| Creating Discs |
Cyberlink PowerDirector 7 is a powerful DVD Disc Creator can create DVD Disc in high quality. Here show how to create DVD Disc with Cyberlink PowerDirector 7.
After your movie production has been completed, you can create a video disc to
play your video on a DVD or other disc player. You can burn your movie onto CD
or DVD discs in three simple steps. Integrated authoring allows to you view your
movie in the living room instantly after you have produced your movie. You will
never have to launch another program again to create a video disc.
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Create Disc Mode
When you click the  button, CyberLink PowerDirector
enters the Create Disc mode, where you can burn your movie onto a
VCD or DVD disc. In Create Disc mode, the program appears as follows:
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The opening window contains an author/preview windows on the
right, a list of options to customize your disc’s menu page, and three
buttons on the bottom to view the disc summary, change your disc
preference, and initiate the burning process.
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Customize Your Disc’s Menu
Page
Before you burn your movie to a disc, you should first create a menu for
navigating around your disc. The Customize Menu pane gives you
complete creative control over the look of your menu page. You can
modify the appearance of the menu’s buttons, text and overall layout. |
Select a Menu Page Style
CyberLink PowerDirector provides a number of menu page style
templates that might suit the theme of your video production. You can
also use these themes as a template when customizing your menu in
the Menu Designer.
The menu page templates can be divided into two categories:
- menu templates with clickable chapter thumbnail buttons
- menu templates with clickable chapter text.
To select a menu page style template, do this:
1. On the Style tab, select a style category from the drop-down list, or
select All to show all styles.
2. Select a style template that you want to use by clicking on the
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Specify the Number of Buttons Per
Menu Page
Menu buttons are clickable chapter thumbnails that can be customized
in the Menu Designer. First, you must specify the number of menu
buttons you want displayed on each menu page.
To specify the number of buttons per menu page, do this:
1. Select the Menu Buttons tab.
2. Select the number of buttons you want per menu page. It will
automatically be applied to the Preview window.
Note: If you selected a menu template that uses clickable chapter text, the
menu buttons feature is disabled.
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Using the Menu Designer
The Menu Designer lets you customize a selected disc menu style or
create your own menu style.
To use the Menu Designer to customize your menu, click on the Menu Designer button  .
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Set Button Effects
You can customize your menu and navigation buttons for your disc
menu in the Menu Designer, by selecting a button frame, setting
button position or setting a button highlight style.
Note: If you selected a menu template that uses clickable chapter text, you
can only customize the menu’s navigation buttons. To set the object effects, click on the Set Button Effects tab in the
Menu Designer.
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Replace Background Image
To replace the background image in your disc menu, do this:
1. In the Menu Designer, click on the Replace background image
button .
2. Select the new image you want to use as the background image.
3. Click on the Open button to replace the background image.
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Set Background Music
You can add an audio file as background music in your disc menu.
To add background music, do this:
1. Click  in the Author mode on the Disc Menu main page.
2. The Choose Menu Background Music dialog box opens.
3. Click  to open an audio track. You may edit the audio file
you have selected. The following options are available, if desired:
- Select a fade in/out option.
- Select to auto repeat the audio file.
- Select whether to apply music to all pages.
- Trim the audio file using the sliders on the trim bar.
- Adjust the volume.
4. Click OK. The audio track appears in the Background music box.
- To remove the audio track, click
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- To add background music from Magic Music, click
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procedure is the same as Magic Music tool.
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| Burn to Disc |
After you have acquired your media, assembled your story, edited your
clips, added audio and visual effects, and customized the layout and
look of your disc, then it’s time to finalize your production.
CyberLink PowerDirector offers several methods to finalize your
production, which are useful under different circumstances. You can
burn your production to disc as the last step in your movie production
process, save your production as a disc image for later burning, or
create a DVD folder to organize your media files on your hard drive.
Depending on your burning drive and disc type, one or more of these
options may be available simultaneously.
CyberLink PowerDirector supports the following DISC formats for
burning:
- DVD: DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM
- VCD/SVCD: CD-R, CD-RW
Note: See "Modify Your Create Disc Preference" on page 224 for information
on selecting your disc burning type.
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Set Your Burning Configuration
Before you burn to disc for the first time, set your burning configuration
on the Burn window. After you set this configuration, CyberLink
PowerDirector uses the same configuration each time you burn until
you change the settings.
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To set your burning configuration, do this:
1. Click  to open the Burn window.
2. Click  . The Burning Configuration window opens.
3. Select your recording drive.
4. Select a recording speed.
• The Include buffer under-run protection option ensures that
your drive writes without errors when your hard drive is busy or
system resources are low.
5. Click OK to set your configuration and return to the Burn window.
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Burn Your Movie to Disc
Burning your movie to disc is the final stage of the create disc process.
Once your disc is burned, you will be able to play it on a disc player to
share with your family and friends.
To burn your movie to disc, do this:
1. Click to open the Burn window.
2. Check the Burn to disc option on the Burn window.
3. Specify your burning options:
- Enter the number of copies you want to make.
- To give the disc a volume label, enter the desired label.
4. Click OK. The task begins immediately. CyberLink PowerDirector
displays the real-time progress.
Note: The burning process may take at least a few minutes, depending on
the length and quality of your video and your computer’s processing power.
Be prepared for a short wait while CyberLink PowerDirector renders your
movie!
5. When the task is completed, a window appears, displaying a
congratulatory message. Click OK to continue.
Note: HD Content captured from HDV camcorders will be converted to
standard definition (SD) format when burning to DVD discs. This is because
DVD accepts only SD format. HD format will be supported on the high
capacity HD DVD and Blu-ray discs when they become available.
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