DVD Studio Pro 3 Review

Alex_Alexzander writes "A new review / tutorial of the major new features inside DVD Studio Pro 3 is on OSXWORLD, covering transitions, alpha transitions, the new graphical view, support for DTS audio, improved integration with Adobe Photoshop, and more."

Comments

DVD SP3 and iDVD

[Hungus]

The tutorial seems nice, I ran through the section on alpha transitions just a moment ago and am now snagging a local copy to go over later. Considering what DPD SP3 can do it is a remarkably easy program to use. It is nowhere nearly as user friendly for newbies as iDVD, and I do not t hink the average home use ever needs to even look at it but for the small media shop or company that would like to do in house DVDs at a fraction of the external cost it is supurb. I am personally waiting for my copy of SP3 to arrive alone with FCP 4.5HD.

Re:I have no SuperDrive, you insensitive clod!

[aoasus]

I'd like to add that this does work great. I keep copies of all my .img files so if I want to run another disk off it's a snap with Toast (adaptec.com). And also I'm using this in a venrable old B&W g3 w/G4 450 upgrade chip and a used pioneer a04 I picked up for $65 so quit'cher whinin' allready parent!

Re:Using it now

[HTH NE1]

Sure it does; it just doesn't let you encode your content at the necessary bit rate to do it. If your >120min video is already MPEG-2 encoded at a bit rate that would fit, iDVD would indeed let you put it on a disc.

They won't sell Compressor with the necessary variable bit rate encoding with iDVD at that price. So you need to buy the more advanced software to enable that ability, or third party software that will do it for you.

You should try my problem: I want to put together a seamless 6 hour epic version of three movies for putting on a single VHS tape in SLP, but Final Cut Pro won't let me create a Sequence longer than 4 hours nor seamlessly play back a series of Sequences over my video bridge.