Making a DVD of your movie is a great way to show and distribute it. Video DVDs contain
high-quality media and can be played in most set-top DVD players, as well as most
computers with DVD playback capability.

The DVD Creation Process

iDVD and DVD Studio Pro provide the tools you need to easily create a simple, single-menu
DVD or an elaborate title including multiple menus, multiple movies, scene selections,
and slideshows.

You can also use the Share feature to quickly create and burn DVDs and Blu-ray discs,
and to create and deliver output media files in a variety of other formats. For more
information about the Share feature, see

“Using Share.”

Note: You can also archive your projects and media files on a DVD-ROM disc. For that
purpose, you do not need a DVD authoring application. For more information, see

“Backing

Up and Restoring Projects.”

There are four phases to creating a DVD.

Stage 1:

Creating and Editing Your Source Material

In addition to the main movie created in Final Cut Pro, you can create still graphics or
short movies for use as menu backgrounds. All edits, special effects, audio fades and
mixes, and scene transitions must be created in Final Cut Pro before exporting them for
use in the DVD authoring application.

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Exporting Sequences for DVD

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