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Asset Folder
Motion projects and movies used as Alpha Transitions within DVD Studio Pro are
handled differently than Motion projects and movies used in menus and tracks. When
opened, DVD Studio Pro checks for transition asset folders located in specific areas of
your hard disk. Any folders it finds that contain appropriate Motion projects or movies
are automatically added as Alpha Transitions, and become available for use in any DVD
projects you author.
In addition to containing the movies that make up the Alpha Transition, the name of
the asset folder becomes the name of the transition. All files within the folder must also
be named the same as the folder, with “-matte” added to asset matte movies and
“-backgroundMatte” added to background matte movies to distinguish between them.
When you open DVD Studio Pro, it looks in two locations for asset folders:
 At the root of your disk, in this location: /Library/Application Support/DVD Studio Pro/
Transitions/
 In your home folder, in this location: Users/username/Library/Application Support/
DVD Studio Pro/Transitions/
Note: If you add an asset folder while DVD Studio Pro is open, it is ignored until the
next time you open DVD Studio Pro.
Asset Movie
The asset movie is required if you want any kind of video other than the start and
end frames to appear during the transition. For example, if you want a spinning DVD
to fly across the screen during the transition, it is the asset movie that provides the
flying DVD image.
The asset movie must have the same name as the asset folder and can have an
extension. For example, if the asset folder’s name is Spinning DVD, the asset movie
could be named Spinning DVD.mov.
There are two optional aspects to the asset movie: an alpha channel and a switch point.
The asset movie provides
transition video in addition
to the start and end frames.
The asset movie can
contain an alpha channel
to control where the
background appears.