DVD production processes
Creating still images for DV & DVD
Creating text & still images for DV & DVD Click here for essential technical advice in creating images that will look great on your TV screen.
Photoshop templates
Click here to download a Photoshop template for PAL (440Kb)
Click here to download a Photoshop template for NTCS (420Kb)
Click here for general image editing and Photoshop advice
DVD Video
Video production
Click here for resources on DV Video production
Optimising video for DVD
Codecs, formats & optimising concepts
Digital video file formats & codecs
DVD video data rate calculations
Calculating DVD video data rates Click here to find out how to determine the maximum data rate.
DVD video data rate calculator
A utility to help you determine the highest possible video data rate for your DVD.
DVD Studio Pro help
DVD Studio Pro / Photoshop layer menu example template (2.4Mb)
DVD studio Pro tip
Writing a disc directly from DVD Studio Pro will take considerably longer than if you use Toast to write the files previously prepared by DVD Studio Pro ("video_ts" folder) .