[MacDV] Re: Garage Band

[James Asherman]

On Tuesday, January 6, 2004, at 09:18  PM, Fabian Ius wrote:

> Erica Sadun <erica at mindspring.com> writes:
>> Why not go whole hog and spring for DVDSP2?
>>
> Ya, I'm having an internal debate (doncha love that term) as to 
> whether to
> go all the way to DVDSP2 rather than iDVD '04.
>

Just ordered iDVD4

> And if I pick up Erica's book (whenever it becomes available at
> Chapters/Indigo), then maybe...
>
> But I don't think I have the time right now to "learn" DVDSP2.  
> Although,
> I have read that it has an "easy" drag & drop feature like iDVD.  Is 
> that
> true?

semi. Much more attention to detail and progression and hierarchy must 
be paid.
And iDVD4 is creeping up o even that.

I figure even if I do pop for DVDSP i'm still going to want the easy 
way.

>
> And I am just starting out with FCE1.
>
> I already have made my own themes in iDVD and can "hack" (thanks to
> Erica's input in the iMovie3 Missing Manual) some of the features, but
> creating 2 hour DVDs would be fantastic.
>
> (Clients want just about everything included in the final edited 
> version !)

You got that right! especially if they  have seen rawfootage.
>
> Just looking for the simplest, yet effective and creative, way of 
> creating
> DVDs.
>
> some of the new features look promising...
> http://www.apple.com/ilife/idvd/newfeatures.html
>
>