Importing Animations

[idontno]

I was just wondering...

Is there any way to import or insert an animation in a DVD?






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[r0lZ]

What kind of animation? Which format?

[blutach]

And if it's a little DVD (which you can make in muxman), just use PgcEdit's Import function.

Regards

[idontno]

What kind of animation? Which format?

I hadn't really thought of the format, cause you can convert just about any format into any other format (as long as it's in the same catagory).

What really got me thinking about this is, I wanted to create my own animated main menu with sounds and buttons.

I would like start off easy tho, using a .gif or something and work my way up.


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[r0lZ]

I see.

It is easy to import a clip in PgcEdit, but the clip must have been correctly authored as a DVD Title. Furthermore, the whole Title domain is imported, so you have to be sure that the Title you want to import is alone in its domain.
Note that you can only import a Title. It's not a menu.

You can also easily modify a still menu background with VobBlanker. But it is not easy to modify the buttons.

IMO, it is really difficult to create animated menus from scratch. You have to build a video clip with an application like Adobe Premiere or After Effects, and create the buttons with a DVD authoring program like DVD-Lab Pro. Then, you should be able to import the menu in your compilation with PgcEdit, but you will have to modify the VM commands slightly, and that requires a good knowledge of the VM language.
It's a professional, time consuming and difficult job. If you are interested, look at the DVD-Lab forums...

[idontno]

I know you can add buttons in PgcEdit and I'm not too sure what good DvdRemakePro is yet.

I'm just wanting to do something besides edit what I want and don't want with PgcEdit and VobBlanker.

I've modified the commands in PgcEdit to learn what they do.

It's getting boring. I'm too creative for that. Of course not creative enuff to pay hundreds of dollars on software either.

Don't get me wrong r0lZ, you've given me some food for thought. Ya gotta admit tho, that's some pretty pricey stuff you suggested there.

There's gotta be cheaper ways.


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[r0lZ]

You can create or edit the menu buttons in PgcEdit, but not the highlights. To do so, you need an authoring program. None are free, and, IMO, DVD-Lab is one of the best, for a relatively low price. The authoring programs used by the major companies are either developed by them, or are high-end programs costing at least $100,000.

The fact that PgcEdit is free doesn't mean that all programs must be free or low-cost! The programmers also must live!

[blutach]

Look at goonix methods at doom9 - http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=99306 Authoring custom button highights will be difficult.

Regards

[idontno]

You can create or edit the menu buttons in PgcEdit, but not the highlights. To do so, you need an authoring program. None are free, and, IMO, DVD-Lab is one of the best, for a relatively low price. The authoring programs used by the major companies are either developed by them, or are high-end programs costing at least $100,000.

The fact that PgcEdit is free doesn't mean that all programs must be free or low-cost! The programmers also must live!

Easy now. I wasn't implying I wanted everything to be free. I just have my limits. I live off a disability check so I'm on a fairly tight budget.

I just bought DvdRemakePro for $50 and Nero 7 Ultra for $80, and I do send donations for the free stuff when I can, so I'm no sloucher.

But $245 for DVD-Lab or $285 for Adobe Premiere or $700 for After Effects is gettin a lil past the hobby status.


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[r0lZ]

I understand and agree. It's why a really good looking authoring is still a job reserved for the professionals. It's a pitty, but it's a fact.

But as blutach said, there are even free alternatives (envolving, among others, PgcEdit). But you will have to work harder, since nothing is really automatic.

Good luck anyway!

[idontno]

Look at goonix methods at doom9 - http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=99306 Authoring custom button highights will be difficult.

Regards

Thanx blu,

I knew it could be done.


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[idontno]

I understand and agree. It's why a really good looking authoring is still a job reserved for the professionals. It's a pitty, but it's a fact.

But as blutach said, there are even free alternatives (envolving, among others, PgcEdit). But you will have to work harder, since nothing is really automatic.

Good luck anyway!

Thanx for understanding.

If ya ain't got the cash ya have ta do it thu hard way.


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[blutach]

Try DVD Styler - a link is in the stickies. They do the highlights a bit differently, IIRC.

Regards

[idontno]

Try DVD Styler - a link is in the stickies. They do the highlights a bit differently, IIRC.

Regards

Now that one looks like something even I can figure out.


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[blutach]

Just remember, it needs a little blank title in order to make a DVD. Get a blank VOB either from making it in PgcEdit or from BlankVOB on the VobBlanker site.

Regards