Ebook: Sams teach yourself DVD authoring in 24 hours

DVD authoring software lets you create Hollywood-style DVDs using your own videos, music, and photos. Sams Teach Yourself DVD Authoring in 24 Hours helps you make the most of this new technology. This book gives you hands-on, step-by-step instruction on the entire DVD creation process: from video and audio production to DVD authoring. It eases you into the DVD authoring process then gradually helps you build your skills to the point where you can create professional-looking DVDs. DVDs are quickly replacing tape as the video publishing format of choice for video professionals and video enthusiasts. Here's why: DVDs are an excellent media to archive, publish, and share data and multimedia. DVDs can hold two hours of high quality video. DVDs are interactive. Using menus, users can easily and immediately access "chapters" within videos, images, text, and high-quality audio. DVD recorders ("burners") are now widely available at prices well within the reach of average consumers. DVD technology is the fastest growing consumer electronics product in history. There are more than 30 million DVD set-top players and more than 70 million DVD-equipped PCs in the market today.