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One of new features that has really caught my attention in the upcoming Adobe Encore CS3 is the ability to output your DVD projects to a webpage with embedded Flash video, complete with all the interactivity of a standard DVD. So basically you create your DVD in Encore and then, in addition to a Blu-ray or DVD, you can output it to a webpage where the user can interact with the video just as if they were watching it in a DVD player. Pretty cool stuff right there! I totally support all these new digital delivery options and think that this is the way of the future. Microsoft is even developing a new software that will allow the playback of HD video in a webpage! (Microsoft Silverlight) Pretty soon all of the format wars of Blu-ray and HD DVD will be a thing of the past because you can distribute your videos on the web in SD or HD.
Speaking of HD and digital delivery, I’ve been playing around with my Xbox 360 and I have discovered that it can stream HD content from your PC to the Xbox 360 and display it on your HDTV!! I have even been backing up my DVDs to my PC and now I can watch them anytime right from the Xbox. I’m telling you this is difinately the way to do it.
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I’ve never used DVD Studio Pro or any Mac software really, so I can’t comment on their features, but I do love Adobe Encore. It is very powerful, but just like After Effects, it does have a small learning curve.
The main feature that makes it so powerful and flexible, is it’s integration with Photoshop and After Effects. Being able to edit menus in Photoshop and then animate them in After Effect and have it all integrate with Encore can open lots of possibilities.
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Josh:
DVD authoring is something that I provide my clients. To date, I have been using DVD Studio Pro. But I noticed, sadly, that in the new FC Studio 2 release, all the programs were updated except DVD Studio Pro.
As much as I would love to stay with DVD Studio Pro, I am considering moving the authoring phase of my projects over to Encore CS3.
I hate to say it, but Apple dropped the ball for me on this one.
DVD Studio Pro is like my dad’s Oldsmobile: it’s old.
James Wicks
Comment by James Wicks 05.05.07 @ 5:13 pmWest Palm Beach, FL