DVD authoring software lets you create Hollywood-style DVDs using your own videos, music, and photos. Sams Teach Yourself DVD Authoring in 24 Hours helps you make the most of this new technology. This book gives you hands-on, step-by-step instruction on the entire DVD creation process: from video and audio production to DVD authoring. It eases you into the DVD authoring process then gradually helps you build your skills to the point where you can create professional-looking DVDs.

In Premiere Elements 8 for Windows Essential Training, instructor and videographer Jeff Sengstack shows how this application can be the only one needed to view and edit video files and share them with family and friends. Jeff shows how to start a new project, set up the workspace, and arrange clips on the Timeline for an initial video take. He teaches how to apply specialized video effects, like Motion Tracker and the Effects Mask tool, to build more than just an average family video. He also covers how to add narration, music, transitions, and titles to a final movie. Exercise files accompany the course.

Make every phase of video production more efficient with Adobe® Premiere® Pro software, which includes Adobe OnLocation™ and Adobe Encore®. Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 ships with Adobe OnLocation CS4 for direct-to-disk capture, as well as Adobe Encore CS4 for high-quality DVD and Blu-ray production. Edit files from the latest tapeless formats, including AVCHD, P2, XDCAM EX and HD, natively, without transcoding or rewrapping. Find sections of content quickly during editing simply by skimming the text rather than scrubbing through video with Speech Search technology.

New in this release
• Additional support for REDCODE (please visit RED support for additional details).
• Performance improvements to project load time.
• Improvements to AVCHD support.
• Performance enhancements for DV/HDV playback.
• Support for Avid captured DV or IMX footage.
• Export media to a still format now bypasses the AME render queue.
• Enabled .VOB extension support.
• Third-party support

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