User manual ULEAD DVD WORKSHOP 2 - QUICK GUIDE

Ulead® DVD WorkshopTM 2 Quick Guide The Ulead DVD Workshop Quick Guide was made to help you quickly create your projects and burn them onto a disc. Follow the procedure below to quickly produce your discs. 1. Create a new project 2. Import and add clips 3. Edit your clips 4. Create your menu 5. Preview and burn your project Create a new project Click New Project and then in the New Project dialog box, enter the necessary information in the fields and click OK. Tip: For Media type and TV System, make sure you know the output disc and TV standard you want because you won't be able to change this later. Import and add clips In the Edit Step, import the clips you want to use for your project into the Library. Tip: Click Edit in the Step Panel to go to the Edit Step. To import clips into the library, first, switch to the media clip type tab you want to import. To do this, click the arrow on the Library tab then select the type of media clip you want to import. Next, click then in the dialog box that opens, select the file(s) you want to import then click Open. 2 Ulead DVD Workshop 2 Quick Guide After importing clips to the Library, add clips to your project. You can can also use these buttons: Add Video, Import from DVD, and Add Image to add clips to your project. drag and drop Drag and drop the clips you want to include in your project to blank placeholders labeled New Title in the Title List. To make a clip as your First Play Video*, drag and drop the clip to the First Play placeholder (first placeholder in the Title List). Tip: To create a slideshow, select (press [Ctrl]+click to select multiple images) the images you want to include in your slideshow from the Library then drag and drop them to a blank placeholder. Customize it by adding a transition effect through the Options Panel. * First Play Video is the clip that is played before the menu of your movie is shown. Edit your clips Trim your clips and insert chapters for your menus using the Navigation Panel. Chapters are entry points in your video that viewers can instantly access through the menu. To insert chapters*, use the Navigation Panel to search for the part of the video you want to insert as a chapter point. When you get to the part of the video that you want to insert as a chapter, click Add Chapter in the Options Panel. Tip: Click Auto Add Chapters to open a dialog box where you can automatically insert the different scenes in your clip as chapters. * You can have a maximum of 99 chapters for each video and slideshow. Add Chapter Ulead DVD Workshop 2 Quick Guide The chapters that you inserted will be displayed in the Chapter List. Tips: · To delete a chapter, right-click the chapter thumbnail you want to delete and select Delete Chapter on the pop-up menu. To set an image as a chapter in slideshows, rightclick the image then select Mark as Chapter. Only chapters in a slideshow can be added to your menus. 3 · For DVD projects, you can add extra audio and subtitle tracks to your videos. To do this, click the Audio/Subtitle tab. To add extra audio tracks, select the Audio tab then click . In the Load Audio File dialog box, locate the audio track then click Open. To add subtitle tracks, select the Subtitle tab then click Add/Edit Subtitle. In the Add/Edit Subtitle dialog box, create your subtitle tracks by typing in the subtitle text and setting the time for each subtitle segment. After you have created your subtitle tracks, click OK. Tips: · You can also type the subititle text directly on the Preview Window. To do this, click on the Preview Window and type in your text. · After closing the Add/Edit Subtitle dialog box, you can preview the different audio and subtitle tracks in your project. To switch to a different audio and/or subtitle track, click in the Navigation Panel then select the audio and/or subtitle track you want to preview. Customize the appearance and position of the subtitle text through the various text options available. 4 Ulead DVD Workshop 2 Quick Guide Create your menu Click Menu in the Step Panel to create your menu. Menus allow viewers to navigate through the different chapters and/or videos and select different audio and subtitle tracks. Create a new menu by clicking one of the 3 buttons above the Content Window. You can select either to create a blank menu, use a menu template or use the Menu Wizard. Use these buttons to show/hide button information, highlight images, object boundaries and/or grid lines. After selecting the type of menu, build your menu by dragging and dropping objects such as images and videos into the Preview Window. Add text objects by double-clicking on the Preview Window. Any object added to the menu can act as either decorations or buttons. Buttons are objects that act as links to the different elements in your menu. To create buttons, simply drag and drop the item you want the object to link to- either a menu, chapter or title- to the object. Note: Dragging and dropping an item from the Chapter List or Content Window to the Preview Window automatically creates a button. After creating a button, you can further customize its behavior by creating a playlist. To create a playlist, select Playlist in either the Button or Text tab depending on the type of the button. Drag and drop the items (menu, chapters or titles) you want included in the button's playlist into the Playlist window then arrange the sequence of the items or add new items using the available buttons. Tip when creating menus in a DVD project: Spice up your menus by using animated backgrounds and buttons. Simply drag-and-drop video files from the Library into the Preview Window and select Motion Background and Motion Button in the Menu and Button tabs. You can then preview your motion background and buttons in real-time by clicking Play in the Navigation Panel. Ulead DVD Workshop 2 Quick Guide 5 Preview and burn your project Click Finish in the Step Panel to preview your project in the Preview Window. To preview the behavior of your menu, the actual video, and audio and subtitle tracks (if any), use the buttons on the remote control. Burn Project to Disc Write Disc Image to DLT To burn your project onto a disc, click Burn Project to Disc on the remote control. In the Burn Project to Disc dialog box, select the options you want in the Burn and Advanced Settings tabs, then click Burn. Tips: · Select Create DVD folders if you want to save and play your DVD title in your computer. You will need a DVD software player to play back your DVD. Select Create disc image file to create a disc image of your project on your hard drive. Select this if you intend to burn several copies of your project onto discs. In the Advanced Settings tab, you can set the Region code for your DVD to limit the countries where your DVD can be played back. However, this will also depend on the DVD player's playback capabilities. · · Click Write Disc Image to DLT to output your project to a Digital Linear Tape (DLT). Most production houses require DLTs if you want to mass reproduce your DVD. Tip: DVD Workshop supports outputting to DVD-9 (single-side dual-layer) format and also gives you the option of outputting your DVDs with CSS encryption to prevent duplication of your DVDs. These options can be found inside the Ulead DLT Writer dialog box. © 2002-2004 Ulead Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.