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Table Of Contents

Table of Contents
Introduction
- Technical support
- Glossary
- Product philosophy
DoStudio Authoring basics
- Menu elements
- The image buffer
- Actions
- Playlist tree elements
Authoring workflow
- Planning your disc
- Graphics creation
- Video and audio encoding
- Subtitling
- Authoring
- Emulation/testing
- Formatting
The DoStudio Authoring workspace
- The Playlist window
- The Menu Elements window
- The Layout Editor window
- The Layout Preview window
- The Control Panel
- The Validation window
- Layouts
Working with projects
- Asset management
- Creating projects
- Saving and exporting projects
- Disc Information
- Adding files and folders to your Blu-ray Disc
- Setting language properties
Audio/video segments
- Adding, deleting, and editing segments
- Adding primary audio/video streams to segments
- Adding secondary audio/video streams (PiP)
- Adding multichannel LPCM files to your project
- Adding slideshow segments
Subtitles
- Creating subtitle files
- Adding subtitle tracks
- Subtitle properties
- Cropping subtitles
Playlists
- Creating playlists
- Playlist properties
- The playlist timeline
- Playlist Start and End events
- Disabling user operations
- Path items and chapters
Blu-ray Disc titles
- Configuring the loading screen
- Specifying the First Play and Top Menu titles
Importing menu graphics in Mosaic
- Naming conventions for .psd file layers
- Adding a .psd file to Mosaic
- Working with the Mosaic interface
- Importing menu elements into DoStudio Authoring
- Reimporting a Photoshop file
- Mosaic Action Script
Menu element properties
- Menu block properties
- Set properties
- Button properties
Using actions
- Assigning and removing actions
- Menu block animation actions
- Button association actions
- Display menu actions
- Display button actions
- Title playback actions
- Blu-ray only actions
- Subtitle actions
- Primary audio/video actions
- Secondary audio/video actions
- Sound effect actions
- System actions
- Intellidisc actions
- Animation actions
Advanced authoring
- Using conditions
- Advanced parameters (APRMs)
BD Touch and second screen media
- Specifying a disc title and skin file
- Adding audio files
- Adding video files
- Adding image files
- Adding web links
- Removing second screen media items
HDMV authoring
- Using HDMV Menus
- Using the Movie Object Editor
- Setting up a BD Title that references movie object numbers
- Setting up a play-only HDMV title
- Blu-ray Title Setup tab
- HDMV navigation commands
DoStudio 3D Authoring Module
- 3D terminology
- Setting up 3D segments and playlists
- Completing the 3D disc
- 3D metadata offset file (.ds3d)
BDJO Module
Compiling, burning, and formatting your disc
- Compiling your Blu-ray Disc
- Burning a Blu-ray Disc
- Using ImgBurn
- Formatting your Blu-ray Disc for replication
Appendices
- Basic Blu-ray Disc specification information for authors
- AACS for independent producers
- Exporting chapter markers from Vegas Pro
- Exporting chapter markers from Final Cut Pro
- Recommended subtitle procedures
- Keyboard shortcuts
Index

Introduction

This manual introduces you to DoStudio Authoring, a complete Blu-ray Disc™ authoring application from

Sony Creative Software.

The information in this manual is designed for beginning to intermediate users, especially users who are

unfamiliar with a few or all of the concepts of Blu-ray Disc authoring. Don't be fooled by the simple and

straightforward nature of the application, however. DoStudio Authoring is a powerful, BD-ROM

specification compliant authoring system with full AACS support, BDCMF formatting, BD-J support, and

more. The power of DoStudio Authoring lies in its ease of use.

This manual assumes that the you have a fundamental understanding of the graphics formats used for

Blu-ray Disc menus such as PSDs, PNGs, and the like. It also assumes that you are reasonably skilled in the

use of Adobe Photoshop, or have access to someone who does. Blu-ray Disc menus are graphics-intensive

and much of the success of your Blu-ray Disc project will depend on the quality of your graphic design.

Technical support

Please log in to your support account to submit your support requests to the DoStudio team. You can

access your support account on the Support tab in the DoStudio Smart Support application or by going to

http://scsproservices.custhelp.com.

The DoStudio Smart Support application is your source for managing licenses; requesting support;

accessing the DoStudio community forums; and downloading software updates, third-party applications,

and legacy applications.

If you are using a trial version of the software or cannot access your support account, you can email your

support requests to the Sony Creative Software DoStudio team at DoStudioSupport@am.sony.com.

Glossary

This manual uses some terminology that is commonplace in Blu-ray Disc parlance but may seem peculiar

or confusing if you are new to Blu-ray Disc authoring. This manual also uses some terminology that is

specific to DoStudio Authoring. We explain a few of them here before you get too far.

Actions

Actions are unique to DoStudio Authoring. Actions are playback or navigational behaviors that you can

assign to buttons to create interactivity on your Blu-ray Disc. Actions are assigned via an expandable menu

in the Control Panel window. Actions take the place of hand-scripting code, so love them!

Author

When we say "DVD author," "BD author," or just "author" we are referring to the person who is creating,

programming, and designing the disc. Because you are reading this manual, that author is probably you.

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