Designing Dvd Menus : How to Create Professional-Looking Dvds - Softcover

George Cairns; Michael Burns

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1904705421 ISBN 13: 9781904705420

Publisher: Ilex, 2004

Synopsis

The rapid drop in costs and the improved functionality of authoring software has brought DVD production within the scope of every home moviemaker. A good-looking and functional menu is critical to the success of any DVD without it, end users cannot find their way to the real content.Designing DVD Menus provides both hobbyist moviemakers and design professionals at any level of expertise with all the information and inspiration they need to create slick, stylish, exciting DVDs. It demystifies the jargon and explains technical issues in simple language. Employing plenty of easy-to-follow, step-by-step work-throughs, it encourages readers to focus on getting creative with their ideas. It is full of projects that show how to use animation, picture-within-picture, background movie clips, and audio and imaging effects to create stunning titles, menu screens, transitions, and interactive features. Overall, it offers a wealth of tips and tricks to give DVD designs that cool, professional edge.* The definitive guide to creating slick, stylish, exciting DVDs.* Invaluable for design professionals as well as aspiring filmmakers and home users.* Covers the basics of user interface design as well as advanced techniques for creating animated menus.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

The DVD format can get your video out there, but will it get noticed? It's time to discover how innovative features can give your disc an extra kick. Designing DVD Menus is an incredible one-stop guide to the creative side of authoring, helping you to get great results with simple applications, and professional-quality menus using higher-end tools. It covers menu design from beginning to end, with examples of different approaches and real-world insights on style, navigation, and best working practice.

Opening with a primer on menu production, it continues with professional advice on every aspect of menu design, including screen layouts, fonts, graphics, animated backgrounds, and interactive effects. The pages are peppered with examples of commercial designs, along with tips from the artists who created them. If you want to give your DVD a slick, professional edge, this is the only book you'll need.

About the Author

George Cairns is a freelance artist and writer. A regular contributor to Digital Camera Magazine, Computer Arts Projects, Digital Creative Arts and 3D World, he has spent over a decade teaching Photoshop and video editing at a number of universities in the UK. Michael Burns is a freelance journalist with nine years' experience of writing about the creative computer graphics and digital technology industries. He contributes regularly to Computer Arts, Digit, Televisual, PC Pro, Macworld, and Macformat.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ilex
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1904705421
• ISBN 13: 9781904705420
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192