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!

[HTH NE1]

Unlike iDVD, DSP will work with other DVD burners besides Apple-blessed SuperDrives.

However, earlier versions have had problems with some third party burners. I could not use a particular 1x DVD-R drive because it DSP would try to burn at 64x instead (the highest speed the drive says it supports according to Roxio Toast). I could not find a setting in DSP to prevent it from trying to burn at the highest "supported" speed.

Re:I have no SuperDrive, you insensitive clod!

[djupedal]

Unlike iDVD, DSP will work with other DVD burners besides Apple-blessed SuperDrives.

On the contrary....iDVD has always supported other drives, including externals - the enabler at this site brings that to light:
http://homepage.mac.com/geerlingguy/personal_site/ mac_guide/pages/15-burn_idvd_other.html

Re:I have no SuperDrive, you insensitive clod!

[HTH NE1]

I'm using a B&W G3 with a G4 upgrade(*) as well (550 MHz though), and was using a 1x DVD-R, DVD-RAM drive for which I paid too much new.

What I meant was that DVD Studio Pro works with third party drives out of the box, whereas iDVD does not, requiring additional software to enable their use. Software Apple would rather not have exist.

(*) To others thinking of doing the same, don't forget to edit the application package's Info.plist file to enable it to run on a non-AGP Mac. And the same to Compressor. And to repeat these changes every time the software is updated until you finally break down and buy an AGP-based Mac (I'm waiting for the expected dual-3 GHz G5).