Joseph Dries III is a freelance writer and consultant Combined with the improvements of the other components of the iLife ’05 application suite, iDVD is certainly worth the price. IDVD has an exquisite interface that is extremely intuitive, and effortlessly creates a professional looking product. Use any of your custom iTunes playlists in iDVD, as well as any individual audio tracks. Save RAW originals of your photos, when you select the Add files to DVD-ROM option. Drag your iPhoto albums or folders directly into iDVD to create slideshows. The iDVD media selector finds your iMovie HD movies, including HDV, MPEG-4, iSight, and 16:9 Widescreen video. IDVD sports tighter integration with the rest of the iLife ’05 application suite. Zoom in far enough and DVD titles become visible. Photos or individual frames from video render in real-time in the boxes as you zoom in for more detail. Using a slider control borrowed from iPhoto you can change the zoom level, which aids in navigation. The Map view is improved and now allows you to view the DVD layout in either horizontal or vertical maps.
You can now work on a iDVD project on a Mac with no built-in SuperDrive, save the final product to a disk image, and later burn that to DVD using the Finder or third-party DVD programs. The new themes have animated drop zones where you can add photos, slideshows and even movies.Īnother incremental improvement added to iDVD is the ability to save projects as disk images. iDVD 5 is no exception–the new animated themes grab your attention and kick your creative juices into high gear. The one constant in the universe is change, and the one constant improvement in iDVD is the provided themes. The total neophyte can create a stunningly professional DVD simply by following the example in the Getting Started with iDVD guide. mac Learning Center.įor this review we produced a DVD containing animated menus and backgrounds, several short videos and photo slideshows with the original digital photos added as DVD-ROM content. Also available is a 15-part video tutorial as part of Apple’s. The tutorials walk you through every step of the process, while the on-line iDVD support site gives you tips and tricks that really make your DVDs perform. IDVD is so simple to use to get professional results you may never appreciate the well-written documentation included with iDVD.
IDVD NO THEMES INSTALLED UPDATE
While not directly impacting the performance of iDVD, the media used in your DVDs will generally come from these two programs, so it is best if you update them prior to starting a new project.
IDVD NO THEMES INSTALLED INSTALL
Run Software Update to install the updates for both iMovie HD and iPhoto after installation. IDVD 5 flawlessly installed as part of the iLife ’05 application suite installing over a previous version of iDVD will replace the older version. To test the OneStep DVD creation we used a Sony DCR-PC350 camcorder.
IDVD NO THEMES INSTALLED MAC OS X
We tested Apple’s iDVD 5 on a PowerBook G4 1.5GHz 15-inch computer with 1.5GB RAM running Mac OS X 10.3.8. In addition to iDVD 5, iLife ’05 includes iMovie HD, for editing HDV movies iPhoto 5, for managing digital photographs iTunes 4.7.1, for managing your digital music library and GarageBand 2, for creating your own music. Complimentary to iMovie HD, iDVD 5 is a critical component of Apple’s push to allow "mere mortals" to make professional quality video you can share with anyone. Steve Jobs, Apple Computer CEO, introduced iDVD 5 at this year’s MacWorld San Francisco keynote address as part of the iLife ’05 "digital hub" application suite.
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