The last weekly assignment for the course is to produce a CD or DVD of your final semester project and post a message in which you describe the experience. Please indicate what type of disc you created, what program you used, and whether or not you had any difficulties dealing with the video files--and if so, whether or not you were able to solve the problem.
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I have created many CDs and DVDs in the past, but I have never used software to create a professional-looking DVD menu. I was very pleased with the ease of use and the options that the software provided. I especially liked that there were stock templates that you could select and use “as is” or you could modify according to your personal needs. Once I had the data the way I wanted it, the rendering process took less than 10 minutes. The end product looked very nice both on the TV in the computer lab and my 53 inch TV at home. I will definitely utilize technology such as this in the future.
I finished my video this evening (several days of intense, final work) abd was able to produce a video DVD of it that looks pretty interesting and professional. Interestingly I attempted first to use the DVD Architect program that came with my Sony Vegas. But it required some special entries which I did not understand. Then I attempted to produce the DVD using Nero Burning ROM, which in the past I have had some good luck with, but this time it would not work - I was using a new version of Nero. So I copied the AVI file I had produced on my Windows XP computer, transfrred it to my portable hard drive and then to my newer Windows Vista computer. I'd never used the DVD drive on this omputer before, but did a simple drag and drop. It came back asked what kind of DVD I wanted, video or data. Immediately started producin it. About 20 mnutes later I took the new dvd, placed it into my XP computer, and it came up with a very nice scene menu - it sees every individual clip I used (I estimate I used about 100)and shows a frame from each clip, allows you to select any or play the entire AVI. Very easy on the ight computer !
I used Nero Vision to create my DVD of my video. I have used Nero in the past to create photo slideshows on DVD but have never created a DVD that had video on it. It worked essentially the same as the photo slideshow option. Nero Vision has lots of choices for templates and I found the perfect one for my video about Kindergarten writing. The only problem that I ran into was that I was not able to add a play button that would go directly to the video and skip the subchapter menu. My guess is that since I only have one video this was not an option for me as there is no reason to have a "play all" button. I, however, would have liked the option to not have to go into the subchapter menu to start playing my video. This is only a minor drawback for me. Also I would assume that if I had not broken my video down into chapters that I would have been able to just have a play button that went directly to my video (as that would be the only option).
I used a blank 4.7GB TDK DVD+R to create my DVD.
Nero Vision gave me the option to change some of the things within the template such as the font, colors, and parts of the template. For example, in the template I chose I could have picked a doll or a teddy bear, changed the picture on the wall to any of their options or used my own option, and change the colors of the different things in the room on my menu such as a ball, a table, and the chairs.
I am also planning on creating a data CD with the file on it as well.
Hi ya’ll. Burning the project to DVD seemed so much more permanent (somehow in my mind) than just loading it onto a thumb drive and dashing off to class that I was hesitant to go ahead and “just do it.” Maybe it was creating the menus or giving up the option of last minute tweaks that made the experience feel so permanent. Getting the project onto DVD and CD was more time consuming than difficult and the only real compromise was having to move menu markers slightly ahead of where I wanted them to be in order to get images to show up in the menu image boxes. I wanted the markers to divide the introduction, background information, and video clips where the narration began addressing each topic but the fade transition used in the video line made the menu boxes black By moving the menu markers ahead a few frames, the menu boxes filled with images but clicking on them does not bring the viewer to the exact spot in the narration I thought most appropriate. This will be an important consideration in future projects.
I am pretty excited about having created my first real video project! I made a CD, because I honestly only had time to make one or the other and I believe Dr. Robin had said that between the two he would prefer the CD.
I started out hoping I could use Adobe Premiere Elements, but I didn't like the trial version because of the watermark and it ran too slowly on my computer. I then switched to Nero, but then found Pinnacle, and decided to use it.
I used Audacity for the audio because of the ease of use. I used a MVOX microphone for my recording and was surprised at the sound quality.
I didn't use as much music or video as I originally thought I would, but I did use a lot of narration.
At the end, I couldn't believe it took me as long a it did to create this project. It was a wonderful learning experience though and I'm sure I will produce more presentations in the future.
I have created a DVD project using iDVD, and I am hoping to burn it in class tonight. I don't have a DVD burner, and the MacBook Pro that Dr. Robin has brought to class does.
iDVD is as simple as it gets. You simply drag titles, images, movies, and anything else you want in your DVD onto the program where it indicates, save it, and burn it. The program has a few themes to choose from also, but if you wish to use a different theme, there are a few websites that offer them at little to no cost.
No problems to mention.
I burned a mini-DVD-R (Memorex, unfortunately, was what was available at Office Max.) The rendering process did not take too long, and it was easy to create a menu in Premiere. However, the image I used for the menu was much larger on the burned DVD than on my screen as a preview. I was not pleased with the selection of menus available on my home computer, and I would like to learn how to use After Effects to create a customized menu.
As many others have said, I am surprised at how long this project took with redoing video and learning how to use Premiere. I am happy with Premiere, however, and would like to use it again. Setting markers was not difficult, and I'm sure it could be used to create a full menu provided that all the videos could be put into the timeline.
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