HP DVD-Writer dvd300e User Manual

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Edit the video files (optional).

a

Click the thumbnail of the video file that you want to edit.

b

Click

Edit Video.

The editing screen appears.

Note that any chapter points

you created will be lost.

c

Edit the video following the instructions in the online help.

d

When the video is how you want it, click

Save Edits to DVD.

You are

returned to the authoring screen and a button is added to the DVD movie’s
menu.

5

Customize the menu (optional).

a

Click the

3 Author

tab in the top navigation bar.

b

To create a submenu, click the button on the DVD movie’s menu, drag the
time marker to where you want another button, and click

Set Chapter.

c

To change a button’s thumbnail, click the button on the DVD movie’s menu,
drag the time marker to display the desired frame, and click

Set Thumbnail.

d

To change the starting or ending point of a video file, click the button on the
DVD movie’s menu, drag the time marker to the desired location, and click
the

Mark In

or

Mark Out

buttons (the square brackets).

6

Preview the DVD movie.

a

Click the

4 Produce

tab in the top navigation bar. A remote control appears

on the screen.

b

Click the remote control buttons to control playback.

c

If you want to make any changes to the movie, go back to the

1 Design, 2

Add Media,

or

3 Author

tabs in the top navigation bar.

7

Save the DVD movie project for later editing.

Click

File, Save Project.

8

Write the disc.

a

Verify that the

4 Produce

tab is selected.

b

Click

Start.

c

If you have more than one recordable drive, be sure the HP DVD Writer drive
is selected. Set any of the other options that you need to. Click

OK.

d

Wait for the drive to finish writing the disc. The disc will be ejected.

e

If you want to make another disc, click

Yes.

If not, click

No.

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