Creating a DVD with Your Finished Movie
After your movie has undergone the video editing stage, processed, and decorated with effects, creating a DVD (or "DVD authoring") is next in line. It doesn't matter if the project involves a compilation of a live performance or a feature film: Besides publishing online, the easiest way to distribute your movie is to burn it to DVD. With MAGIX Movie Edit Pro, both are possible. If the movie is to be burned later on, then you will have to make sure during the "rendering" stage (this is the process that creates a movie file from the project data) that the correct codec is used. If a DVD is going to be created, then settings for the MPEG-2 codec should be used. MAGIX Movie Edit Pro is able to import, edit, and prepare various video files for DVD creation. The software also features the option of decorating a movie with a suitable menu before it is burned to DVD or Blu-ray Disc.
The Right Menu for You When Creating a DVD
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro helps you create DVD menus without much trouble. Visually, the design of the background and the font should be laid out first to provide the film with a better introduction. Good results can be achieved with a background created yourself, whereby Xtreme Photo Designer, which is available as a free download from the MAGIX homepage, provides great tools for this purpose. If the resulting background is opened in MAGIX Movie Edit Pro, the graphic software will allow you to create your own DVD background. To enhance the presentation of the menu, you could even try to make music for your background, but just like with a slideshow, the motto is often "less is more"!
For those users who simply don't need a personalized menu a pre-finished template may be customized as required. In a short time, a suitable DVD menu can be created. Film makers who love the Internet can also use website creation and present their movie on an own homepage. If the movie is simply intended to be presented impressively on TV, then it's difficult to avoid creating a DVD.
