DVD authoring is the process used to create menus, buttons and links to assets and menus. It is also used to describe behaviors such as what the DVD player should do when it gets to the end of a videodoes it return to the DVD's main menu, to some other menu, or to another video?
Each DVD authoring product takes a different approach to creating interactive DVDs. Premiere Pro simplifies the authoring process by using menu templates that automatically create buttons and menus depending on the number and types of DVD markers you place in the Lesson 16 when you used the Export to DVD selection. Before you create an auto-play DVD, you can add DVD markers to the Timeline. Markers let viewers skip forward or back through the movie by using the Next and Previous buttons on their DVD player's remote control.
Menu-based DVDs These DVDs have one or more menus with buttons that link to separate videos, slideshows, or scene selection submenus. Scene selection submenus let viewers navigate to scenes within the videos.
To create DVDs in Premiere Pro you first place DVD markers in the Timeline. Then you assign a Premiere Pro DVD menu template to your sequence. The Timeline DVD markers automatically create links to the main or any scene selection menus, or tell the DVD player to return to the main menu.
You can replace the menu's background image with another static image or video, move the menu buttons, and change their text.
Once you've edited the menus, you preview your DVD's navigation in the Source Monitor, fix any glitches, then burn the DVD.