iDVD
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 iDVD 7 |
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| Developer(s) | Apple Inc. |
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| Stable release | 7.1.2 / July 11, 2011 |
| Operating system | Mac OS X |
| Type | DVD creation software |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | iDVD |
iDVD is a DVD creation software application made by Apple Inc. for Mac OS X. iDVD allows the user to add QuickTime Movies, MP3 music, and digital photos to a DVD that can then be played on a commercial DVD player.[1] It is often considered the last step of Apple's iLife suite, bringing together all the other iLife applications' results onto a removable medium. It is comparable to its Microsoft Windows alternative Windows DVD Maker.
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[edit] Availability
While originally only available for Macs with a SuperDrive, until 2011 it was included at no additional charge with all new Macs; from iDVD 6 onwards, Apple supports the ability to burn projects with third-party optical drives. iDVD is no longer preinstalled on Macs shipping with OS X 10.7 Lion or on iLife '11 downloaded from the Mac App Store, but is still available in the boxed copy of iLife '11 available from the Apple Online Store.[2]
[edit] Description
The program uses the concept of themes to allow the easy creation of DVD menu systems. The themes have 'drop zones', onto which movies or photographs can be dropped. The theme automatically animates the drop zones if necessary. iDVD has 100 different Apple-designed animated themes, many with different submenus that match the main theme for additional content such as chapters or other extras in either widescreen 16:9 or standard 4:3 formats. These themes can be applied to multiple levels of your DVD.[3] Apple's description of iDVD states that it comes with 150 themes, and that count includes all the submenus of each theme.
The program integrates with the rest of the iLife suite. iMovie projects and iPhoto slideshows can be exported directly to iDVD. In the case of iMovie projects, scene selection menus are automatically created in accordance with chapter markers that are set within iMovie. The application also has a 'Media' area that provides access to the user's iTunes library, iPhoto library and Movies folder at any time, and there is a map view, which shows the current project's menu system in a graphical form.[4] Another feature is the ability to hide or show an approximation of the 'TV safe area' (because old televisions often cut off some of a video's outer areas). iDVD also includes a 'OneStep DVD' function, which will automatically rewind the currently connected DV camcorder and burn a DVD of the video footage that is on the tape.
iDVD can also integrate with Final Cut Express and Final Cut Pro.
[edit] Hidden Extras
The iDVD software comes with fonts that are not installed to prevent them from being available to other applications by default. The fonts are located here: /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/Resources/Fonts/
[edit] Version History
| Version | Release date | Availability | New Features | Notes |
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| iDVD | January 9, 2001 | |||
| iDVD 2 | July 18, 2001 | Motion menus | ||
| iDVD 3 | January 7, 2003 |
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| iDVD 4 | January 6, 2004 |
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Bundled as part of the iLife '04 package. | |
| iDVD 5 | January 11, 2005 |
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Bundled as part of the iLife '05 package. Incompatible with later versions of Mac OS X 10.5 | |
| iDVD 6 | January 10, 2006 | Change of aspect ratio (The user can choose to create a widescreen project) | Bundled as part of the iLife '06 package. First version of iDVD to be made available as a Universal binary. Also sports a refined look based on iTunes 5 and 6. | |
| iDVD 7/iDVD '08 | August 7, 2007 | Themes from iDVD 1 and iDVD 2 restored | Bundled as part of the iLife '08 package. | |
| iDVD '09 | January 27, 2009 | None | Bundled as part of the iLife '09 package. | |
| iDVD '11 | October 20, 2010 | none | Bundled as part of the iLife '11 package. |
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[edit] References
- ^ "iDVD tutorial". http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/technology/tutorials/graphics/idvd/intro.html. Retrieved 21 June 2008.
- ^ "Apple - MacBook Pro - All the reasons why you’ll love a Mac". http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/software.html#ilife. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ^ "Apple - iMac - Comes with software you’ll love to use". http://www.apple.com/imac/software.html#ilife. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ^ "Apple - MacBook Air - Apps you need and want are already included". http://www.apple.com/macbookair/built-in-apps.html. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
