Workflows
Table Of Contents
- Final Cut Studio Workflows
- Contents
- An Introduction to the Apple PostProduction Applications
- Using Apple Applications for Your Final Cut Pro Projects
- Using Soundtrack Pro With Final Cut Pro
- Using Motion With Final Cut Pro
- Using Compressor With Final Cut Pro
- Using LiveType With Final Cut Pro
- Using Shake With Final Cut Pro
- Using Logic Pro With Final Cut Pro
- Using Apple Applications for Your DVD Studio Pro Projects
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Step 1: Create motion menu backgrounds in Motion
The menus in your DVD can be simple, static images or full-motion video. In both cases,
you can also add audio to the menus. The only requirement for a menu is that it has
the necessary buttons to make it clear how to access the tracks, slideshows, and other
menus on the DVD.
For example, you can use Motion to create a motion menu background from a small
part of the movie. You can add filters to it, such as softening and colorization effects,
and add text and button graphics.
A common approach is to have the menu begin with an introduction, such as having
the buttons and text fly onto the screen, and then have its elements settle into place
for the viewer to select from. In Motion, you can set a marker that defines a loop point
so that when the menu plays, instead of looping back to the menu’s beginning once
the end is reached, it can loop back to the point you set and avoid playing the
introduction section again.
Once you have created a motion menu in Motion, you can import the Motion project
into your DVD Studio Pro project. You treat the project just like any other asset—for
example, you can drag it to a menu to set it as the background. If you need to make
changes to the Motion project, you can double-click it in DVD Studio Pro and it opens
in Motion. Once you make the changes and save the project, it will automatically be
updated in the DVD Studio Pro project.
See “Using Motion in Your DVD Studio Pro Project” on page 39 for more information,
including details on creating Alpha Transitions with Motion.
Step 2: Create the main tracks in DVD Studio Pro
Creating a track in DVD Studio Pro can be as easy as importing the video and audio
assets into your project and dragging them to the menu that will have the button to
access the track. DVD Studio Pro can automatically create the track, place a button on
the menu, and link the button to the track.
You can configure the track in a number of ways, such as adding chapter markers for
easier navigation or defining what happens when remote control buttons are pressed.