solution: Create a Loop Point -- Solution: Add a Copyright Notice Screen to Your Movies -- Chapter 12: Building and Burning -- Building DVDs That Work -- Reviewing Disc Properties -- Building and Formatting Your Project -- Burning with Toast -- Building a UDF-Formatted Data Disc -- Copying a DVD from a Disc Image -- Writing DVD Data onto Compact Discs -- Copying Your DVDs -- Backing Up Your Work -- Creating Item Description Files -- Using Replicators -- Finding a Replicator -- Submitting Your Work -- Getting Help -- Solution: Adding DVD-ROM Data -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.