DVD Authoring and Production: An Authoritative Guide to DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, & WebDVD / Edition 1

by Ralph LaBarge

Overview

DVD Authoring and Production is an authoritative and comprehensive guide to publishing content in the DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, and WebDVD formats. Readers learn everything they need to create, produce, and master DVDs - including a firsthand look at professional production techniques employed in the author's StarGaze DVD. Professionals and aspiring DVD artists alike learn the latest tools and techniques as well as how to succeed in the business realm of the DVD world, including optimal methods of marketing, distributing, and selling.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781578200825
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/15/2001
Series:	DV Expert Series
Edition description:	BK & DVD
Pages:	508
Product dimensions:	8.25(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ralph LaBarge is an independent DVD title developer with more than 200 DVD projects to his credit. He is a member of the DVD Association (DVDA) Board of Directors, a former chairman of the IMA/SPA DVD-ROM Technical Working Group, and a columnist for DV magazine. With master's degrees in electrical engineering and computer science and over 12 years of practical experience in the fields of digital video compression and DVD, Ralph is widely recognized as a DVD expert. He specializes in the development of cutting-edge consumer DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, and WebDVD titles, including AVIA Guide to Home Theatre, Mars: The Red Planet, the Naxos Musical Journey series, The Planet Earth series, StarGaze and USA on DVD.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 DVD Format Specifications; Chapter 3 DVD Production Process; Chapter 4 Entry-Level DVD Authoring; Chapter 5 MID-Range DVD Authoring; Chapter 6 Professional DVD Authoring; Chapter 7 Enhanced DVD Authoring; Chapter 8 DVD-ROM Authoring; Chapter 9 The DVD Authoring & Production Business; Chapter 10 DVD Production Services & Tools; Chapter 11 DVD Acronyms & Terms;

What People are Saying About This

Dana J. Parker

Dana J. Parker, DVD Diva, www.cdpage.com
No one knows the ins and outs, quirks and details, tricks and work-arounds of DVD authoring better than Ralph LaBarge.

E.J. Jerry McFaul

E.J. Jerry McFaul, Computer Scientitst, US Federal Government
Far more than a simple "How To" book, it is a work that conveys the subtleties and nuances that can only come from hands-on experience.

Jim Taylor

This book takes up where DVD Demystified leaves off, explaining the vital details of designing, producing and selling a DVD. Don't make a disc without it.
—(Jim Taylor, Chief of DVD Technology, Sonic Solutions; author of DVD Demystified and the DVD FAQ)

Editorial Reviews

Ralph LaBarge has turned from authoring award-winning DVDs to authoring about DVD. At nearly 500 pages, DVD Authoring & Production will happily companion with Jim Taylor's 'DVD Demystified' on any DVD author's bookshelf.

This is a more practical step-by-step guide to the authoring end of DVD. After a detailed overview of the whole authoring process, in fact the first practical chapter is on Entry Level DVD Authoring. This takes the most elementary user through the process of completing a DVD Video project using computers that can be found on virtually any desktop. But any thoughts that this was only for entry-level authors slowly disappears as LaBarge dedicates the following chapters to Mid-range, Pro and Enhanced DVD Authoring, with guidance and reference information that will be of value to DVD authors at the most experienced levels.

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