Amazing DIY VCD/DVD Making

Author: Wu Mu Cheng
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: Many people want to try digital video editing and create permanently preserved VCDs or DVDs. This book starts with the concept of computer multimedia and the necessary equipment, introducing the selection points for various hardware devices. It explains how to use software like DVD MovieFactory, Corel VideoStudio, MediaStudio Pro, and Premiere to edit general videos into excellent digital movies. This includes methods for transferring videos to a computer, video editing techniques, adding special effects to videos, creating transition effects, adding subtitles and voiceovers, CD icon creation, making picture-in-picture videos, creating 3D animated titles, and the techniques for burning videos to VCDs or DVDs. It also covers the output and application of edited videos, allowing you to learn VCD and DVD video production in the shortest time possible.
This book introduces all the essential techniques for VCD/DVD production, with main content including the concept of digital videos, the equipment needed to transfer videos to a computer, selection tips for major hardware, video editing methods, how to add various special effects and transition effects to videos, and how to burn edited videos into VCDs or DVDs. It enables you to fully master the key principles of VCD and DVD production.
The book also covers common video editing software such as DVD MovieFactory, Corel VideoStudio, MediaStudio Pro, and Premiere. In addition to introducing the functions of these software, it also explains how to cleverly integrate them with other software like PhotoImpact and COOL3D, how to create photo CDs from photos for VCDs or DVDs, how to play and share videos, and finally, how to label the CDs with your own homemade labels, providing a systematic solution.