Sonic MyDVD Video Projects

A Sonic MyDVD video project is a way to group, organize, store, play, and burn related video and still digital files. For example, if you went on a family vacation, you might have digital still and video images, and prints from a film camera. You can transfer all these images onto your PC and organize them into a project. (A scanner is required to transfer printed photos and is not included.)

Projects can remain on your PC for playback and as an archive, and they can be burned to a DVD or video CD (VCD).

Sonic MyDVD enables you to create video projects using the following interfaces:

•Standard program interface (described beginning in “Creating a Video Project” on page 82).

•Direct-to-Disc Wizards (described beginning in “Creating a Video Project with the Direct-to-Disc Wizards” on page 87).

Note that the Direct-to-Disc Wizards do not include the editing features that are available from the standard interface. You can edit a project created with a wizard before burning it to a disc as described in:

•“Editing the style of a video project” on page 85.

•“Editing movie files” on page 85.

Creating a Video Project

To create a video project:

1Click Start, choose All Programs, Sonic, and then DigitalMedia Home.

2Click the Video button to display the Video Guide.

3Click Create Project, and then DVD or VCD depending on the type of project you want to create.

A project named Untitled DVD-Video or Untitled Video CD is created and displayed in the MyDVD project window.

4Click File and then Save As to change the name of your project from Untitled to a more descriptive name. After renaming your project, click Save.

Continue your project by performing the procedure described in one or more of the following sections:

•“Adding files to a video project” on page 83.

•“Capturing video to a video project” on page 83.

•“Adding slideshows to a video project” on page 84.

•“Adding submenus to a video project” on page 84.

82Getting Started Guide