Create great looking, functional menus with Apple's DVD Studio Pro. This full-color book offers an insidera's tour of the application! You get all the essential... » 

Create great looking, functional menus with Apple's DVD Studio Pro. This full-color book offers an insidera's tour of the application! You get all the essentials, including a concise description of the relevant DVD specifications and real-world tutorial projects that demonstrate how you can:Get fast, professional results Add Hollywood features to your DVD Streamline production while maintaining a creative edge Master the principles of interface design. The visual appeal and navigational structure of DVD menus are crucial to their success. Learn award-winning interface design secrets, as authors John Skidgel, Alex Alexzander, and Ron Dabbs show you:How menus are structured on a DVD disc Strategies for designing menus How to design interaction and visuals The relative merits of still vs. motion menus Optimize your tools. DVD Studio Pro is the professional-level DVD authoring tool from Apple, widely lauded for its sophistication. A familiar user interface and seamless integration with Apple's other digital video and media production tools has led to market dominance for this application among creative professionals, and our authors show you how to use its features to:Create still, layered, and motion menus using Photoshop and Motion Define menu navigation and remote control functions Add Setup Menus Optimize and output the final project In addition to tutorial media and design goodies, the DVD contains templates essential to the design process, including usability and research documents. «