I am in the process of making my first real documentary which will be about 30min in lenght. It will go together with a book so I have to deliver it in dvd format and the client will then make the copies.  I am just now getting to learn Avid dvd and am doing my first test but I would like to know.

1- what is the standard procedure to go from my final timeline to a dvd. untill now I have exported a quicktime movie and imported it in avid dvd. is this correct? do I need to go through sorenson squeeze first?

2-in avid dvd I have learned how to make all the menus ect. and it works fine. the only thing I don't like is the box around a selection. instead of having a box I would like to highlight only the text, without a box around it.  is this only possible by building the graphic in photoshop (which i don't know how to use) or is there some other way?

3-any tips on how to make the menu look sharp and professional?

thanks in advance

Well, I tried making the dvd but almost at the end I get this error message:

"could not complete the last command because OS Err, 337408"

anyone know why or what it is?

Hi,

Milco:

what is the standard procedure to go from my final timeline to a dvd. untill now I have exported a quicktime movie and imported it in avid dvd. is this correct? do I need to go through sorenson squeeze first?

Generally, the process is:

1. Export a Quicktime Reference Movie from Media Composer.
2. Use the QT Reference movie in your encoder program (Squeeze, Procoder, whatever) to convert the file into a DVD compliant file.
3. Use the file that comes from your encoder in your authoring program; in this case Avid DVD.

Take a look at How to DVD (scroll down) for a lot of information and workflows for making DVDs.

Milco:

Well, I tried making the dvd but almost at the end I get this error message: "could not complete the last command because OS Err, 337408"  anyone know why or what it is?

The error came from Avid DVD?  What OS are you running?

good luck,
Carl

Thanks Carl,

yes the error came from Avid DVD and I'm running XP home, MC 2.8 and Avid DVD 4.5