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INTRODUCING iLIFE ‘09
Getting Started with iLife ‘09
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Movies
Movies
Photos
Slideshows
Video Clips
Video Clips
Music
Music
Music
Photos
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Graphics
Animations
Short Previews
Buttons
Burning a DVD
When you are done with your project, iDVD walks you
through the process of burning your content to a DVD.
iDVD can burn to most of the major DVD formats,
including double-layer discs. If you want to simply
copy video content from a camcorder tape to a disc,
you can use iDVD’s OneStep feature. iDVD copies tape
content straight to disc and then ejects a DVD that
plays automatically when you insert it into a player.
Creating DVDs Quickly
iDVD has a Magic iDVD feature that automates the
process of building your DVD. You simply choose a
theme, the video clips, and the slideshows that you
want on your disc. iDVD organizes the content, creates
the menus, and presents a DVD project ready to burn.
The Magic iDVD feature is great if you are not picky
about the menu and button styles in your DVD
project.
Adding Content
iDVD gives you easy access to the projects that you
create in iMovie. You can associate a movie with a
menu button by clicking and dragging an iMovie
project to the editing window. You can access your
images from iPhoto to create slideshows to place on
your DVD. iDVD includes slideshow editing tools that
let you control slide duration and add transitions.
Content can also be added to the drop zones in the
iDVD menus, which offer a preview of the disc content.
Organizing with Menus
A DVD menu is a screen that combines graphics,
animations, short previews of DVD content, and
clickable buttons. You attach the menu buttons to the
videos and slideshows that are featuring in the DVD
project. You can also attach buttons to other menus.
This lets you nest content on secondary menus in the
project. You can open a map view of a project to view
the menus and content as connected boxes. This can
be useful for complicated projects.