rendez2k used our news submit to tell us
that a new beta version of DVDlab has been released. DVDlab is a DVD authoring tool which combines a
professional interface with easy to use approach and gives you the freedom
to create whatever you want:
 DVDlab v1.3 beta 1:
- A full Slideshow, drag&drop,
audio, various fit sizes, auto-crop portraits, background, drop shadow,
customizable title for any slide (with nice outline!) and also automatic
bleed fitting for 16:9 (!). Note at this moment the slideshow doesn't
work in PowerDVD 5.0 for some reason
- largely improved standard Muxer (Fast,
DVD compatible), now it should be able to mux smoothly files which
previously resulted in audio or video stuttering
- Allows creating HD-DVD (Main Profile
& High Level)
- Ability to adjust Audio Delay (+/-) of
AC3 and MPA
- New Render Menu Motion. This tool has
the abilty to render the menu with motion thumbnails or motion
background into an avi which you can then use to encode and create
motion menu background. Also comes with a totally unique Shuffle Loop
Point feature (I invented the other day). This feature will shuffle each
thumbnail cut point to a different time so when the menu loops, each
thumbnails will start repeat in different time. The whole effect is that
you can hardly spot the point when the menu will start looping.
Something that hollywood should have learned. A tutorial will follow
soon.
- System MPEG quick re-muxing (Import
without demultiplexing) can be now switched in Properties-Options to
quietly perform normal Demultiplexing prior the compile. The current way
is to do the re-muxing on-the-fly (parallel to compile) which in a case
when mpeg has different mux ration may cause audio loss (the compile has
not getting audio data fast enough). As an option you can now switch
this to perform it in a "serial" mode, that means demux the files
quietly first then use them as elementary in further
compile.
- Transitions, now have added Hold A and
Hold B time
- Antialiasing option for menu
subpicture. This will automatically set and use the three color groups
to create one color subpictures with a better antialiasing. This will
make the selection overlay look less jagged on a TV. (as much as you can
antialias with only 3 shades)
- Connections - now you can also draw
links from buttons with Draw Buttons Link Tool
- Scroll Hand for Connection (also works
with Spacebar)
- Menu - a cool 3D rotation tool, you
can simply rotate or perspective pan any object, text and video stills
in the menu.
- displaying of DVD verification
log
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If
you want to give the DVDlab software a try or when you're already using the
software and want to download the update, check out the DVDlab
homepage. Please use our
Video
Editing and Authoring Forum to discuss the
DVDlab
software.
Source: DVDlab
