PRESS RELEASE
January 9, 2001
With Apple’s Revolutionary SuperDrive, Power Mac G4 Is First Complete DVD Authoring Solution
- convert iMovies, QuickTime files and pictures into the format required for DVD using iDVD’s fast MPEG encoder;
- drag-and-drop iMovies and pictures into their DVD project;
- create menus, buttons and backgrounds using their own personal images, or choose from among more than a dozen beautiful themes with professionally designed background images and coordinated fonts and typefaces;
- preview the project to test navigation and flow; and
- record DVDs with a single click on the Power Mac G4’s revolutionary new combination CD-RW/DVD-R SuperDrive.
- encode video in MPEG-2 and encode audio in Dolby Digital, the two formats preferred for professionally mastered DVDs;
- author the DVD, working with up to 99 video tracks and multiple language tracks. DVDs can also be customized to include slide shows, still or motion menus from layered PhotoShop files or video clips, and interactive links directly to the web;
- preview the finished project in real-time without the need for a disk image or multiplexing; and
- burn DVDs using Power Mac G4’s new SuperDrive for playback on consumer DVD players. In addition to burning DVDs, users can also choose to output to DLT tape for mass duplication or DVD-RAM to inexpensively test projects.
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