Templates in DVD SP4?

I'm going to purchase DVD Studio Pro 4 pretty soon. I'd like to know if there are some templates in there to get me (a newbie) started?
I think I've graduated from iDVD and its frustrating lack of flexibility.

Yes - Apple has thoughtfully included all of the templates available in DVDSP3, and added some HD templates for the latest version.

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First, how do I create my own favorite theme template for DVD slideshows? I used to be able to select this from pulldown menu, but cannot now do so. I am directed straight to already existing themes, which take more memory. I have a large slideshow, and need all the space I can get. I just want to use a picture as my DVD cover, and then insert a slideshow. Also, when I try to burn my 8.5gb double sided slideshow, all that burns is the music. It is a large slideshow, a memorial on the life of my now deceased brother. This means a lot to me and to my family, and I am having so much trouble trying to burn it. I have gone into Project View and selected appropriately. The bar shows I have room to burn this DVD, but it does not burn. I have burned so many DVDs in the past, but this one just will not burn. I am so confused at this point. I will say this is the first 8.5gb I have attempted to create and burn. My specs list a 7.7gb or 4.7gb as operable....but there are no 7.7gb dvds. I had to purchase 8.5gb. Help? What am I doing wrong? I have spent so much time on this, and just cannot figure it out.

Final Cut is a separate, higher end video editor. The pro version of iMovie.
Give iPhoto a look at for creating the slideshow. It's easy to assemble the photos in an album in iPhoto, put them in the order you want and then make a slideshow of them. You can select from various themes and transitions between slides and add music from your iTunes library.
When you have the slidshow as you want use the Export button at the bottom of the iPhoto window and export with Size = Medium or Large.
Save the resulting Quicktime movie file in your Movies folder.
Next, open iDVD, choose your theme and drag the QT movie file into the menu window being careful to avoid any drop zones.
Then follow this workflow to help assure the best qualty video DVD:
Once you have the project as you want it save it as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image menu option. This will separate the encoding process from the burn process.
To check the encoding mount the disk image, launch DVD Player and play it. If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding is good.
Then burn to disk with Disk Utility or Toast at the slowest speed available (2x-4x) to assure the best burn quality. Always use top quality media: Verbatim, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.
The reason I suggest iPhoto is that I find it much easier to use than iMovie (except for the older iMovie 6 HD version). Personal preferences showing here.

First bluray - share, compressor or DVD SP4?

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Hello Folks,
I did it! Yes, I decided to purchase the Final Cut Studio bundle.
Thanks to everyone that help me with my questions on this forum. You are all very kind.
I have a quick question for the DVD SP4 Pros:
I noticed that some people on this forum use Toast 7 for burning DVD's.
Doesn't DVD SP4 burn the DVD's for you?
What are the advantages, if any, for purchasing Toast 7 as a companion to DVD SP4?
Thanks again!
G5 1.8 GHz Dual Mac OS X (10.3.9)

http://www.roxio.com/en/products/toast/features_key.jhtml
http://www.roxio.com/en/products/toast/featuresnewimproved.jhtml
http://www.roxio.com/en/products/toast/why_upgrade.jhtml
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Encore CS4 (version 4.0.0.258) will not finish burning to blu-ray disc when using a menu template. DVD burning works fine. Anyone know the problem with blu-ray? HELP!

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Menu Templates for DVD Pro

Does anyone know of a good source for additional menu templates for DVD Studio Pro?

I've been looking too-I've seen those, but they mostly look pretty cheesy. Any other options?
Also, I've recently upgrade from Final Cut HD Production Suite to Final Cut 5.1 Studio, and was surprised to find NO new templates in DVD Studio Pro 4. Is that correct, or did I not load everything properly?
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DVD SP4 Widescreen templates

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I know I need to learn to make my own, but with a new baby and no time for anything but the absolute essentials, please will someone point me in the direction of where I can find some widescreen templates.
Also, where on my hard drive will I find the images which make up the existing templates which come as standard. If I could find these I could tweak my existing ones, however, I have looked and can not find them.
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Have you tried simply setting the templates to 16:9?

Exporting a custom menu template from DVD Studio Pro

So I recently developed a custom template in DVDSP that my company wants to use on all our DVDs. Is there any way to export or share this template with my coworkers, or am I stuck with DVD duty?

Ah, after posting this, I found a solution here: https://discussions.apple.com/message/12420982#12420982
The instructions are slightly off: you look in User>Library>Application Support>Final Cut Studio>DVD Studio Pro>Templates and there you go.

Is it possible to make a template for DVD-SP?

I know I can make templates in Motion and send the finished product eventually to DVD-SP, but can I make a template with drop-zones etc specifically to work with DVD-SP?
I made one in Motion but the drop zones won't work in DVD-SP like they do with the existing templates.
Thanks,,

Sorry for not understanding the part about template creation outside of DVD SP.
Basically, I create templates as above, (in DVD SP) with place holders for those effects that apps like Motion creates. It really isn't that much more work, once the place holders are present in a DVD SP project file, to add those assets to DVD SP from other apps.
I personally have all of the links between the tracks and menus already in place and then just drop in the assets in the existing tracks and menus, once added I do a build, simulate and almost always am able to burn immediately. The only menus I have to generate are the scene selection menus, (which DVD SP automatically creates from a menu template I've already lay out in in the custom menu, templates tab. The scene selection menus almost never need any help, due to placement of elements in the custom menu template I created originally for this project/template file.

From template to DVD - something goes wrong, but where to fix it?!?!

Hi
This one really has me stumped, because to test each variation in the workflow could take me to the end of time (which is 2012 apparently!). I do apologise in advance for the forthcoming length but its a bit of a complicated one.
In short, I have shot an HDV project, digitised into FCP as HDV 1080i and used apple pro res 422 (HQ) as the compressor.
All went as per usual, looking good, but then I decide to add a template, bought from a third party supplier (trusted and used before).
Used the template in Motion 3, exported a quick time .mov using pro res 422 (HQ) and added to my sequence. All looked fine, a bit choppy in the canvas but when encoded to .flv it looked good.
Today however, I have burnt to DVD for the first time, and the main HDV footage and project looks fine, but the template aspect looks wrong - it can best be described as flicker, like a very slight field dominance issue.
So, I have spent all of today trying different exports from Motion, different exports from FCP and different settings on compressor - all to no avail - the template designer is even stumped too!
The problem is I don't know at which point of the process I'm getting it wrong, on export from Motion, on export from FCP or in compressor.
Will filters such as de-flicker applied to the clip in FCP have any effect or once its exported from motion thats it - no changes can happen to it.
To add to this nightmare, the original template is 24 fps! I have exported it as 25fps, but I wonder if its even do-able at all with this starting point?
I would also put a clip online, but it looks fine online, its only got the issue on UK TV. The template is flying screens from right to left, with moving text, and they flicker as they move.
So, over to you, well done if you read all the way to the bottom! Thanks.

The first thing I would try is to export the template as Pro Res 422 NOT HQ. The HQ does nothing for HDV footage and may be over processing it. For sure it makes the file larger. Second, is the template an HD template or are you enlarging to fit? Try an export with the field dominance set to none. No easy answer I can see. Trial and error will take time for sure! Good luck,
Bob

How to create custom Templates in DVD-SP?

Hi, I was wondering how to create my own custom menus/menu templates in dvdsp. Whenever I import something for the menu, It will crop it automatically and will not allow me to re arrange it to show the full clip/image. Any info on creating custom templates would be very appreciated. Thank you, and although new to the apple forums, I am hoping to make my stay long while learning an abundance of information and hopefully helping others with any knowledge I may have.

These are good:
http://www.amazon.com/Designing-Menus-DVD-Studio-Expert/dp/B001D78GJG/ref=sr16?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1230073222&sr=8-6
http://www.amazon.com/Designing-DVD-Menus-Create-Professional-Looking/dp/1578202 590/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1230073222&sr=8-1
Just remember...it will take weeks or months or even years to get proficient in designing good menus. This isn't something you just sit down and decide to do in a afternoon. DVDSP is only an authoring tool...its not for design work...and amendments need to be done in PS then reimported back into DVDSP>

Exporting custom templates from DVD Studio Pro

So I recently developed a custom template in DVDSP that my company wants to use on all our DVDs. Is there any way to export or share this template with my coworkers, or am I stuck with DVD duty?

Ah, after posting this, I found a solution here: https://discussions.apple.com/message/12420982#12420982
The instructions are slightly off: you look in User>Library>Application Support>Final Cut Studio>DVD Studio Pro>Templates and there you go.

IDVD templates on DVD Studio Pro

Hi. I just installed ilife 08 and iDVD has some nice looking templates that I would like to use, but iDVD doesnt give me all the options I have in DVD SP.
When I installed DVD SP from Final Cut Studio 2, I remember there was some sort of option related to iDVD templates into it, but I dont remember where it was or what I have to do to import the templates from iDVD into DVD SP.
Any idea on how to do this?
Thank you

You can try to get to some of the bits and pieces by opening up the packages
http://dvdstepbystep.com/useelements.php
Have not tired that yet on iDVD '08 yet as far as I recall...

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