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1. the menu will be shown when the disk has been inserted and the first movie will not be played automatically If you select Trailer only the first movie will be played automatically after inserting the DVD After this the menu will appear but the first movie will not be listed This means that it is not possible to play the first movie again from the menu The Trailer Menu setting will play the first movie immediately but will then display the menu including the movie allowing it to be selected again Films Here you can define the playback mode for the films added to your DVD individual play After playing a movie the menu will be dis played again Play successively Plays all films on the DVD in a row and then returns to the main menu repeated play This stops the player from returning to the main menu and instead plays the first film again once the last one is finished New button Select a button film Use New button to cre ate and edit an additional button for this movie This way you could create a button that immediately plays the film and an other that switches over to the chapter menu The new button is always added to the middle of the menu and either copies the attributes of a previously created button or of pre defined button from the Image Pool Please note that this is only about adding new buttons Buttons for the selection of predefined chapters or navigation
2. Ok Ca ncel maximum Write Speed This is where the maximum writing speed is configured Max automatically uses the maximum possible writing speed for the inserted disk The maximum speed depends on both the disk and the DVD unit Suppose you have 18x and that you using a 2X DVD RW disk In that case the disk will be burned at a 2X speed Verify disc When this option has been activated a newly burned disk will be compared with the source data immedi ately after burning This is a useful function if you want to make sure that the burned DVD will indeed be playable If the button has been deactivated the system will ask you after burning whether or not you want to verify the disk frequent Prompts If this mode has been activated you will get to see a few more messages to make you aware of certain peculiarities For example when you exit Arabesk you may be told that there are still unrendered data in the movie list or that changes to a project will start to take effect If you deactivate this mode these messages will not be displayed Media used This is where you set the medium type to be burned You have the following options DVD DVD DL or CD If your system has an integrated Blu ray burner you will also be able to select Blu ray 25 GB and Blu ray 50 GB This medium has an effect on the percentage in the Menu All screen as well as in other panels that display the remaining capacity of the disk Authoring Mode This is a ve
3. Settings Selection Color rn Activation Color u Highlighting Frame OK Archives The Selection Color button uses the color box to help defin ing the color of the border when it is active Activation Color defines the color of the border at the very moment of the selection flashing Highlighting This setting is used to determine the highlight ing of a button when it has been selected in the menu Is the button to be framed or the text underlined or should the content of the button or text be marked In addition to what was possible in Arabesk 3 the colors for button selection or activation can now also be assigned a transparency This allows the contents of a button to remain visible This type of transparent display is however not supported by Arabesk s internal player and can therefore only be displayed by an external player Once you have made all settings for your disk it can finally be rendered This can be done in the Info Edit Play section 3 6 Write Disk Once you have made all settings in both previous menus you will be able to burn the disk Click on the Write Disk button open the front panel of your device and press the button of the now visible drive to open the tray You should now insert a blank disk This will allow the system to burn the disk imme diately after it has finished rendering all the settings made in the previous menu if this has not already been done
4. any loss of quality Please make sure that you use the same medium type for the copy as for the original This function is suitable for making copies of the disks you Arabesk 5 User manual 19 have created yourself in case you would need extra copies after you have removed the project from your hard disk All menus chapter information etc are also copied the set tings are therefore no longer needed Note If you want to make a 1 1 copy of your disk you should not make any additional changes such as adding projects or changing the background menu before burning the disk If you do the menu will no longer be displayed correctly It is also possible to change disks you have already created Suppose that you have an older medium that contains video footage of a vacation destination you have visited in the past It so happens that you were there again last summer and that you would like to archive some newly recorded footage together with the older footage Arabesk allows you to load the original disk to add projects and then burn a new disk When you do that you should take the following into account if you load a previously created disk the window to edit the menu will contain your original menu Moving backgrounds are an exception to this rule they cannot be restored and will instead be rendered as gray still images If you have created the original DVD with DVD Arabesk 1 it will not be possible to restore the original
5. at their selection area and change their sizes 14 or move them The mouse pointer changes its form to show you which function is triggered by the left trackball button Depending on the speed you selected in the System Settings i e Slow Normal or Fast you may have difficulties picking but tons or texts This is why the Button Size Move Area setting allows you to adjust the so called move area You can select fine normal or rough Menu Format Select the video format for the DVD menu You can choose between 4 3 and 16 9 Apply button attributes to all Arabesk 5 gives you the pos sibility to design each button individually but you can also set the program to apply the changes you make to one button to all other buttons This has the advantage that changes are easier to make plus you can change a whole array of buttons without having to manually change each and every one The following options exist Control Background Texts Buttons Button Text Button Border Button Shadow Button Activation Control This is where settings are defined that will be active later when the burned DVD is being played Title Menu Control 1 Film Trailer Menu Settings Archives Films individual MEN Remove button OK New button The 1 Film setting is used to determine whether the first movie should be played automatically or should be listed in the menu If you select in menu
6. burn disk or if you have erased them directly using the erase CD DVD RW function 4 Info Edit Play The second block in Arabesk s main menu Info Edit Play informs you about the elements of the disk that has not yet been written and makes it possible to play it before the disk is burned for verification purposes At the time of printing of this manual playback of a Blu ray project was not yet guaranteed 4 1 Films Chapters Click on the Film Chapters button to open the Films Chap ters window The upper part of the window contains a list with the projects you have already added Films Chapters Summer 2010 013 02 24 Film Summer 2010 Datarate Normal Audio mode uncompressed gt Remove Film af Edit Chapters When a movie in this list is selected the following information will displayed 18 Clicking on the text field next to Film activates the keyboard which can be used to change the name of the selected movie Please note that name changes also happen in the menu The Datarate and Audio mode information fields are a good way to verify the settings made in the Add Film window Clicking on the Remove Film button will first display a warn ing and then remove the selected movie which will also not be written on the DVD during the burning process The up and down arrow buttons can be used to change the order of the movies that have already been added Select
7. but whenever you move or size a but ton or text on the screen it will be moved or sized according to this grid This way it is easier to position objects in relation to each other Arabesk 5 User manual 11 Button Size Move Area Arabesk 5 allows you to grab texts buttons and object directly at their selection area and change their sizes or move them currently only buttons The mouse pointer changes its form to show you which function is trig gered by the left trackball button Depending on the speed you selected in the System Settings i e Slow Normal or Fast you may have difficulties picking buttons or texts This is why the function Button size Move Area allows you to adjust the so called move area You can select fine normal or rough Chapters per page Set the number of the chapters displayed on a page You can choose between 4 9 displayed chapters The chapter menu pages will be re formatted as soon as you confirm with OK The number of chapters on each page will be changed accordingly This could also result in extra pages since the number of pages is the result of the number of chap ters on each page Menu Format Select the video format for the DVD menu You can choose between 4 3 and 16 9 Apply page layout to all A change to a chapter page may also have an effect on other pages This is the default setting It enables you to generate several pages without much effort For example if you wi
8. create a chapter menu you should place a check mark in the Yes check box You can now decide wheth er you want to give the chapters the names of the scenes played at the start of the chapter or if the chapters are simply to be numbered The chapter stamps are generated automati cally according to the interval set You do not have any other influence in the Assistant but you can adapt the chapters manually later At this point you have to select a design template otherwise the button Continue will remain ghosted Use the Choose template button to enter the archives and choose your design template The list of chapter presets is set up in products groups If you have already created your own templates or if there are ad ditional products installed use the Product button to choose a group In addition the templates are categorized into aspect ratio types Thus you can choose either 4 3 or 16 9 types You will then see a list of available templates at the bottom left If the list is empty change the settings for Type and Product On the right side you will see a small preview of the currently selected template Film Summer 2010 Chapter menu Create a chapter menu No PAC Chapter names Scene names Y Numbered Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Choose template 5 chapter horizontal Back Continue Ca ncel Button menu In order to create the main menu you should choose a thumbn
9. disk will start with your first film This setting does not support additional films If your medium carries more than one movie you may want to create amenu You can then decide if the disk menu appears first or if the disk starts by playing the first movie Should you want to play a short introduction before the main menu you can do this by playing the first movie im mediately Menu design If you are creating a main menu you should en ter the title name for your menu here You must also choose a menu type from the available design templates The Con tinue button will remain ghosted until you do so You can also select a 4 3 or 16 9 display for your menu but it is possible to change this option later in the actual design selection The menu template should now contain the number of movies you have added previously If you have more or less mov ies than the template shows the look of the menu is going to change accordingly Menu design background Select a background picture for your disk menu If you want to keep the template background and no other tick the like template box Tick the second box if you wish to choose your own pattern from the Image Pool Tick the third box to use a still frame from a scene or the fourth if you want to use a moving scene with sound for the disk menu background To choose a pattern or scene you must make the selection using the Select Pattern Scene function Select the desired backgr
10. is only available for a Blu ray production This makes it possible to trim the range of the movie once again just as it was possible immedi ately after selecting the movie Project length This field displays the length of the project that is being added Datarate Use Datarate to set the image quality of the movie You can choose between Low 14 Mbps Medium 18 Mbps High 24 Mbps and Very High 32 Mbps The image quality is exclusively determined by the data rate also the compression rate A better image quality requires more storage capacity High or maximum quality will therefore 10 fill the DVD faster than normal or low quality The low data rate ensures that more than two hours of video footage can be burned on a DVD This will obviously also result in a lower image quality for which a corresponding warning message is displayed Normal quality corresponds to the usual quality of commercial DVDs Note The Very high quality level exploits the DVD standard to its fullest In that case your DVD can not be played by all DVD players This will usually lead to a jittery video image or even error messages When you exit the Add Film menu by clicking on OK a corresponding warning will be displayed In case you wish to take a shorter High Defintion project and burn it to a DVD instead of a Blu Ray disc the Medium quality would be the advisable choice Should you wish to create a Blu ray the quality setting must a
11. menu Instead there will be a background image on which the movies on the DVD will be shown as text Therefore only the movies themselves and their number can be restored With the help of Arabesk you will be able to create a com pletely new menu The original movies themselves will of course remain unchanged Once a disk has been loaded you will be able to make any number of new ones 5 2 Erasing BD CD DVD RW This option can be used to erase CD RW and DVD RW media Click on the Erase CD DVD RW and insert a written RW me dium Once the tray has been closed the disk will be erased DVD RW or Blu ray cannot be erased with the CD DVD RW function These disk will always be erased automatically when they are written to again 5 3 Media info The menu opened by clicking on Media info contains more information about the disk that was inserted If there is no disk in the drive the program will ask you to insert one 20 5 4 Settings Clicking on the Settings button will open a window wherein you can make general settings such as the writing speed and also your settings with respect to the reference medium and the destination format Settings maximum Write Speed max Media used DVD Authoring Mode DVD Video Verify Disc Y frequent Prompts Y 169 as 219 Arabesk5 Version 5 2 PIONEER BD RW BDR 203 Firmware Version 1 13 Supported Media CD R RW DVD R DL RW RW R DL BD R BD RE
12. the video scene They can be replaced with images from the scene pool of any project Scene function in the Image submenu Furthermore all chapters have the name of the scenes but they can be renamed of course Should too many chapters be created you will be able to select them in the list of the Edit Chapters window and then remove them by clicking on the Undo Chapter button They will then be assigned to the chapter listed above Note Please note that chapter menus can only be changed until a rendering has been performed Chapter menus can no longer be edited after this Clicking on Edit Chapter Menu will call up anew menu that resembles the editing of Blu ray DVD menus Note If you have not created any chapters the menu will not be opened For general information on how to edit chapter menus please read chapter 3 5 Creating menus since operation and functionality of the menu is similar to creating the main menu Below you will find a description of the buttons and functions that have not been described there 3 3 1 Creating chapter menus Settings Settings Grid amp 20 Button Size Move Area normal Chapters per page 6 Menu Format 4 3 Apply page layout to all SA Apply button attributes to all j Ok Ca ncel Grid The global settings have the possibility to activate a Grid Its size can be set from 2 to 40 You can not actually see the grid in the menu
13. will be able to use the DVD menu button of the remote control to jump to the chapter menu while the disk is playing This will obvi ously only be possible if you have indeed created a chapter menu Size is used to determine how large the image should be and whether or not only the text should be displayed If you select free you will be able to use the frame of the button to give it any size you wish If it was previously set to small middle or large grabbing and pulling the frame of the button will automatically set it to free Use the option Like original to use the predefined size This option is only available for the Color Pattern button type This is particu larly useful when working with predefined button elements or arrows Adding removing buttons On the right of the menu there are two smaller buttons There is one with an asterisk and one with an X These can be used to add any number of buttons to your menu They could for example be used in the main menu to change to the chapter menu of the movie In the chapter menu these additional buttons could be used to jump to the first last page of the chapter menu or to return to the main menu The X button is only active when you are currently positioned on top of such a new button This button can be removed by clicking on the X Button Text Use this for general changes to the titling of the movie Title Menu Button Text
14. Arabesk 5 for Bogart Manual MACROWBSYSTEM Legal Information We recommend that you carefully read the information in this manual in order to avoid operator errors We have taken great care in developing and testing this program Since it is currently not possible to guarantee error free operation under all circumstances and at all times we can unfortunately not entirely exclude that some errors may have crept in Hence MacroSystem Digital Video AG and its distributors do not guarantee a problem free or completely error free operation of the product As far as reasonably possible we will rework the program in order to correct any errors and if applicable provide the new software for free to the users concerned Our liability for defects in material and or workmanship for newly manufactured products is limited to 24 months This is not the case when the law prescribes longer terms or in case of damage to life body or health in case of deliberate or gross negligence of duty by the supplier or intentional concealment of a flaw The purchaser shall notify defects to the supplier without undue delay and in writing Claims for reimbursement of expenses in connection with searching for defects will only be accepted after prior agreement with the management of MacroSystem Digital Video AG Further claims by the purchaser on account of supplementary performance including costs of transport travel labor and material are excluded This is not appl
15. Arabesk Button These buttons have been created in high resolution and are well suited for buttons in an HD menu How ever they can also be used for all other disk formats DVD Button Based on their resolution these buttons are best suited for DVD video productions The selection of images and buttons is available in every pat tern selection These products can therefore also be used with other products or effects 3 The Arabesk main menu When Arabesk 5 is started either the Assistant is started au tomatically or you are taken directly to the main menu if there is already a disk layout available The main menu will also be opened when you prematurely cancel the previously started Assistant With the available menu options here you can freely design your disk You can also edit a design previously created with the Assistant add films or delete them The Arabesk 5 main menu is divided in the categories Author ing Info Edit Play and Miscellaneous ARABESK 5 Authoring Assistant Add Film Add multi angle film Edit Menu Write Disc Info Edit Play Miscellaneous Films Chapters Read Disc All Erase CD DVD RW Play DVD Media Info Settings Authoring Mode DVD Video Ca The buttons are explained in the order in which they should be used for the creation of a simple DVD Blu ray You will also find references to buttons which are mentioned later in the text Creating a Blu ray or a DVD This cha
16. Film button to open a window with several functions Arabesk 5 User manual 9 Add Film Select project summer 2010 Choose Range 013 02 24 Datarate Medium Project length Rendering Normal Audio mode uncompressed 13 87 Size approx Free capacity Ok Ca ncel Select project The project can now be selected Click on the Select project button to activate the project selection you al ready know from the project settings and where you can select the desired project or movie You will see that the project from which you have started Arabesk 5 will already be active If you want to use another movie you should click on Select project Note Only projects that have been marked with a white dot contain footage When you select the project that you want to insert a trimming menu will appear automatically This can be used to define the range of the film that should be taken into account Trim your movie in the IN and OUT ranges For example a leader or a black fade at the start of the movie can be cut out for produc tion It is also possible to split a long movie in two parts where the start is trimmed away from the first part and the end is trimmed away from the second part Note To trim a movie for a DVD switch to the corresponding project in Bogart and then go to Finish to define the range of the movie before adding it in Arabesk Choose Range The Choose Range button
17. Text Summer 2010 Settings Archives OK Select Font Alignment 4 Position Select Style The Button Text button is used to change the font type and size The Style button can be used to access the Font window In this window several more settings can be adjusted such as text color italic frame size or shadow The button text can be displayed in multiple text lines regard less of its location It also possible to define an individual text position using Position Note that positioning using the Position function can be reset by selecting the arrows under Position The name of the button is not always necessarily the name of the project The project names can be found under Info Film If the name is changed there it will not be changed automati cally in the disk menu Buttons are named only in the Button Text menu If you leave the text blank the program will use the name from Info Film If you do not wish to have text for the button you must delete both the text in Info Film as well as the button text itself Button Border Use this function to edit the border of the movies that will be inactive in the DVD menu and therefore will not be available for selection in order to be played Title Menu Button Border Settings Size e 20 Color Pattern Archives OK This can be used to set the thickness of the border and the color or the pattern a preview wil
18. a movie in the list and click then on the arrows to move the movie up or down This way all movies can be put in their desired position Clicking on the play button will play the activated movie The play function will not play the chapter menus but will instead start the movie right away Please refer to the next item Operating a virtual display to find out how to operate this playback of a movie Use the Edit Chapters button to modify an existing chap ter menu The button is only active when you have already defined a chapter menu for the movie before you added it Since the film is rendered just prior to burning it is possible to continue editing the chapter menu until the end If you have already completed a manual rendering process for previously unrendered films all movies that existed until then have been rendered to a point that makes further chapter menu edit ing impossible Whether a movie has already been rendered or not can be seen in the movie list A movie marked by an asterisk after its length has not yet been rendered All movies without an asterisk have already been added to the DVD Note As long as movies have not yet been rendered for Arabesk any changes made to the project will be taken into account for the final rendering 4 2 All Clicking on the All function will open a window with information about the assembled virtual disk which is stored on the hard disk but has not yet been burned Number
19. able on the disk The reference medium you have chosen will be the basis of this calculation This field will not be displayed when working on a Blu ray Edit Chapter Menu Clicking on the Edit Chapter Menu will now allow you to divide your project in different pieces chap ters These chapters can then be selected directly during playback a big help for very long projects 3 3 Chapter menu To reach the individual design screens for the chapter menus you can go two ways Via Add film or via Film Chapters In both cases you ll find the menu option Edit Chapters which is used to work on the chapter menu Note The chapter menu can only be reached through Film Chapters when the corresponding movie has not yet been finalized Click on the Edit Chapters function to open a window in which you can select the individual storyboard scenes The scenes will then be displayed in a manner similar to this Edit Chapters Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 001 08 05 001 33 07 001 38 11 001 40 12 001 43 18 S 1 6 S 1 16 S 1 17 S 1 18 S 1 20 Undo Chapter Start Cha pter Chapters Custom Chapter Names Scene Names Edit Chapter Menu Ok Ca ncel Since a chapter must always start at the beginning of a scene you should now scroll through the scenes listed in this window and then decide where you would like to put the start of a chapter To do this yo
20. actual obligations is however limited to the foreseeable damage typical of the contract unless there is willful intent or gross negligence or in case of injury to life body or health The provisions above do not imply a change of the burden of proof to the detriment of the purchaser Neither MacroSystem Digital Video AG nor its dealers are responsible for any damages resulting either directly or indirectly through the use of the software or the operating instructions e g for profit loss costs hardware or software problems or other problems Any implied guarantee is excluded including guarantee of suitability of the software or operating instructions for a particular purpose For this reason you should make a backup of your video footage before you start using the device We recommend that you do not delete the video footage and that you create a backup copy beforehand Since it is possible that changes were made to the software after the manual was prepared the functions shown and described in this manual might differ from the software Table of contents Page T IILFOQUCUON zu une a tree erate ee er E re pagar diia 5 2 Installation Starting the program 2 nen cece eet nennen nn 5 2 1 Information on creating the disk 2 2 0 0 ee 6 2 2 BACK OF OUNOHANIG DUOS sarisi EK pan en hw he dde oe ie dicas 6 3 The Arabesk main menu 2 0 0 ete 7 EE ee een bbe ee Sa a ee oe 7 JE EE eee gee eae ee 9 FG 1 0 MENU a tana d
21. ail to represent the current movie in the menu If you don t the program will automatically select a frame from the start of the film and display that in the Blu ray menu or DVD menu To choose a button image you should click on Select but ton To select an image you can now go to any position in the current movie Click on the Position button to use the trackball to set the corresponding image position in the movie Film gt XYZ lt With the aid of the Assistant you have now pre pared a movie to be burned on a disk To add a new film go back to the project list and use the Assistant once more You should only quit the Assistant when you do not want to add additional movies Once closed the Assistant can no longer be used to add additional movies This can only be done manu ally later using the main menu on the condition that you have not created the disk at the end of the Assistant Before you exit the Assistant you can use the Back button to return to previous pages and make changes This way you can remove a film by going through the Assistant in reverse order Disk menu If you don t need to add more films you should use the Continue button to enter the design screen for the main menu Usually you will want to create a menu if you are adding several movies and you might want not to create a menu if you are burning a single movie on the disk In that case select No Further changes are no longer possible and the
22. arrows for a page change are automati cally created and do not need to be created anew Remove button This deletes a button you have added Note If you want to create a different design for an extra but ton make sure to deactivate Apply button attributes to all Background This function makes it possible to create and modify the disk menu background Title Menu Background Adjust video Settings Type Scene Archives Audio OK Select Mode Still The Type button is used to choose between a color a sample or a scene When you have selected the background type the background will reappear taking into account the setting last selected or you will be presented immediately with the selection panel for backgrounds You can also make later changes using the Select button Use the Select button to access the color box the Image Pool or the project and scene selection depending on the setting selected in Type If you have selected Scene you will be able to select a project in the Project selection Window of which the scene bin will appear after clicking on OK Select the scene you want from the bin The first image of the scene will be used If this is not to your liking it is possible to trim the scene in the edit menu until you reach the image you want The Mode button offers a choice between Still and Moving images which makes it possible to select a fixed or a moving backgrou
23. background to Pattern in the disk menu followed by a click on Selection This will open the Select Pattern menu Select Arabesk Background for Prod uct Several patterns or images can be selected here If you want to use a color pattern as a button in amenu a click on Selection will also open the Select Pattern menu If you set Arabesk buttons for Product you will be shown a cor responding selection of images In the Product selection menu you will also find the DVD Background and DVD Button options Select Pattern Product Arabesk Background Type Images 50 5 b 5 eu DE AS sa Vet Tal RS VE F s Colorize Mode positive mu 4 100 eur af Alpha Archives Custom mm Ok Cancel Select Pattern Product Arabesk Button Button 20 Type Images 67 gt E a t Colorize 7 7 XX PES AA AOO ela gt Ss Custom i fok Mode positive FJ Alpha e 100 i Archives Cancel Arabesk Background This is where you will find 16 9 format HD quality background images These are very well suited for the creation of chapters and the main menu of a Blu ray How ever these are also well suited for all other disk formats DVD Background This is where you will find SD quality 4 3 format background images These are well suited for DVD video productions The images are in 4 3 format but they can also be used for 16 9 format menus
24. ct from where you have started Arabesk 5 Arabesk 5 User manual 21 22 Index A Add film 9 Adding removing buttons 16 Add multi angle film 12 All 18 Apply button attributes to all 11 14 Apply page layout to all 11 Arabesk background 6 Arabesk button 6 Audio mode 10 Authoring Mode 20 Background 9 12 Burning disks 17 Button activation 12 17 Button attributes 14 Button Border 12 16 Buttons 12 15 Button shadow 12 Button Shadow 16 Button Size Move Area 13 Button Text 12 16 C Chapter marks 8 Chapter menu 8 10 Chapters 17 Chapters per page 11 Choose Range 9 Cinemascope 20 Context 11 Control 14 Copies of DVDs and Blu rays 19 Create 18 Creating chapter menus Settings 11 D Datarate 9 Disc Authoring 9 Disk menu 8 Disk Transfer 20 DVD Background 6 DVD Button 7 E Edit 17 Edit Chapter Menu 10 18 Edit menu 13 Erasing BD CD DVD RW 19 E Films 14 17 Films Chapters 17 Film gt XYZ lt 8 Free capacity 10 Frequent Prompts 20 From Scene 15 G Grid 11 24 13 Individual play 14 Info 17 Info Edit Play 17 M Maximum Write Speed 20 Media info 19 Media used 20 Menu design 8 Menu Format 11 14 Multi angle film 12 N New button 14 P Playback 17 Play successively 14 Project length 9 Project selection 14 Q Quality 7 R Read Disc 19 Remove button 14 Repeated play 14 S Scene Sequence 15 Select film 7 24 Selection 15 Selectio
25. ction is made from the scene bin of the project you have chosen You can pick the scenes you like directly from the scene bin Should you have selected the wrong viewing angle you should simply select a new one and update your choice Should you want to delete your choice of a certain viewing angle click on the X button next to it This will remove the selection Once you have selected the scenes you can also set the qual ity of the video in this menu Naturally depending on the qual ity the required DVD medium capacity will be changing The running time of a multi angle film is given by the length of the Arabesk 5 User manual 13 selected project The Free capacity represents the amount of capacity left on the DVD once you add the film You can also select a sound track and determine whether the sound of the main movie should be played or the sound belonging to the angle which is being played Note In order to be able to switch back and forth between angles your DVD player must be capable of this function If not your DVD player will merely playback the main film angle The multi angle feature is a fixed specification of the DVD stan dard This means that most DVD players will be able to play multi angle DVDs without a problem However Arabesk itself does not yet support multi angle playback you must therefore use a Standalone DVD player to test your work result Additionally an external DVD player may be necessary
26. d confirm your selection by clicking on the OK button or by pressing the Enter button on your remote control The look and location of these buttons which can usually be found on the left or the right of the screen can be modified Chapter Menu Buttons ea Select E Settings Chapter 3 x Position OK Type from Scene Action Start Chapter Archives Size medium Button Text Please refer to the Creating menus chapter to find out more Button Border Please refer to the Creating menus chapter to find out more Button shadow Please refer to the Creating menus chapter to find out more Button activation Please refer to the Creating menus chap ter to find out more Note If you do not use the Chapter editing function chapters will be defined at 5 minute intervals automatically In this case no chapter menu will be generated but you will neverthe less be able to use the remote control of your player to jump through the chapters After you have set and edit the chapters you should exit the Edit Chapter Menu menu by clicking on OK This will return you to the Add Film window You should then click on OK in order to add your settings and the movie to your project Note In the case you have footage with many fine details your movie may not fit the medium you have set even if the percentage indicator had previously suggested that it would be sufficient In that case it will be sho
27. dia Manager will be called up and the DVD will be played back there Should you need to use a DVD control please press the left trackball button The arrow buttons are convenient for making selections in the menu and the chapter menu Clicking on OK starts your selec tion The menu cannot be used during the movie The menu will be closed again by clicking the right trackball button If you have a 4 button trackball you will be able to use the small left trackball button to call up an additional menu that you can use to have direct access to some extra functions on the disk if those functions are indeed available for the disk As an example you could switch to the chapter menu and use it to select a different chapter The menu will be closed again by clicking on the right trackball button If you have the MacroSystem remote control for Relax Vision you will also be able to control the complete operation of the playback Even direct chapter jumps or rewind and fast for ward of the movie are possible If you click on the right trackball button during playback it will be stopped and you will be returned to Arabesk 5 Miscellaneous This section of the main menu contains the functions de scribed under the Miscellaneous heading 5 1 Read Disc Arabesk can be used to make copies of DVDs and Blu rays This process first copies the source disk to the hard disk and then writes this copy to anew medium The result is a 100 copy without
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29. e system settings The relevant window will open Insert the product CD DVD containing the Arabesk 5 software into the DVD Blu ray drive of your Casablanca system A moment later if you are installing from CD DVD you will probably hear noises from the drive while the CD DVD is being read by the system you will see that Arabesk 5 is listed in the Install Product window Until now the product was called DVD Arabesk Because the new version can also create Blu ray disks we have changed the name of the product into Arabesk from version 5 onwards As a result you will find the product listed under A in the product installation Select it from the list and click on Activate After a short time a numerical keypad will appear You can use it to enter the activation code you received from your dealer The product will then be activated Should you want to install Arabesk 5 as a demo version you should select it from the list and click on Activate You will notice that the word Demo has appeared after the program name Close the installation menu with OK and then remove the CD DVD Note When the program is running in Demo mode you will have no more than 200 MB at your disposal to add a film from a total DVD capacity of 4 7 GB or 8 5 GB This means that only very short projects are possible in DVD Demo mode Addition ally a Demo label will be added to your Arabesk project at regular time intervals The Arabesk program can be start
30. ed in the main menu of Bogart SE You will see the Arabesk program in the area at the bottom right Start the program by clicking on it with the left mouse button Note Should a message appear in this location indicating that more recent firmware has been found for your burner you will now be able to update the firmware for your DVD BD burner This will enable you to have the totality of the functionality of your unit at your disposal and Arabesk will therefore also be able to make use of it 2 1 Information on creating disks When you want to create a Blu ray you must be aware of a few things To create a Blu ray format disk you must select Blu ray as a destination format in the Arabesk settings The Blu ray des tination format is only available if your Casablanca has an integrated Blu ray drive You must also set the Blu ray DVD or DVD DL format as desired Since CDs have only a limited recording capacity it is not advisable to use them as a storage medium If you want to create a video DVD you must set the destina tion format to DVD Video and choose DVD or DVD DL as the storage medium Changing the destination format will remove all movies that have already been added This means that you lose the project you have created thus far It is not possible to mix and render projects of different for mats It is not possible to add a standard resolution SD DV movie to a Blu ray It will be converted in that case If the DVD Vide
31. events Such a Multi Angle DVD utilizes the viewing angle option avail able on most DVD players In cases like this there are several different versions of the same film on the DVD each filmed from a different angle The viewer can then use the DVD player remote control to change the viewing angle at any time The video footage for the additional angles 1 to 4 are scenes from the scene bin which have the same content but seen from a different viewing perspective The length of the scenes should be the same as the storyboard to avoid filling the rest time with a still last frame from the scene Otherwise the remainder of the angle will be filled with a still image from the end of the scene The scene must start at the same point in time since they cannot be trimmed in Arabesk To find the exact same starting point it is best to use a striking sound or footage content to trim upon A bang or clap or a clapper board are well suited to this To make it easier to maintain clarity in Arabesk you should give the scenes expressive names such as Angle 1 Angle 2 etc Go to the Add multi angle film menu and select a project with the required angle scenes Once selected the name of the project appears next to the button and is at the same time the main movie Afterwards you can add up to 4 viewing angles If you want to use less than 4 viewing angles the angles should be used in ascending order Try to avoid gaps The sele
32. he title in a precise location e g the top edge of the screen The text will be displayed in a dotted frame that can be moved by rolling the trackball The position you have chosen can be confirmed by clicking on the left trackball button new It is possible to position multiple texts titles in one menu Click on new and your current text will be duplicated This new text field can be edited as you wish remove Deletes the current text field A text field must always exist it is therefore not possible to delete the last one If you do not wish to have any text in your menu simply delete the text content itself In some cases it can be useful to use place holder in one s text So can the chapter menu display the number of pages or predefined texts It is especially important to be able to adjust Arabesk 5 User manual 15 texts of a menu if you want to save a menu as a template This is what the placeholders are for These can be selected place holder content ap Play depends on the menu language selected in the settings as Start depends on the menu language selected in the settings cc Number of chapters cm Chapter menu depends on the menu language selected in the settings ct Chapter depends on the menu language selected in the settings fe Number of movies ft Film depends on the menu language selected in the set tings pt Page depends on the menu language selected
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34. in the settings pn Current page number pc Total number of pages tm DVD menu depends on the menu language selected in the settings Buttons This function is used to set the type of the starting images that represent the movies on your DVD The first image of this scene will later represent the movie in the DVD menu Please note that you can only select one image per movie i e there can be no more than six starting images in total on the DVD Title Menu Buttons Select E Film 1 Summer 2 X Position OK Settings Type from Scene Action Start Movie Archives Size medium As soon as you have clicked on the menu button a dotted frame will appear around the scene image You should now activate the movie you want by simply clicking on the image that represents it The dotted frame will appear around it Clicking on the Type button will present you with the following options from Scene your movie will be represented by the first im age of a scene The image in background setting makes the image transpar ent in order to enable you to create an image yourself with the help of other programs Use Scene Sequence Select to select a scene from any project and use it as a sequence for the background This will enable you to select one of your projects and then from the scene bin that belongs to it Select the scene and enter the trim menu to define a sequence from this scene This
35. in the All menu Note Please note that if you have inserted an unsupported medium you will get a corresponding message at the start of the burning process The burning process is split in two phases Corresponding progress bars will keep you informed Warning Very short videos need a disproportionate amount of space when they are being burned to DVD This is because 20 of the medium will be written even when the amount of Arabesk 5 User manual 17 data to be written is smaller Only for projects of 20 minutes or longer will the burning time be proportionate The Read Write indicator of the burner will light up while the disk is being burned It can happen that the burner is ready and that the burning window has been closed but that the indicator is still on In that case you should wait to remove the disk until the indicator goes out Otherwise the disk may be damaged When your system has finished the burning process and the Read Write indicator has gone out you will be able to remove the DVD and play it in your system a DVD player or another DVD player Note DVD RW media that have been burned before can only be re written if you first erase all their contents If there are for example only 10 minutes of video footage on an already burned DVD it will not be possible to add more footage If you have inserted a written DVD RW its contents will automatically be erased after a warning message if you have clicked on
36. ios ous daw nee A eo ad ee 10 3 3 1 Creating chapter menus SettingS 00 000 arve 11 3 4 Adding films and viewing angles 0 0 00 ccc ee 12 39 Edit WCW sse erari pee eres be hee oe oe dee ee re 13 3 90 BUIMING ASS an nn nn ARG OT DEORE e ERD OOK REE br 17 4 Info EAR P se RER Rie duce waa eae week bo Ee 17 41 Films Chapter MENUS os 4 0 aer baa esse na be e 17 EE geek ae ee Ged AG ee EE 18 A A 19 5 Miscellaneous 4 5454 ur nr nn ann een 19 5 1 RESOMA ASKS g En er ren Mal ae A ea wae Be wh ek HS 19 EET serven sedan oe eee 19 DIME ea EN 19 ES ura ee ea are ac ae ee Rae oe ee daa 20 MIE pines E RATE DERE nee eee ered asia eee ee 23 Since it is possible that changes were made to the software after the manual was prepared the functions shown and described in this manual might differ from the software Changes and errors excepted 1 Introduction Congratulations on the purchase of the software Arabesk 5 We thank you for the confidence and trust you have shown us and we hope that it will meet your expectations This manual will explain the steps necessary to burn a DVD or a Blu ray The manual is for all Casablanca users working with Bogart SE Feel free to contact us to ask further questions or to give us suggestions for improving the product Please contact us at the address below Whenever you contact us please have your customer number or the serial number of your device at hand so that we can help you mor
37. l open where either a color box or the Image Pool can be accessed These are general settings and will therefore be defined for all movies If you set the border size to 0 there will be no frames around your reference images in the DVD menu Since the border must be selectable later on in this menu the image you have selected will be displayed with a border as long as it is active please refer to Active Border Button Shadow This function is used to edit the shadow thrown by the image Title Menu Button Shadow Settings Color mm Direction Size Blur Archives OK 0 I 10 The color size blur and direction of the shadow can all be set On the left of the tool bar you will find the ubiquitous buttons that can be used to make the tool bar smaller or to move it to the opposite side of the screen The Archives button on the right can be used to save the set tings you have already made This way they can be recalled later on If you have for example created a menu with com plicated settings shadow border italic text etc the archives will allow you to create a DVD in the same style later on since you will be able to access the previously set and saved attri butes thanks to the load function Clicking on OK confirms the settings and exits this menu Button activation This is used to determine the image of the selected border later in the DVD menu Title Menu Button Activation
38. lu ray as the destination format you will also be able to select Blu ray 25 GB and Blu ray 50 GB Below the selection is a display of the estimated capacity needed on the medium for the movies in this project Film Summer 2010 Blu ray Quality Please define the Blu ray data rate here m Low Normal Y High Very high Usage Reference Media Blu ray 25GB current film 10 total 10 Back Continue Cancel Chapter marks You can choose if the film is to place chapter marks automatically every 5 minutes or every 10 minutes If you do not want any automatic chapter marks you should select none To make your choice place a tick in the right box Only one option is possible at a time The available set tings depend very much on the length of the project placing marks every 5 or 10 minutes is not possible in a 3 minute film With this option the chapter marks will be set even if you do not wish to use a chapter menu for your DVD If your movie is shorter than 5 minutes this setting will be skipped since there are no option for a short movie In that case you will be shown the item Film gt XYZ lt immediately Chapter menu If you choose to use automatic chapter marks the Assistant will ask you if you wish to incorporate a chapter menu on your disk If you select No navigation will still be pos sible using the DVD player s control but there will be no visual selection If you wish to
39. me These buttons are not usable if there are no subsequent or previous pages The New button button is used to create an additional button for your menu This will immediately add a button which can then be edited as any other button Such buttons can also be deleted by a corresponding button in this menu Chapter Menu Context 1 Settings Remove button active Page C Archives OK New button Background Please refer to the Creating menus chapter to find out more Texts Please refer to the Creating menus chapter to find out more Buttons Please not that you can only select one image per chapter i e that one page can have six chapter images at the most Please take into account when you select the location that there will probably be navigation arrows at the left and right side of the screen so you should not position the image there When the chapter menu has been rendered it will be freely navigable on the disk that will be created This means that you will be able to determine the direction with all four navigation buttons of your remote control For example pressing the ar row down button will activate a chapter of the row below If you have created more than one chapter page meaning you have created more than 6 chapters you will be able to use the arrows to navigate through the pages when the disk is being played To change the page highlight the back or next swap ping button an
40. n area 11 13 Select project 9 Settings 20 Size approx 10 Texts 12 Total duration 18 V Verify disc 20 Virtual display 18 Arabesk 5 User manual 23 MacroSystem Digital Video AG www macrosystem de A500E 08 2011
41. nd scene This button is only available if you have selected a scene as your background The length for mov ing background scenes is limited to one minute It speaks for itself that you can also select a scene with a longer duration However it will be shortened to one minute The menu will be played in an endless loop When selecting a moving scene you will also be able to select the original sound or to leave the scene silent Note You can only have a button with a moving sequence if you do indeed select a moving scene scene sequence in this menu The maximum duration of the sequence on the button depends on the background scene you select here Again the maximum length is 60 seconds If you selected an individual page design containing only one page with a moving image it will affect all other pages even if the background is only a pat tern which can not be animated This is mainly required when you want to have scene sequences for all chapter buttons across multiple pages They would not move if the background was defined as a still image If you have selected a color or a pattern for Type only the Still Mode will be available If you have selected Scene for Type and Moving for Mode it will be possible to hear the sound of the scene in the background if you activate the Audio button Adjust video If a scene has been selected for the back ground and if it was selected from the scene bin of a project the image can be adju
42. o format has been selected you will not be able to add high resolution or original resolution HD movies In that case the movie will be converted down to standard resolution SD If you have chosen Blu ray as the destination format some actions such as Multi Angle will no longer be accessible At the time of printing some functions are still not accessible even though they will be supported by later updates For this reason you should keep track of current Arabesk versions If you add several HD movies to a medium you can use the movie selection functions of your player You can also create a menu for selecting movies The Blu ray must be rendered finished after it has been cre ated before burning It is also possible to burn AVCHD titles on a DVD Playing these DVDs on Blu ray players is very much dependent on the display device and can be problematic jitter and such because HD footage is rendered with a higher data rate than is allowed by the standard for DVD media Normal DVD players are not able to display AVCHD material at all This means that playing HD DVDs is not guaranteed and dependent on your equipment 2 2 Background and buttons Together with Arabesk 5 images for menu backgrounds and buttons are also installed on your Casablanca system These images can be found in the pattern menu which opens auto matically when you want to use a pattern for the background or for buttons For example you could set the
43. of films 1 013 02 24 13 87 Total time Used Free Create r gt This shows the number of movies total duration and used and free capacity as a percentage If you have select Blu ray as the reference medium there will be a BD after the percentage Click on the Create button to render the settings that have been made for the menu The time needed for the rendering process depends on the background and the movies that are being used Clicking the play button in this menu will automatically do all rendering work Rendering everything is required in order to test the virtual DVD Operating a virtual display The player menu is shown below The background contains a menu a tool bar is shown in the foreground To do this the Media Manager will be activated and your current arrangement will be shown Should you need to use the menu please press the left button on the trackball This will open the following tool bar Controls mm amp SO OKP a o n A The arrow buttons are convenient for making selections in the menu and the chapter menu Clicking on OK starts your selec tion During a movie the buttons for fast forward and rewind or chapter jumping can be used to move around in the movie Pause can be used to stop the movie temporarily and it can be restarted by clicking on Play The menu will be close again by clicking on the right trackball button If you have a 4 button trackball
44. ound and click Continue to go on Arabesk 5 offers two products wherein you can select from the provided back grounds Go in the Image Pool to DVD background to select backgrounds that have been optimized for DVD menus If you choose the Blu ray background product you will be able to select from different HD masks Disc Authoring At this stage of the Assistant all necessary settings for creating a DVD have been made You can now de cide if you want to make manual changes or choose different films or if you want to start burning the DVD right now Select Burn DVD and all necessary and final rendering will be done followed by the burning process You can insert an empty me dium at this stage if you do not wish to wait and instead want to start burning immediately after rendering is done If you still need to make more in depth modifications that go beyond the Assistant to the menu change over to the manual design and thus return to the main menu of Arabesk Disc Authoring Disc settings definition completed What do you want to do now Burn Disc Edit Disc with Arabesk Back Continue Ca ncel 3 2 Add film Here it is also necessary to indicate in the settings what type of disk you want to create before you start putting it together This is where you set the desired result and the reference me dium This will determine further settings options and the type of disk rendering Click on the Add
45. pter describes the functions of the main menu cat egory Authoring This block is used for designing and creating Blu ray or DVD disks 3 1 Assistant You can either create a disk all by yourself or you can choose to get help from an Assistant The Assistant guides you through multiple menus to create a complete DVD or Blu ray quickly and easily If you start Arabesk 5 and have not yet prepared a disk before in other words if the Arabesk project is empty the system will first launch the Assistant In the first information menu Arabesk 5 User manual 7 you can decide if you wish to use the Assistant s guidance or directly select the manual design route After you have assembled your Arabesk project with the help of the Assistant you can burn it directly on a blank disk or make further changes Should you want to change an already made setting inside the Assistant you will be able to go back in the menu sequence You can use the Assistant after starting Arabesk or start it manually at a later stage The interface is the identical up to the note found after the automatic start Starting the Assistant deletes any designs made before as well as the films that have been added to the project You will be warned by the following text message You will lose all previously arranged Arabesk data if you change to Assistant Mode now Continue Before you start a project with the Assistant you must first de cide whether
46. ry important setting since this is where you indicate if you want to create a Video DVD ora Blu ray You must make this setting in order to get the neces sary menus and to make sure that the necessary calculations can be performed accordingly If you want to create a Blu ray with high resolution video footage you should select Blu ray here If you want to create a Video DVD in order to be able to play the video footage on a DVD player you should select the corresponding setting The authoring mode selected here will also be displayed as a text at the bottom left of the Arabesk main menu to give you better control In case you have purchased and installed the Disk Transfer product this menu will also give you a DV Export option This will allow you to use Arabesk to create a disk with ex ported video scenes For more information regarding this option and the Disk Transfer Format button please refer to the manual of the product If your have purchased and installed the Cinemascope prod uct there will be an additional settings option The rest of the information in this field concerns the software and hardware version of your system as Clicking on this button will automatically open or close the tray of your DVD burner Click on the menu symbol in the bottom right corner of the Arabesk menu to return to the main menu of Bogart Note When you exit the Arabesk 5 program you will be re turned to the proje
47. sh to design each page individually with its own background or if the button arrangement is to be different on the last page remove the check mark from this option Apply button attributes to all Arabesk 5 gives you the power to design each button individually but you can also set the program to apply the changes you make to one button to all other buttons This has the advantage that changes are easier and faster to apply since you can change a whole array of buttons without having to select each individual button The following functions can be used to edit the pages of the chapter menu Context Background Texts Buttons Button Text Button Border Button Shadow Button Activation Context The Context menu has a scroll bar active Page with which you can select which of the existing chapter pages you wish to display and edit If you have not set any subsequent chapter beginnings there will only be a single chapter image in the menu and you will not be able to access other pages However if you have set more than 6 chapter beginnings either manually or automati cally please refer to the Scenes gt Chapters function it will 12 be possible to select more than one page In addition to the possibility to change the chapter page in this context menu there will always be two opposing arrow but tons in the top part of the Chapter Menu These buttons can be used to go back or forward one chapter page at a ti
48. should your particular Casablanca model not support Arabesk play back at all This is currently the case for the Gymnos model 3 5 Edit Menu Clicking on the Edit Menu button will display Casablanca DVD as a title or the title of the last edited disk in the back ground and also the first image of the projects you have added below which you will find the corresponding project name The foreground will display a tool bar with several op tions to edit the DVD menu At the top border of the tool bar you will find the menu selec tion button which disposes of the following nine different settings options Depending on the setting of the button menu the bottom part of the tool bar will display the corresponding subfunctions Settings Edit Menu offers a window for general settings You will open this window if you click on the Settings button on the right of the menu Settings Grid e 20 Button Size Move Area normal Menu Format 16 9 anamorphic Apply button attributes to all A Ok Ca ncel Grid The global settings have the possibility to activate a Grid Its size can be set from 2 to 40 The grid in the menu is not actually visible but whenever you move or size a button or text on the screen it will be moved or sized according to this grid This way it is easier to position objects in relation to each other Button Size Move Area Arabesk allows you to grab texts and buttons directly
49. sted with Adjust video The bright ness contrast and color of the scene image the scene can be adjusted Text This function is used to define a title for the background menu Title Menu Texts Text Die gro e Geburtstags new remove Settings Style Archives Font style size Position OK Clicking on the Text button activates the keyboard which can be used to enter a title after it was previously deleted It is also possible to enter a multi line text In order to ac complish this simply type a backslash followed by the letter n where you want the new line to start Both these characters will appear immediately after the letter you have entered before The words for the next sentence should now be entered In the on screen keyboard they will be displayed directly behind the n Instead of this the on screen keyboard i e with the Power Key option can also be used to simply press the ALT Return key combination After clicking on OK if you are using the Power Key option the on screen keyboard can also be exited using the Return key as usual the text you have just entered will be displayed as a multi line title If you click on Font style size the usual font selection will be activated It can be used to determine the style and the size The Style button opens the Font style window in which more attributes can be set and the Position button can be used to put t
50. t least be set to High in order to obtain the necessary data rate Audio mode This button is used to set the audio quality This is not possible when creating a Blu ray The choice is between uncompressed and compressed Compressed audio only uses a fraction of the storage capacity but its quality is unimpres sive Compressed audio should also be tested since some hi fi systems cannot render the compressed audio In many cases Music videos for example uncompressed audio would be advisable Note For technically interested users Uncompressed audio is 16 bit and 48 kHz PCM audio while compressed audio is MPEG audio Size approx This is the approximate capacity your project needs on the data carrier expressed as a percentage The cal culation is based on the previously explained quality settings as well as on the length of the project The displayed value is only an approximation The real value of the required storage capacity can be higher as well as lower When there is not enough capacity available you will have to lower the image and sound quality or remove other projects Before the film is added a warning will be displayed if the proj ect might not or no longer fit on the disk Since these values are only approximations it is possible that in some cases a project will fit on the medium in spite of the warning Free capacity The remaining capacity displayed here gives an indication of the capacity which is still avail
51. u should select the line with the wanted scene and then click on the Start Chapter button Serial numbering is automatic This way Chapter 1 may be renamed to Chapter 2 Click on the Undo Chapter button and the current chapter number will again be assigned to the previous one Up to 99 chapters can be created While there is no limit to the number of chapters per page their positioning should be care fully considered for the sake of clarity Use the Chapters option to automatically generate chapters If you do not want any chapters you should set this here All chapters will be deleted as a result If you would like to set a chapter mark for every scene of a movie select Scenes gt Chapters Of course this function only makes sense if your scenes correspond to the desired chapters This function can also be used to set all scenes as chapters after which you delete the chapters you do not want Should you want to set chapter marks every five or ten minutes you can select this as well This will automatically set a chapter mark after this time interval The chapters can be named automatically with the names of the scenes or number from Chapter 1 to Chapter X The chapter names can then be changed manually in Edit Chapter Menu If you click on the Edit Chapters Menu button you will see that the number of chapters will now correspond to the num ber of scenes The images will always be the first image of
52. will be the sequence representing your button Note that a sequence can only be used if the background was set to Scene The scene sequence you select may not be longer than 60 seconds but also not longer than the back ground scene The background scene limits the maximum 16 scene length If is longer than the moving background scene it will automatically be shortened at the end If the background scene is longer the sequence in the button will simply re peat itself until the end of the running time of the background scene If you have selected the Color Pattern type this will enable you to select a corresponding background from the Image Pool instead By clicking on the Select button you will be able to access the project selection where you can highlight and confirm the project you want in order to call up the corresponding scene bin from which a scene can be selected The scene you have selected will then be used as a scene image or as a sequence depending on the Type you have chosen Should you want to select a color or a pattern this button will give you access to the Image Pool The Action button is used to choose between the options Start Movie and Chapter Menu This is used to determine whether the player should immedi ately start playing a movie after selecting a title when the disk is inserted or if the Chapter menu should be presented If you have selected the Start Movie function you
53. wn close to the end of the rendering process In such cases you could try it again with a lower quality setting or if you are making a video DVD with compressed sound Once your project has been added automatically you will be able to access the Add Film windows again in order to choose an additional project which will then be added auto matically Note Should an added movie not be to your liking you will of course be able to remove it again It is also possible to modify the order of the movies Please refer to section 3 7 Info Edit Play in Film Chap ters 3 4 Add multi angle film This menu allows you to generate so called Multi Angle DVDs This process cannot be used to create a Blu ray This function is at its best if you have recorded footage using multiple cameras and then synchronized the footage using QuadCam You require a main movie found in your storyboard You can edit this movie as usual Note that Multi Angle uses only one sound track It is the audio track from the first scene in the scene list i e Angle 1 the first additional viewing angle Add multi angle film Summer 2010 Angle 1 Angle 2 Select project Select angle 1 Select angle 2 Select angle 3 Select angle 4 Datarate Medium Audio only Storyboard Playing time 013 02 24 Used capacity 31 Free capacity 56 Ok Ca ncel Ideal examples are music concerts weddings and sports
54. you want to create a Blu ray or a video DVD just as is the case when you start a project manually You should set this in the settings for Arabesk To do this you should open the Settings menu and set the reference medium and the destination format Based on this setting the Assistant will of fer you a selection of settings and will perform the correspond ing calculations Please refer to the Miscellaneous chapter for a detailed explanation of the Settings menu After the start of the Assistant you get the following menu order Select film First select a film To do this click onto the Select film button and select a film from the project list If you wish to have a different name other than the one already given for the project you can now enter a new title Quality Select a quality for the film This is the quality that will be burned on the disk for that particular project You should also select the data rate for the medium you want to burn You can choose between Low 14 Mbps Normal 18 Mbps High 24 Mbps and Very High 32 Mbps This is also where you can set the medium on which the movie should be burned The selection at your disposal depends on the destination format you have set If you have set DVD Video as your destination format the possible choices are CD Mini DVD 700 MB single layer DVD 4 7 GB and dual layer DVD DL 8 4 GB The capacity for each medium will be displayed If you have set B
55. you will be able to use the small left button on the trackball to call up an additional menu that you can use to have direct access to some extra functions on the disk if those functions are indeed available for the disk As an example you could switch to the chapter menu and use it to select a different chapter The menu will be closed again by clicking on the right trackball button Help Navigation 7 Options Ollie M Main Menu DVD ED Title Menu DVD YE User defined keys If you have the MacroSystem remote control for Relax Vision you will also be able to control the complete operation of the display Even direct chapter jumps or rewind and fast forward of the movie are possible If you click the right trackball button during playback it will be stopped and you will be returned to Arabesk Note If you have set the Trailer only function in Control the Trailer will be played followed by the menu Meanwhile you will be able at any time to click the left trackball button to activate the tool bar This will not interrupt the movie that is being played back 4 3 DVD Click on the DVD button to play the DVD currently inserted in the tray This must be a DVD created with Arabesk If the DVD was burned with a version of DVD Arabesk V1 or V2 the movies will not be represented by thumbnails but can only be selected via their labels Film 1 Film 2 etc Playing back a DVD When you play back a DVD the Me
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