12. DVD Authoring

Without a doubt, DVD is now the medium of choice for the buying public, so DVD authoring should be your target when you’re constructing a project. If you want to use 5.1 sound, then DVD is your only format choice.

Liquid makes life easy for would-be DVD authors by allowing the whole process to take place on the Timeline. In fact, you never leave the Liquid interface, which means you can still fine-tune edits to the project while you create a DVD menu. The benefits of this are liberating, to say the least, for producers and editors with challenging schedules.

In this chapter, you’ll learn the basics of DVD authoring. You’ll produce a standard DVD with a menu, then you’ll move on to more advanced topics such as customizing a ...

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