Dina M

Q: A video to explain creating menus& chapters

Hi All-

 

Can anyone recommend any good video tutorials on the web that will go through creating simple or template menus and chapters for your projects?

 

I have a video that will have (6) chapters in it.  I will need two menus- one for the main page and one for the chapters.  I would like the viewer to be able to watch the video in it's entirety or have the option of looking at specific chapter.

 

I don't need to create buttons in Photoshop or get all fancy.  I will probably import a background that has my logo info from something I created in Livetype.

 

Thanks!

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Jul 25, 2011 12:06 PM

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  • by David Bogie Chq-1,

    David Bogie Chq-1 David Bogie Chq-1 Jul 25, 2011 12:52 PM in response to Dina M
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    Jul 25, 2011 12:52 PM in response to Dina M

    There might be, never looked myself, but there are hundreds of tytorials on vimeo and yourtube for FCP and simialr aps. The signal to noise rtio is about miedium; lots of twits mount nonsense or merely copy the manual and claim to have created a tutorial. You gotta be careful.

     

    I think you will find creting menus and branches and jumps in DVDSP to be a simple matter. The DVD spec is like 30 years old and predates tons of interactivity so everything is pretty simple and logical. Dive into the manual and  just play around.

     

    bogiesan

  • by javabob,

    javabob javabob Jul 25, 2011 2:10 PM in response to David Bogie Chq-1
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    Jul 25, 2011 2:10 PM in response to David Bogie Chq-1

    it's really easy, you can teach yourself in about 10 minutes. Use the graphical view to make sure everything is connected and quickly navigate between menus.  As David says it's pretty obvious, use Help if you get stuck.

  • by BenB,

    BenB BenB Jul 25, 2011 2:12 PM in response to Dina M
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    Jul 25, 2011 2:12 PM in response to Dina M

    http://www.bbalser.com/video/DVDSP_Tutorial.mov

     

    It's 46MB, may take some time to download, is very old, but will tell you every thing you need to know from start to finish.

     

    It will be available for download again around 5:15pm Central time, Mon, 7/25.

  • by Dina M,

    Dina M Dina M Jul 25, 2011 3:34 PM in response to BenB
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    Jul 25, 2011 3:34 PM in response to BenB

    Hi Ben-

     

    It's not available (I believe it's the right time)

  • by Hal MacLean,

    Hal MacLean Hal MacLean Aug 1, 2011 3:51 PM in response to Dina M
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    Aug 1, 2011 3:51 PM in response to Dina M

    Check sites like this:

     

    http://dvdstepbystep.com/

     

    Bound to be stuff there to help.

     

    Also, read through http://www.kenstone.net/ too... so many good hints and tips in there.

     

    But most of all, read the manual! Do the tutorial on the disc, and watch YouTube :-)

     

    All you have to do is create your track and add the chapter markers, then drag the track icon over the top of the menu editor window. Hold it for a second and let the pop up appear which gives you the option of which menu to create. Select a template and go...

     

    Or, make a menu, and add a button to it. Click on the button and in the property inspector for it set the track as the target for the button. Set the end jump for the track to go back to the menu.

     

    And probably loads of other ways too...