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Creating advanced video discs with menus
Overview of creating a disc
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Overview of creating a disc
This section gives a general overview of the steps you take to create a disc
using MyDVD. You can use your favorite video clips, photos, and audio
clips to quickly and easily make an exciting and creative disc.
What are MyDVD projects?
MyDVD projects are multimedia presentations that can be burned onto a
disc. Projects can be created in 2D or 3D.
2D projects can include videos and photo slideshows and can be organized
into menus. Menus can include video or image backgrounds, animated
buttons, and background audio.
3D projects do not include menus and cannot include slideshows. Video
productions on the disc simply play in succession.
Steps to create a disc
The following steps show how easy it is to create a disc using media files that
you capture from your digital device to your computer.
To create a disc:
1 Use Media Import to capture the media files from a digital device—
such as a digital camera, digital video (DV) camera, scanner, or
removable device—that is connected to your computer. For more
information, see Capturing media files on page 92.
2 Optional: If you are creating a 2D project, select a menu style, a menu
background, and menu background audio. For more information, see
Customizing menus on page 93 and Changing or removing background
audio on page 101. 3D projects do not have menus.
3 Add productions to your project. If you add 2D video to a 3D project,
MyDVD converts it to 3D. For more information, see Adding
productions to your MyDVD project on page 94.
Each time you add a production, a new button is added to the menu.
4 Preview the project to make it sure it plays the way you expect it to. For
more information, see Previewing MyDVD projects on page 102.
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