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8. From the Capacity menu, select the storage capacity of your DVD
medium. The capacity of your DVD medium must match the size you
select from the Capacity menu.
9. Click OK to burn your DVD.
DVD AN D B LU-RAY AUTHOR I NG WOR KFLOW
If you want to go beyond creating a quick screener, you can create a
DVD with menus, slide shows, and buttons using Avid DVD by Sonic by
selecting Send To > DVD > DVD Authoring. Although this book won’t
detail DVD authoring, the following steps outline the basic process.
To au th or a DVD or B lu -ray di sk i n Avi d DVD by S on ic :
1. Prepare the assets (video, audio, and images) that will go into the
DVD presentation using Media Composer and any other video and
graphics applications that you want to use.
2. Open Avid DVD by Sonic, and create a new project.
3. Import your assets into the project.
4. Use the imported assets to create titles (movies and slide shows)
and menus.
5. Link the titles and menus together using button links and end actions.
6. Tes t how th e proj ec t will pl ay to ma ke sure th at ev er yt hi ng wo rk s
as desired.
7. Burn a disc or write a DLT from the project.
NOTE Blu-ray Disc
(BD) is a 25 GB opti-
cal disc format (50 GB
for dual-layer discs) that
offers high-definition
video resolutions (up to
1920 by 1080 pixels),
high-definition surround
audio, and expanded
interactivity. You author
Blu-ray discs in the same
way that you create a
standard-definition DVD.
Using the Export Settings to Create a QuickTime Movie
Yo u c an a ls o e xpo rt a s eq u enc e u sin g t he Exp or t S ett in gs d ia lo g b ox and
configure the various export options as necessary. You would do this to
create a QuickTime movie file, a very popular format for playing videos on
both Windows and Macintosh systems.
To create a QuickTime movie using export settings:
1. Right-click the clip or sequence to export, and select Export.
2. From the Export Settings menu, select Send to QT Movie.
NOTE For more informa-
tion on working directly
with DVD by Sonic, see
the Using Avid DVD by
Sonic guide included on
your documentation disc.
NOTE If you installed
additional QuickTime
export formats, they will
appear in the menu with
tildes (~) before their
names. This indicates
they have not been
qualified and are not sup-
ported by Avid.
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