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Re: fading audio on button click - 16 years ago
Zackj: To answer this we have to understand the difference between two elements: 1) What DVD Studio Pro calls a video transition, ie, an automated method to place a piece of video between a menu and a track (or another menu) 2) The possibility of manually building a transition scenario yourself. Once said that, 1) Can't have audio 2) Absolutely. So, to do the second thing, you just creby Adolfo Rozenfeld - DVD Studio Pro
Re: MEDIA LIMIT EXCEEDED- NEED ADVICE - 16 years ago
Did you convert your audio to Dolby Digital (aka AC-3)? If you don't do that, large projects are simply not possible with a reasonable bit rate for video. You don't have to re-encode the video or anything. Just take the source to Compressor 2 and select any of the Dolby 2.0 presets that are available in every DVD preset group. That will give you a Dolby Digital audio file. A bit rate of 4.0 Mby Adolfo Rozenfeld - DVD Studio Pro
Re: Problema con el DVD Pro - 16 years ago
> Intente a través del DVD Pro con el rango de > encoding que me pasaste y me sigue quedando pesado > ya que luego de todo el proceso de encodeo del > dvd al llegar al 100 % me dice: > not enough space on output media. Eso sólo podría pasar si no convertiste el audio a Dolby Digital/AC-3 en Compressor. > > Hice también con el Compressor la conversión queby Adolfo Rozenfeld - Foro FinalCutPro
Re: Warning Messages - 16 years ago
Those two are small, non DVD compliant files that DVD SP includes in the VIDEO_TS folder. Have you seen that when you press Build DVD SP asks you if want to reuse or delete material? Those layout files are about that, descriptions of the files, so that it can keep track of these things. Obviously DVD SP doesn't burn those. It would show that warning for any files on the folder that shouldn't beby Adolfo Rozenfeld - DVD Studio Pro
Re: Streaking effect - 16 years ago
Hello, J. You can experiment with the Effects in the Time category, like "Trails", "Echo" and "Wide time".by Adolfo Rozenfeld - Motion
Re: Text changing in FCP - 16 years ago
> Also, while you guys are at it, can anyone tell me > the correct way to export a Motion project so that > I have a transparent background? I usually just > drop my Motion project directly into FCP to > achieve the desired effect, but I'm curious how to > do it as an "export" option. > > Steven Gladney Hello, Steven You just need to pick the Losslesby Adolfo Rozenfeld - Motion
Re: Problema con el DVD Pro - 16 years ago
Hernán: Como te dije en el foro en inglés, para lograr que esa duración entre en un DVD-5 (los DVDs comunes de 4.37 GB) hay dos requisitos: 1) Que el audio sea codificado como Dolby Digital/AC-3. Compressor 2 tiene repetido en todas partes un preset Dolby stereo que hace justamente eso. El audio original es demasiado pesado para un soporte comprimido como los DVDs, cuando el material es tanby Adolfo Rozenfeld - Foro FinalCutPro
Re: Movie para el DVD - 16 years ago
Hernán: Hay un foro en español en este sitio. No creo que sea una buena idea escribir en otro idioma en un foro internacional. Seguramente, en el foro en español te van a poder ayudar. Para poder meter alrededor de 120 minutos en un DVD necesitás: por un lado convertir sí o sí el audio a Dolby (AC-3), en vez de usar audio PCM/DV/AIFF sin compresión. Eso lo hace el Compressor 2, que tieneby Adolfo Rozenfeld - DVD Studio Pro
Re: fading audio on button click - 16 years ago
Trust me: you can't do that with continuous audio. What you saw (or heard) was either a clever trick that seemed like a continuous track was being faded or, with all due respect, you believe you saw it. I mean, this is typical in multimedia material on the web, CD-ROMs or DVD-ROMs. But not on the DVD-Video standard. The Flash and Director environments have been updated many times and support non-by Adolfo Rozenfeld - DVD Studio Pro
Re: subtitles problem - 16 years ago
It's not that we are not willing to help. It just never happened to me. To fade titles in and out, select each subtitle clip, and then you'll see Fade In and Fade Out fields in the Subtitle Inspector.by Adolfo Rozenfeld - DVD Studio Pro
Re: MOV Files and Chapter Marks in AVI Files - 16 years ago
Quicktime files will work (maybe you're using a non-standard codec or something). Chapter markers on an AVI file will never work, because DVD Studio Pro only recognizes chapter makers created in Apple applications (FCP, Compressor and DVD SP itself) and embeded on a Quicktime or MPEG-2 file. That would the case with other DVD authoring applications too - they will only recognize chapter markers cby Adolfo Rozenfeld - DVD Studio Pro
Re: Earthquake shake - 16 years ago
Wow. I never paid attention to that Much easier. Still, Wriggle is cool!by Adolfo Rozenfeld - Motion
Re: Earthquake shake - 16 years ago
Sure. You can use the paramter behavior called Wriggle, for instance. A parameter behavior is one that affects a specific property (parameter!) instead of a whole object, like simulation and basic behaviors do. You want to apply the Wriggle behavior, then, to the object's position property. Select your object. Go to the properties tab in the Inspector window. Point to the word Position itselby Adolfo Rozenfeld - Motion
Re: Chapter placement issue. - 16 years ago
Ryan: The best way to make sure the chapter makers will be at the exact points you want them, is to place them before the MPEG-2 encoding stage. You're already doing that, because you set them in Final Cut Pro and then go to Compressor. Very well done, specially for someone who says is not familiar with DVD Authoring. Many users have no clue about how to turn regular FCP markers into chapter markby Adolfo Rozenfeld - DVD Studio Pro
Re: Slideshow: Chapter 2:Marker position in movie not at GOP boundary - What's this??? - 16 years ago
Helo, Kemosabe. > So may I ask at what bit-rate does the slideshow > converts to? We'll never know for sure. But it is VERY low and that's fine. The temporal or interframe nature of MPEG compression, based on updating what changes over time, has it really easy with still images, since they stay, well, stll. After assigning all the pictures and sound, you can have an aprox. ideaby Adolfo Rozenfeld - DVD Studio Pro
Re: remembering quiz - 16 years ago
I didn't understand a thing But this is how I'd do it. In each quiz menu, I'd link the button with the right answer to a scipt that increments the value of GPRM 3 and then goes to the next question. I'd link the buttons with the wrong anwsers to the next quiz question, no script. Because you don't need to keep track of wrong answers, ok? So, you don't need to do any comparison until you'by Adolfo Rozenfeld - DVD Studio Pro
Re: Slideshow: Chapter 2:Marker position in movie not at GOP boundary - What's this??? - 16 years ago
Yes, Kemosabe, I have made tons of slideshows, but never experienced that problem. I mean: It's easy to undertstand what it means, but I can't imagine why such a thing is happening. Basically, MPEG-2 frames in DVD-Video are grouped in sequences of several frames (15 usually for NTSC, but they could be shorter). Those sequences of frames are called GOPs (Group of Pictures). A chapter marker canby Adolfo Rozenfeld - DVD Studio Pro
Re: FCP is a revolution in editing for the indie filmmaker, but are movies the better for it? - 16 years ago
Eisenstein overrated? Opinions are free Now that we're talking russian. How about Dziga Vertov? He and people like Man Ray understood something I have trouble explaining even today. Hollywood and others really got in people's head the idea that film is strictly a narrative medium. If there's no story and "acting", there's nothing. See how people in this thread have pointedby Adolfo Rozenfeld - Café LA
Re: remembering quiz - 16 years ago
It doesn't have to remember. You have to create "variables", or use two GPRMs in the DVD speak. One could be called "right" and the other one "wrong". After each question, you increment the value of "Right" or "Wrong". BUT.... DVDs don't have a way to dinamically put the value of a GPRMs on screen. So, unfortunately, you would have to have preby Adolfo Rozenfeld - DVD Studio Pro
Re: HDV - PAL or NTSC? - 16 years ago
Mmmm. Let's see... HD (or HDV in this case) is not PAL or NTSC. It's HD (luckily, but that's another argument). PAL or NTSC are SD standards. PAL and NTSC doesn't apply to HD and, in fact, 23.976, 24,25, 50 and 60 can all be different valid temporal resolutions for HD. Now, when you read that a FX1 is PAL or NTSC, it means two thigs: One, that it records HDV with a frame rate that is friendlyby Adolfo Rozenfeld - Café LA
Re: Take one image, put a title on it and show how you did it - please? Thanks much! - 16 years ago
I'm glad you found the message useful.by Adolfo Rozenfeld - Motion
Re: FCP is a revolution in editing for the indie filmmaker, but are movies the better for it? - 16 years ago
Jason: An orgie of effects, as you called it, has nothing to do with graphics design. Graphics design is a form of communication that is about giving added depth and meaning to messages, not intoxicating viewers with eye candy. X-men, Superman and the others you mentioned have no influence at all of graphic design in their structure or even visual development. In fact, they are very conservativby Adolfo Rozenfeld - Café LA
Re: Is there a way to normalize audio track volume within DVDSP? - 16 years ago
Well... if you don't mind recompressions (because that's you would be doing there) there are better ways. You said in the first post that you wanted something inside DVD Studio Pro. The reason DVD SP won't let you, is because it would have to recompress the file. If you demux an AC-3 file for processing, you will have to encode it back, so you would be recompressing it. Bad idea, in my opnion. Iby Adolfo Rozenfeld - DVD Studio Pro
Re: pop-up buttons? - 16 years ago
Both things are possible. Well, they are not two different things. You could have the mini menu between certain markers and a variation with another button, in another spot. One caveat: If you use buttons over video, you can't have subtitles while the buttons are visible. Buttons/overlays make use of the same technology that puts subtitles on screen, so you can't have both. To place a buby Adolfo Rozenfeld - DVD Studio Pro
Re: menu button - 16 years ago
Yes, Jen. In the case you discribe, it may be a good idea to disable the Menu Button (but not Title) for each submenu. In case it helps, to do that you select a menu, go to the Inspector and disable the Menu button in the Advanced tab. I wouldn't disable it for the video tracks. All the best.by Adolfo Rozenfeld - DVD Studio Pro
Re: text - 16 years ago
Oh, I didn't read that part. Silly me. Amazing how one does this kind of speed reading in forums and many times misses important things All the bestby Adolfo Rozenfeld - Motion
Re: director's commentary - 16 years ago
Hey, jen. 1) Common question, if it makes you feel better. Common answer then: That's not how it works. When a DVD has a Director's commentary is not like that track is played back with the original soundrtrack in the background. You basically have to make two complete audio mixes. The original mix and a new full mix with the Director's commentary in it, with audio fades and all. THAT's whatby Adolfo Rozenfeld - DVD Studio Pro
Re: menu button - 16 years ago
The problem is that what you want is different to the convention on most other DVDs. How could DVD Studio Pro guess that you want the remote to behave in an unconventional way? Usually Menu means go to previous menu and return from that. And the Title button on the remote means go the root or main menu. How about just placing buttons for previous or main in each menu? Anyway, you can make it wby Adolfo Rozenfeld - DVD Studio Pro
Re: Is there a way to normalize audio track volume within DVDSP? - 16 years ago
Well, there is... but be prepared for some reading and frustration. You don't do it in DVD SP. You don't do it anywhere. You flag the Dolby file with a Dialog Normalization Value and Compression Preset (not data compression but dynamic range compression). The magic (if you want to call it that) is performed in real time by the DVD player. But it's much easier to say than it is to do. You have toby Adolfo Rozenfeld - DVD Studio Pro
Re: solved: Re: layered menu- can't see background and dropzones - 16 years ago
"I don't really want to experiment as each time it means a ruined DVD-R". That's the opposite from the attitude we want You learn by experimenting! And seriously, at $1 a disc or less.... it's a pretty cheap way of learning. You have no idea how many mistakes I made before.... making a bit less mistakes. Also, you don't need to burn the project until you are positive (if you reaby Adolfo Rozenfeld - DVD Studio Pro
