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Judging by what you buy lets try and help by showing popular menus
Many professionals because of thier skills get asked to assist clients we do too so heres a few exclusive templates to help you (simple and easy but look great adding style to your work)
The text sizes has always been a
design criteria and most people do have to alter this
Use Encore to quickly adjust this
Process:
within Encore
Press CTRL+Mouse click on all
elements you wish to adjust
and then drag all with
the resize handle to the dimension required you will
notice that multiple selected items are also resized
even although you are dragging only one handle
If you select multiple buttons all components
within all selected buttons are resized also
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Welcome to
Digital Video Team
Over the years our web site has become very substantial, to make things easier, this area provides information on recent changes to content, assisting members to monitor and easily locate these updates.
This area also provides visual promotions of new projects etc and information on what is happening at Digital Video Team .
so bookmark this page and remember if you don't find it here we will create it for you !
Scottish Software Awards - Shortlisted companies
We are pleased to announce
In the last Scottish awards presentation Digital Video Team were short listed in the Scottish software awards
for the categoryBest Digital Media Solution.
What'sThis V2 ? Already a member get into the real advanced content become a verified Professional member
This is a group sharing system providing additional faster FTP access get a FTP username and password for access
Make sure you have a well established current Professional membership then apply for verification FTP access details will be provided on acceptance
membership is non transferable and IP monitored, membership limited to a maximum of 500 members
with exclusive access to a range of personalised advanced projects created not by just Digital Video Team but by this group of exclusive members
You need to contribute to become verified Please be aware that a moderately high level of after effects skill is required for these projects. and is not recommended for beginners
WHATS IN THE EXCLUSIVE AREA ?
Well for example Apple made a video for Ducati to launch Final Cut Pro at the NAB show
we recreated the effects for you to use, become verified and get access to just one of many AFX builders
that will help you produce a video with effects like this
If You are a member The latest additions to V2 can be viewed here
The previous projects are located in the FTP AFX folder
Visit our local area and add some HD footage to add to your tool box while you visit
This little area while off beat from DVD menus etc, has some interesting concepts for use by those covering events or local happenings
DIGITAL HD SIGNAGE
so if you are looking for custom HD digital signage or
Grass Valley Mediaedge specific products
have a look at our promotion here view here we can assist any company looking for templates to project their own content
As a result of recent funding by GrassValley
If the logo above is displayed adjacent to any template you will be able to download a template for this item compatible within mediaedge HD signage hardware
LIVE AREA UPDATES
A warm welcome and
thankyou once again for the continued support.
The adobe area web site has been reorganised to assist location of packs
please remember that encore will import these HD menus automatically to pal and ntsc projects as ws formats
FUTURE VISION
August 2008
Time limited special ! future vision listings may change
or be updated soon..
so if you like them download now !
A special private audition for professional
gold members
project download packs and illustrated
video on suggested branded advertising
methods to promote your video company,
targeting the corporate and advertising
sectors of the dvd and Video market
and utilising feedback of community
organisations currently developing this
area.
You only have one opportunity with a
client when sending your portfolio so
make sure its backed by an appropriate
dvd menu and respective engaging content.
The packs illustrated will
be available to download containing
encore dvd menus with matching AFX background
generator
MOVIE RUSH
The next part includes a dimensional 3D video window advertisement buffer which is simplistic to compile within after effects (advanced technique) Please
log-in to view part3
Don,t miss this one
25/07/08
Heres a nice one for your toolbox, recreated
movies for men effect
We have created the AFX pack so you
can simply replace 2 text entries and
one video holder to display your video
in the background overlay
The pack will produce a 15 sec 1st play
video and the 45s motion background
for the included dvd menu
background options available
Alpha
wipes update the transition used in our
starfire
pack has been added to the available
downloads in the Live
alpha wipes area
LATEST
ADDITION
Now on line ...
simple and basic pack, quick and easy
with both first play and scene select
menus, these present themselves neatly
for fast dvd production
due to the style they can be used a great
selection of themes.
Elese
On line 03/07/08 to LIVE
Wedding HD first play and scene select
menu pack
The AFX motion background generator
includes our multi flare effect used
in starfire
combined with shimmer light movement,
two of the most popular effects with
our members, so this is a good project
for your assets collection.
Optionally The flare composition can
easily be applied to any of your required
backgrounds.
For Silver and gold members wishing to try our range of AFX professional packs
we have included 3 examples which you can download
AFTER EFFECTS DVD MENU PACKS
For more advanced After effects users
we are developing a new After effects Pro area
which supplements
our Existing After effects exchange
OVERVIEW
Most of the packages contained in the PRO are after effects combination packs,
which include compiled DVD encore menus with the relevant after effects motion background generator, this being a more versatile method for providing motion backgrounds, allowing users to alter contents of the various elements within each video to their individual requirements.
Production ideas ...
If you are progressing toward the videography business and looking for a niche to corner
Our production development area may help to direct along this path.
Our Team did a remembrance day video and the first 7 minutes of this style is available to preview for professional members. Due to the nature of this content you will have to log in to view this production 30s buffer to video due to audio quality
Visual enhancement buttons
Many users when compiling this type of menu wonder what to do with the button shown here via the navigation system, the button itself is really for visual puposes and can contain video or images captured from any timeline
quick and easy within encore for simplistic effect.
Its in discussion on the adobe forum at the moment so read up on what adobe advise for this
John Rich has kindly offered to prepare a tutorial relevant to this item, you will find it on his web site
(
not created by us as you will see but maybe useful in part ?)
Named "Encore Menu Renders for Backgrounds"
Registered members can access the wordpress area for more information on tutorials here
If the thumb button is being used for
PHOTO ONLY DISPLAY after firstly setting the link of the button to the relevant imported image timeline to complete thumbnail capture then choose convert the button to an object this effectively resolves the issues of navigation and retains the auto button routing for all remaining buttons.
FOR VIDEO DISPLAY
after setting the menu to animate buttons
and linking the button to the respective video or chapter point to complete capture
the method used to exclude this button from navigation could be for example
"with button routing, you just have all four directions of the button go back to itself, ie if it's button 1 then set all four directions to button 1 and it shouldn't be accessible or do any thing if you accessed it.
Then set up all the other buttons to exclude that button and make sure button 1 isn't the default button. "
or
The preview feature - render motion menus may be a good solution for the video thumbnail however it is exported in mpg and the quality may be reduced
the render motion menus facility will compile a video from the items visible at any time.
example
Hide from view all non required items in the motion background ie other buttons and text items
excluding the thumbnail button and background
then by setting the link of the button to the relevant chapter or video to complete video capture
choose - render motion menus
encore compiles a video background with the video thumb nail included and saves it in the respective project sources/menus folder named Video_Bpgc_Asf.mpg
by importing a copy of this into your project (must be a copy)
and using this as the motion background to the menu, all navigation issues and auto button routing are solved
after of course deleting or disabling the respective button (used for capture) from the menu and reactivating all hidden buttons and text etc. read More.........
VIDEO AND IMAGE DATABASE
The video database has been replaced with a
fast view system for most of the content, you should now
find this a more useable system
The Content is updated on a daily basis
so keep up to date and visit regular remember you can
use the latest additions feature to check for new
content the quality is unsurpassed. The member contribution area is now
available by accessing your account user profile for the
password
The latest in our prebuilt package systems and most definately worth a look if you are creating a presentation
PROMOTIONAL releases now on line
put these projects in your
digital sporran ! view
here
BROADCAST PROMOTIONAL AREA simply click on the link below to view we now have a new concepts
area in broadcast featuring manufacturers
advert DVD menus including HONDA, RIDGEBACK and SCOTTISH
WATER
(A pro account is required
to access this new concepts area and all available
downloads)
We have updated many of the menus to be
HD compliant
the packs include PAL,PAL-WS and HD
menus together with the after effects background
generator for each with all audio and fonts.
Click
here to view the most recent HD additions 20-30
A revolution in
video edit packages downloadable projects for A/F
These packages are beyond normal and allow faultless
recreation of each effect, access to this area is FREE
when you resubscribe you also receive 1 years additional
access and a free GOLD upgrade Have
a look now at this area!
FEATURE
ORICLE.INFO (just like our menus graphically
beautiful is in v2.0 and the most useful version to
date) Its away from menu design but our team
use this so we thought you might like it This little desktop
application keeps you in touch with the world, it is
provided FOC to all members so why not have a look, it
has SMS , BBC Video streaming, Timezone, google
map,convertors and more, we will be developing more
additions soon, Uk customers can also enjoy
BT free
directory enquiries functionality and free send number
to mobile services
Whilst our sms program requires an
sms account to text a full character message to a mobile
phone (3.5p per text) the BT services are
free
Download the program extract then click on
oricle.exe to launch the program
The BT at the top of
the program window will access all BT services free of
charge
if you wish to to expand this and use the
program fully to send text from a PC to any mobile phone
world wide, use the internal help link for full
instructions on how to open an account
PHOTOSHOP ACTIONS
Remember our Photoshop action packs are as good a many plugins available
they are included with your membership so have a look here
TIPS:
CONVERTOR
FREE
QUICK VOB TO AVI
1. Make sure your DVD is finalized.
2. Place
the DVD in your computer drive.
3. Look for a folder
titled VIDEO_TS and double click on it to open it.
4.
Look for files with the prefix VTS_01_1.VOB and if there
is more than one they will be numbered sequentially, so
there will be a 2, 3 and 4; they will be 1Gb in size if
you hold the mouse pointer over them.
5. Click to
highlight these files and copy them to a folder on your
hard disk.
6. Once in the new folder, right mouse
click on each individual .VOB file and select the
'properties' function at the bottom of the menu - just
to make sure the files are not READ ONLY - if they are,
get rid of the little green dot in the box.
7. When
done, right mouse click again on each individual .VOB
file and select the 'rename' function from the
menu.
8. Give the file a recognisable name and give
it the .avi file extension and hit the Enter key.
9.
The icon will change to that of an AVI.
10. Open up
Adobe or whatever software you are editing with and it
should allow you to import the file, with no
problems.
STUDIO AND PINNACLE
The new studio and Pinnacle areas
contain windows WMV versions of the motion backgrounds
and these are useable by many edit systems, Members with
a Silver or higher account can download from these areas
Web site design
Many companies are using DVTeam for web site inspiration
Have a look at our growing client database for web design and hosting our latest site being premiere cottages and if you choose to book a cottage we will give you £100 discount on a weeks booking until sept 2008
OUR AUDIO VISUAL PROGRAM is being developed
Its not quite dvd menu content but it will allow you to entertain guests using a quiz with difference its fast and includes a variety of question types Video clips , audio clips, sequence remember flash mind, who wants to be a millionaire + more and it is provided with your membership.
Theres a few reported defects in the download which will be fixed in the official release which will include the video sequences, but its enjoyable and we are integrating many more question types to advance this program for the version release Click here ... Try it out
if you want more then help - get on board as a developer with Digital Video Team
Member discounts
We have
negiotiated great deals on several softwares that you
may consider puchasing we have provided discount codes
should you wish to make a purchase direct from the
supplier Up to 25% off
This area is about to increase so if you
would like us to obtain discount codes for other
products not listed contact us and we will do our best
. Power to group membership its growing fast !
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