MacroSystem Arabesk 5 - Manual (Page 6)

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2.1 Information on creating disks
When you want to create a Blu-ray, you must be aware of a
few things.
To create a Blu-ray format disk, you must select Blu-ray as a
destination format in the Arabesk settings. The Blu-ray des-
tination format is only available if your Casablanca has an
integrated Blu-ray drive. You must also set the Blu-ray, DVD
or DVD DL format as desired. Since CDs have only a limited
recording capacity, it is not advisable to use them as a storage
medium.
If you want to create a video DVD, you must set the destina-
tion format to DVD Video and choose DVD or DVD DL as the
storage medium.
Changing the destination format will remove all movies that
have already been added. This means that you lose the project
you have created thus far.
It is not possible to mix and render projects of different for-
mats. It is not possible to add a standard resolution (SD) DV
movie to a Blu-ray. It will be converted in that case. If the DVD
Video format has been selected, you will not be able to add
high resolution or original resolution HD movies. In that case,
the movie will be converted down to standard resolution (SD).
If you have chosen Blu-ray as the destination format, some
actions -such as Multi Angle- will no longer be accessible. At
the time of printing, some functions are still not accessible
even though they will be supported by later updates. For this
reason, you should keep track of current Arabesk versions.
If you add several HD movies to a medium, you can use the
movie selection functions of your player. You can also create a
menu for selecting movies.
The Blu-ray must be rendered (finished) after it has been cre-
ated, before burning.
It is also possible to burn AVCHD titles on a DVD. Playing
these DVDs on Blu-ray players is very much dependent on
the display device and can be problematic (jitter and such)
because HD footage is rendered with a higher data rate than is
allowed by the standard for DVD media.
Normal DVD players are not able to display AVCHD material at
all. This means that playing HD-DVDs is not guaranteed and
dependent on your equipment.
2.2 Background and buttons
Together with Arabesk 5, images for menu backgrounds and
buttons are also installed on your Casablanca system. These
images can be found in the pattern menu, which opens auto-
matically when you want to use a pattern for the background
or for buttons.
For example, you could set the background to Pattern in the
disk menu, followed by a click on Selection. This will open the
“Select Pattern” menu. Select “Arabesk Background” for Prod-
uct. Several patterns or images can be selected here.
If you want to use a color/pattern as a button in a menu, a click
on Selection will also open the “Select Pattern” menu. If you
set “Arabesk buttons” for Product, you will be shown a cor-
responding selection of images. In the Product selection menu,
you will also find the “DVD Background” and “DVD Button”
options.
Arabesk Background This is where you will find 16:9 format
HD quality background images. These are very well suited for
the creation of chapters and the main menu of a Blu-ray. How-
ever, these are also well-suited for all other disk formats.
DVD Background This is where you will find SD quality 4:3
format background images. These are well-suited for DVD
video productions. The images are in 4:3 format, but they can
also be used for 16:9 format menus.
Arabesk Button These buttons have been created in high
resolution and are well suited for buttons in an HD menu. How-
ever, they can also be used for all other disk formats.