Apple's DVD Studio Pro 4 Upgrade puts the power of SD and HD authoring at your fingertips. Create HD DVD content with an existing DVD burner to existing DVD media. With DVD Studio Pro 4 you can also go from HDV in Final Cut to HD on DVD with no re-compression. DVD Studio Pro 4 includes the design and authoring tools to create professional looking graphics and interactivity options that the public has come to expect from commercial DVDs.
Author in HD or SD
DVD Studio Pro 4 lets you author standard-definition (SD) or high-definition (HD) DVDs on your existing DVD drives and media. You can import native HDV content to HD on DVD with no re-compression and even convert your existing SD projects to HD DVD versions.
Distribute Encoding Tasks
Distributed encoding features let you share your encoding workload over multiple computers. You can offload encoding tasks to another machine and add encoding notes at no extra cost. DVD Studio Pro 4 includes Compressor 2 which is designed to ensure that you maintain the highest possible quality when performing format conversions or encoding projects.
Create and Design
DVD Studio Pro 4 includes creative tools to design sophisticated titles for your projects. More than 30 customizable transition styles are available including blur, cube, dissolve, droplet and reveal. You can create a slideshow comprised of up to 99 images or combine slideshows with video tracks and set it all to music to create high-quality DVDs. DVD Studio Pro has the tools to author DVDs for special events, weddings, training materials and marketing presentations.
Deliver Professional Titles
Advanced authoring options allow you to design sophisticated DVD titles. Create highly interactive DVDs using GPRM partitioning and advanced scripting options. You can add logic, interactivity and playback control to buttons or to the start or end of tracks, stories, menus or markers.
Integrated Dolby Encoder
Encode Dolby Digital Professional (AC-3) surround sound audio, reduce uncompressed PCM audio file size without compromising quality and display the Dolby logo on your final DVD.
Real-Time HD Preview
Preview color and surround sound on a second Digital Cinema Desktop while you work. Audition surround sound using S/PDIF (digital audio) out to an external DTS or Dolby Digital (AC-3) decoder.