Apple DVD Studio Pro 4 - Manual (Page 201)

Using Motion, LiveType, and Soundtrack Pro Projects
DVD Studio Pro allows you to import Motion, LiveType, and Soundtrack Pro projects
directly into your DVD project. This has several benefits:
• You do not have to render the projects before importing them. DVD Studio Pro allows
you to use them as if you had rendered them and exported a QuickTime movie from
them. You import the projects using the same methods you would use to import other
assets.
Note: Playing projects requires significantly more system resources than playing a
QuickTime movie. Depending on your system, projects may skip frames or show artifacts
when playing as part of a menu or track.
• You can open the Motion, LiveType, or Soundtrack Pro project from DVD Studio Pro. If
you make changes to the project in Motion, LiveType, or Soundtrack Pro, DVD Studio Pro
automatically uses the updated project.
To open a Motion or LiveType project in that application, from within DVD Studio Pro
Do one of the following:
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Select the project in the Assets tab, then choose File > Asset > Open in Editor.
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Control-click the project in the Assets tab, then choose Open in Editor from the shortcut
menu.
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Double-click the project in the Assets tab.
Note: The Motion or LiveType application must be available on your computer.
About the Assets Tab
The Assets tab displays a list of all assets imported into the project, whether they were
directly imported to the Assets tab or dragged to the Menu or Track Editor from the
Palette or a Finder window.
About QuickTime Files
QuickTime files often contain a video and audio stream. When you import a QuickTime
file with both video and audio, it is displayed in the Assets tab as two files, each with
the same name, one with the video icon and the other with the audio icon. The Type
column lists them as QuickTime Video or QuickTime Audio. In most cases, these files
are encoded with the integrated MPEG or AIFF encoder. You can re-encode the video
files by Control-clicking them, then choosing Encoder Settings from the shortcut menu.
An exception is the HDV and H.264 QuickTime files you can import into HD projects.
These QuickTime files do not require encoding with the integrated MPEG encoder and
cannot be re-encoded.
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