Sony Vegas 6 + & DVD Architect Studio 3 +

Jun 06
2009

Just a quick tutorial to help you make nicer DVD menus.

I mention NTSC (USA) in the rendering process, but of course choose PAL if this pertains to your country.

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25 Responses to “Sony Vegas 6 + & DVD Architect Studio 3 +”

  1. washashore says:

    Thanks, I think. =)
    Thanks, I think. =)

  2. BIGLebowskiY says:

    this dude have …
    this dude have voice like Chris Angel

  3. jimsim3 says:

    that was good well …
    that was good well made and nice pace.
    thanks washashore

  4. washashore says:

    First, I would just …
    First, I would just double-check after your render from Vegas that it’s widescreen, and you’ve got that part solved. Just play it in Windows Media Player. Then start a New project in Architect ( File>New ) and change it to NTSC Widescreen, put your menu together, burn it & see if that works. This has worked for me every time.

  5. zandronovo says:

    Hi washashore, how …
    Hi washashore, how do you maintain your ratio? I render my final edit as dvd widescreen. When I burn it using dvd architect it changes it and shrinks the display. Thanks!

  6. hiddenlab says:

    thanks alot :)
    thanks alot :)

  7. washashore says:

    Yes, just click on …
    Yes, just click on your menu button, then in the upper right window (Button Properties) click on Media>Style and change that to Animated. Right above that in Thumbnail Media, you can change your button movie if you’d like.

  8. hiddenlab says:

    can you do a button …
    can you do a button..where the video plays on it on the menu?

  9. washashore says:

    If you bought a …
    If you bought a Vegas Upgrade, it might not be included on the disc, and if not, you can get it Sony Creative Software.

  10. crazyanimator115 says:

    that’s cool! I have …
    that’s cool! I have vegas 8 but how much is DVD Architect Studio?

  11. washashore says:

    It depends on what …
    It depends on what country you live in, for your need of either NTSC or PAL. When you buy a professionally made DVD, is it NTSC or PAL? They are basically two different formats that record at a different number of frames per second.

  12. mainstreams says:

    Thanks, nice …
    Thanks, nice tutorial :) What is the difference between NTSC and PAL? How do I know which one I need? (sorry, I don’t know too much about rendering videos)

  13. washashore says:

    Let me see if I …
    Let me see if I follow you. You can go to Insert >Graphic and then make your button Text Only. You now have Active Text and an Inactive Picture.

    You can also lower the Alpha Color in Color Sets so you don’t see the color at all, if you leave your button as Text & Image – just change your button to an Image.

  14. neightn says:

    How can I make the …
    How can I make the highlighted button be an object next to the text instead of it being highlighted itself or underlined?

  15. MeXRochi says:

    nice
    nice

  16. washashore says:

    Go to Make DVD > …
    Go to Make DVD >Burn >Prepare Current Project >Optimize. After Optimize click on Fit To Disc and it will lower the bitrate to fit on your DVD.

  17. guilleru718 says:

    Yesterday used a …
    Yesterday used a DVD+RW and when I was making a DVD a message from DVD Architect said that the project is too large for that DVD.

    If the movie is over 2 hrs, how can I save it into a DVD?

    How can I fix the video bit rate?
    Thank you for your time.

  18. ghostshadowxs says:

    oh really Thanks …
    oh really Thanks you answered my question! Keep posting videos man! Very Helpful

  19. washashore says:

    You may be making a …
    You may be making a 4:3 menu for a 16:9 widescreen TV which would stretch things out of aspect ratio, or the text may be out of the Title Safe Zone (outside of the menu grid & too close to the edge), or maybe your TV’s Horizontal & Vertical edges are stretched outside the viewing area of your TV’s screen. It could be a couple of different things.

  20. ghostshadowxs says:

    no thats not what I …
    no thats not what I meant…I mean in my DVD menu like the text on the far end corners get cut off when I play them in my DVD!

  21. washashore says:

    I ALWAYS put 3 …
    I ALWAYS put 3 seconds of black at the start & end of my videos. Two seconds of straight black with 1 second of overlap/fade-in, because, yes, DVDA does cut a bit off. Just use Media Generator>Solid Color>Black.

  22. ghostshadowxs says:

    Hey thanks one more …
    Hey thanks one more question when I burned my DVD the sides of the video were cut off any advice? 5/5 on the video by the way!!!

  23. washashore says:

    Update! Double …
    Update! Double click on your movie Menu Button to have your movie show up in the bottom right timeline. Go to End Action>Destination and change that to Play. I think that should work.

  24. washashore says:

    You can download a …
    You can download a trial, or buy it online at Sony Creative Software.

  25. maudgewoon says:

    So you can’t …
    So you can’t download it?

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