Apple Pro Training Series: DVD Studio Pro 2
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Book Reviews of Apple Pro Training Series: DVD Studio Pro 2

Book Review: One Step Up From the Packaged Tutorial
Summary: 3 Stars

Chances are, if you bought DVDSP2, you already have Final Cut Pro or Final Cut Express. The tools, interface and overall process of the programs are very similar, and anyone with a working familiarity with Apple's powerful video editing apps (as well as the basic structure of commercial DVD titles) can, with a little time and effort, discover how to work with it on their own. This book, to its credit, offers a rudimentary, 16-chapter course leading the reader through the production of three different video projects, each showcasing different functions of DVD authoring. For the most part accurate, some chapters unfortunately show signs of poor or rushed proofing ..... the sections on compression (a vitally important step in production) and scripting, most notably, are missing steps and contain misleading information, which could be very frustrating to first time users. The chapter on menus contains an erroneous screen shot ("your screen should look like this" ..... HUH?) and files are named differently on the materials provided than represented in the book. This should not be a deterrent, as long as you can figure out what the authors MEANT to write ....

DVDSP2/Apple Pro Training seems to be typical of most first-edition tutorial tomes (Macromedia Training-From-the-Source books are notorious for this), and if you're anxious to get seriously creating DVDs and want to get up and running quick, this title should prove for the most part helpful ...... definitely get it through Amazon as opposed to paying retail. Suggestion: supplement this book with Martin Sitter's DVDSP2 Visual QuickPro Guide, a much better written volume with more insight and expertise than you'll find in most titles currently available ...... that way, once you've stumbled through this flawed tutorial, you'll have an excellent reference to use later on.

Summary of Apple Pro Training Series: DVD Studio Pro 2

The perfect companion to Apple's popular Final Cut Pro video editing software, DVD Studio Pro finally makes it possible for you to create professional, interactive DVDs from the comfort of your own Mac.

Apple Pro Training Series: DVD Studio Pro 2 uses detailed step-by-step instructions illustrated with screenshots and reinforced with end-of-chapter review questions to teach you how to create professional-looking DVDs from start to finish. Topics covered include storyboarding, bit-budgeting, encoding audio and video, creating still and motion menus, interactivity and navigation, chapter markers, stories, Web links, slideshows, scripts, juggling multiple audio tracks and camera angles, and building, formatting, and burning the DVD. A companion DVD-ROM includes high-quality content consisting of project files, graphics, and media used in the book so that you can start creating DVDs immediately. In short, Apple Pro Training Series: DVD Studio Pro 2 offers everything you need to get up and running with this powerful DVD authoring software.

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• Subjects > Computers & Technology
• Hardware > Macs
• Operating Systems > MacOS
• Programming > Graphics & Multimedia
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