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Creating a Video Project With the Direct-to-Disc Wizards

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Creating a Video Project With the Direct-to-Disc Wizards Sonic MyDVD includes Direct-to-Disc Wizards that guide you through the steps you must complete to create a DVD or VCD video project. A video project is a way to group, organize, store, play, and burn related video and still digital files. 1 Connect your digital camcorder or Web camera to your PC. 2 Click Start, choose All Programs, Sonic, and then DigitalMedia Home. 3 Click the Video button and then Direct-to-Disc. 4 Click DVD or VCD depending on the type of project you want to create. The Direct-to-VCD or Direct-to-DVD Wizard displays. 5 Click Edit Style, and edit any of the following elements: • Background color and graphics on the menus and submenus • Button styles • Background music • Text format (font, color, and size) • Custom styles Alternately, you can click No Menus in the Direct-to-Disc Wizard if you do not want to be able to select from multiple files in the project. 6 Type a name for your project in the project name field. 7 Click one of the following: • Record to DVD (or Record to VCD if you are creating a VCD project) - Select the device, number of copies, and write speed. • Record to hard disk - The video capture is stored by default in the My DVDs folder. Click Location if you want to select a different folder. 8 Click Next. The Capture screen displays. Make sure the output from your digital camcorder appears in the Preview window. If it does not, double-check your connections and make sure your camera is in playback mode. 9 Click Record Settings to edit any of the default settings. 10 Optionally, set a capture length, chapter points, or scene detection. Click the corresponding Help icon to display the online help for each of these features. 11 Click one of the following: • Grab Frame - The image currently displayed in the Capture window is stored as a picture file (JPG, BMP, GIF, TIF, or PNG format). • Start Capturing - Starts a video capture (MPG format). • Stop Capturing - Manually stops the capture if you did not set a capture length (step 10). 12 A confirmation message displays stating the disc or file was created successfully. Click OK. Creating Video Discs and Movies 73

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Creating Video Discs and Movies
73
Creating a Video Project With the
Direct-to-Disc Wizards
Sonic MyDVD includes Direct-to-Disc Wizards that guide you through the steps you
must complete to create a DVD or VCD
video project
. A video project is a way to
group, organize, store, play, and burn related video and still digital files.
1
Connect your digital camcorder or Web camera to your PC.
2
Click
Start
, choose
All Programs
,
Sonic
, and then
DigitalMedia Home
.
3
Click the
Video
button and then
Direct-to-Disc
.
4
Click
DVD
or
VCD
depending on the type of project you want to create.
The Direct-to-VCD or Direct-to-DVD Wizard displays.
5
Click
Edit Style
, and edit any of the following elements:
•
Background color and graphics on the menus and submenus
•
Button styles
•
Background music
•
Text format (font, color, and size)
•
Custom styles
Alternately, you can click
No Menus
in the Direct-to-Disc Wizard if you do not
want to be able to select from multiple files in the project.
6
Type a name for your project in the project name field.
7
Click one of the following:
•
Record to DVD
(or
Record to VCD
if you are creating a VCD
project)
—
Select the device, number of copies, and write speed.
•
Record to hard disk —
The video capture is stored by default in the
My DVDs folder. Click
Location
if you want to select a different folder.
8
Click
Next
. The Capture screen displays.
Make sure the output from your digital camcorder appears in the Preview
window. If it does not, double-check your connections and make sure your
camera is in playback mode.
9
Click
Record Settings
to edit any of the default settings.
10
Optionally, set a capture length, chapter points, or scene detection. Click
the corresponding
Help
icon to display the online help for each of these
features.
11
Click one of the following:
•
Grab Frame
—
The image currently displayed in the Capture window is
stored as a picture file (JPG, BMP, GIF, TIF, or PNG format).
•
Start Capturing
—
Starts a video capture (MPG format).
•
Stop Capturing
—
Manually stops the capture if you did not set a
capture length (step 10).
12
A confirmation message displays stating the disc or file was created
successfully. Click
OK
.