Blade Borge
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Is there one that trumps the others? I'm thinking of getting Encore. I want something that makes nice polished looking menus with some nice 3d interactiveness to it.
Best DVD authoring software
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MikeWilkinson
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DVD Studio pro if you're on the Mac.
The top few DVD authoring programs will have most of the same features... there is only so much you can do with DVD menus. It's up to you to be creative with button creation and seamless menu integration.
Motion integrates with DVDSP nicely, and you can obviously also bring in psd files and export from AE and bring that in too.
Check this example (I didn't make this, my housemate did)
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The top few DVD authoring programs will have most of the same features... there is only so much you can do with DVD menus. It's up to you to be creative with button creation and seamless menu integration.
Motion integrates with DVDSP nicely, and you can obviously also bring in psd files and export from AE and bring that in too.
Check this example (I didn't make this, my housemate did)
Linky
Jokerswild
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iDVD Slideshow
iDVD Slideshow
I recently used iDVD to create and burn a slideshow. My still images were high quality JPEGS and the show with music looked great on the computer and also great played on my DVD player at the studio and at home as well. When we attended the event where the show was being played, it was less than spectacular. Granted it was being projected onto a 20foot wide screen. I expected it to be a bit soft but what really disturbed me was that every time a slide would dissolve into the next one, there would be a momentary pause where everything looked pixelated and then it would smooth out.
This happened on each slide and only for a fraction of a second. I am probably the only one in the room that noticed it. The sound was flawless and piped thru a great sound system. Do you think it could have been that they were using an older DVD player or LCD projector to run the show that would have caused the laggy rendering?
iDVD Slideshow
I recently used iDVD to create and burn a slideshow. My still images were high quality JPEGS and the show with music looked great on the computer and also great played on my DVD player at the studio and at home as well. When we attended the event where the show was being played, it was less than spectacular. Granted it was being projected onto a 20foot wide screen. I expected it to be a bit soft but what really disturbed me was that every time a slide would dissolve into the next one, there would be a momentary pause where everything looked pixelated and then it would smooth out.
This happened on each slide and only for a fraction of a second. I am probably the only one in the room that noticed it. The sound was flawless and piped thru a great sound system. Do you think it could have been that they were using an older DVD player or LCD projector to run the show that would have caused the laggy rendering?
Unless you want to spend thousands on Scenarist, if you're on Mac, DVD Studio Pro (now only available as part of Final Cut Suite) is the way to go. If you're on PC, Encore is the way to go.
If you can find it used somewhere, Spruce Maestro, which is about 5 years old, is also excellent, and is actually the same product that later became DVD Studio Pro.
Studio Pro is more flexible than Encore, and we've found that, for building very complex projects (we just built one with about 30 menus), Encore is simply not stable, while Studio Pro seems pretty rock solid.
Hope that helps!
If you can find it used somewhere, Spruce Maestro, which is about 5 years old, is also excellent, and is actually the same product that later became DVD Studio Pro.
Studio Pro is more flexible than Encore, and we've found that, for building very complex projects (we just built one with about 30 menus), Encore is simply not stable, while Studio Pro seems pretty rock solid.
Hope that helps!