Roxio Creator 2011 Product Manual - Page 91

Creating advanced video discs with menus Overview of creating a disc 91 Overview of creating a disc This section gives a general overview of the steps you take to create a disc using MyDVD. You can use your favorite video clips, photos, and audio clips to quickly and easily make an exciting and creative disc. What are MyDVD projects? MyDVD projects are multimedia presentations that can be burned onto a disc. Projects can be created in 2D or 3D. 2D projects can include videos and photo slideshows and can be organized into menus. Menus can include video or image backgrounds, animated buttons, and background audio. 3D projects do not include menus and cannot include slideshows. Video productions on the disc simply play in succession. Steps to create a disc The following steps show how easy it is to create a disc using media files that you capture from your digital device to your computer. To create a disc: 1 Use Media Import to capture the media files from a digital device- such as a digital camera, digital video (DV) camera, scanner, or removable device-that is connected to your computer. For more information, see Capturing media files on page 92. 2 Optional: If you are creating a 2D project, select a menu style, a menu background, and menu background audio. For more information, see Customizing menus on page 93 and Changing or removing background audio on page 101. 3D projects do not have menus. 3 Add productions to your project. If you add 2D video to a 3D project, MyDVD converts it to 3D. For more information, see Adding productions to your MyDVD project on page 94. Each time you add a production, a new button is added to the menu. 4 Preview the project to make it sure it plays the way you expect it to. For more information, see Previewing MyDVD projects on page 102.