Naming the project – Apple DVD Studio Pro 4 User Manual

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Note: If you create a new project and it has HD DVD selected when you actually intend
to create an SD project, you must change the DVD Standard setting in the Project pane
of DVD Studio Pro Preferences.

To change the DVD standard for the current project using the Disc Inspector

1

Choose View > Show Inspector if the Inspector is not visible.

2

Do one of the following:

• Select the project’s name (next to the disc icon) in the Outline tab.

• Click an empty area in the Graphical tab.

The Disc Inspector appears.

3

Select the General tab (if it’s not already selected).

4

Note the DVD Standard setting.

If SD DVD is selected: You can change the project to HD DVD. A warning appears saying

that you will not be able to change the project back to the SD DVD standard.

If HD DVD is selected: The settings are deactivated and you cannot change the project

to SD DVD.

See

Changing a Project’s DVD Standard

for more information.

Naming the Project

By default, each DVD disc you create is automatically given the same name as the project’s
file, entered when you saved it. The disc’s name can be seen by the viewer when the
finished DVD is played on a computer or on some set-top DVD players.

In most cases, the name of the project’s file is suitable to use as the disc’s name. However,
there are some cases in which you might want to set the disc’s name independently of
the project’s filename. For example, you may have several versions of a project, such as
Bicycles 1, Bicycles 2, and Bicycles 3, that you will choose from for the final project. In this
case, if you choose the Bicycles 2 version of the project, you would not want the final
disc to appear as Bicycles 2 when the viewer plays the title—you would want it to say
simply Bicycles.

The name of the disc is restricted to uppercase letters, numbers, and the underscore
character. There is a maximum of 32 characters. The project’s filename is automatically
converted to work with these restrictions when it is used as the disc’s name. For example,
a project filename of Bicycle 2 is converted to a disc name of BICYCLE2.

To name the disc in the Disc Inspector

1

Do one of the following:

• Select the disc’s name (next to the disc icon) in the Outline tab.

• Click an empty area in the Graphical tab.

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Starting a Project

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