Paperback. Pub Date: 2007 Pages: 500 in Publisher: McGraw-HillTAB. Electronics Everything you need to design and produce high definition DVDs-from three of the most well-known specialists in the industry High Definition DVD Handbook is your one-stop resource for mastering the new HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc formats and successfully applying them to the entire DVD process-from authoring to design to production. You'll see how to fully utilize the amazing new resolution and features of high definition DVD. understand the major differences between the formats. navigate complex specs. and set up for either small-or large-scale production. Featuring a foreword by Jim Taylor. coauthor of DVD Demystified. this practical. irreverent guide: Gives you comprehensive. up-to- date coverage of both new competing high definition DVD formats Covers all-new. high definition authoring tools Inclu...
Everything you need to design and produce high definition DVDs-from three of the most well-known specialists in the industry
High Definition DVD Handbook is your one-stop resource for mastering the new HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc formats and successfully applying them to the entire DVD process-from authoring to design to production. You'll see how to fully utilize the amazing new resolution and features of high definition DVD, understand the major differences between the formats, navigate complex specs, and set up for either small- or large-scale production. Featuring a foreword by Jim Taylor, coauthor of DVD Demystified, this practical, irreverent guide:
Gives you comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of both new competing high definition DVD formats Covers all-new, high definition authoring tools Includes chapters devoted to audio and video acquisition, graphics design, compression, quality control, and replication Reveals how to achieve new levels of interactivity through graphic user interfaces (GUIs) Provides proven advice on avoiding production pitfalls and troubleshooting
Helps you navigate and utilize content protection and digital rights management as well as the Advanced Access Content System (AACS) standard Taking DVD Demystified to the next level, High Definition DVD Handbook is your guide to the new wave of DVD production.
"should be required reading in any world-class DVD facility." -Benn Carr, VP of New Technology, Walt Disney Studios, Burbank, CA
{inside book} Mark R. Johnson is Vice President of Technology at Technology Creative Services (a Thomson Company). A contributing member in both the DVD Forum and Blu-ray Disc Association, Johnson is best known for his breakthroughs in advanced DVD applications. Charles G. Crawford is the cofounder of Television Production Services and Heritage Series, LLC. He authored the original operating manuals for Matsushita/Panasonic's award-winning DVD authoring system and has won three Emmy awards for his technical and directorial expertise. Christen M. Armbrust, a leader in the development and implementation of new digital media, is a senior process engineer at Technology Creative Services.
