IDST 133 Lessons and Syllabus                       
   Instructor: Beth Cataldo
    415-452-5107 * bcataldo@ccsf.edu
   (Office hours: Monday: 10am -12pm or by appt. in Cloud 208a)
   Spring 2007: Syllabus
   DVD Resources
   Film Festivals

   FINAL PROJECT DESCRIPTION --

LESSON 1--Intro to the DVD Process

• Introduction to DVDs
  
  
• The Generic DVD Process
  
  
• A Complicated Flowchart
  
  
• A Simple Flowchart
  
  
• The DVD Studio Pro Workspace
  
  
• In-class exercise
  
  
  

LESSON 2-- Gathering Assets


• Outputting from Other Programs
  
  
• Extracting Multiplexed DVDs
  
  
• Introduction to the Final Cut Pro Interface
  
  
• Log and Capture with FCP
  
  
• Final Cut Pro Basic Editing
  
  
• FCP Toolbar
  
  
• Creating Chapter Markers
  
  

• Assignment #2: Project description and a flowchart

LESSON 3 -- Working with Still Menus in DVDSP

• Setting Up Menus in DVDSP
  
  
• Programming Layered Menus
  
  
• Creating Overlay Menus
  
  
• Adding Hotspots
  
  
• Programming button links/navigation
  
  
• Assignment 3a: Create a Simple Layered Menu
• Assignment 3b: Create a Complicated Layered Menu
• Assignment 4: Create overlay menus in DVDSP from provided assets

LESSON 4 -- Creating DVD Menus with Photoshop

• Exporting a Single Frame from Final Cut Pro
  
  
• PhotoShop Workspace
  
  
• PhotoShop Palettes
  
  
• About Tools and Toolbox
  
  
• Pixel Dimension and Image Resolution
  
  
• About Layers
  
  
• Designing Tips for Still Menus with PhotoShop
  
  
• Creating Type in Photoshop
  


• Creating Type and Layer Effects in Photoshop
  
  
• Preparing Photoshop Files for DVDSP
  
  
• Creating Overlay Files in Photoshop
  
  
• Working with Masks and Alpha Channels
  
  
• Working with Layer Masks
  
  
• Clipping Masks
  
  
• Assignment #5 and #6 (one file): Creating a DVD Still Menu with Mask
  
  

LESSON 5 -- Motion Menus

• Creating a Motion Menu in Final Cut Pro
  
  
• Assignment #7
  

LESSON 6 -- Encoding, part 1

• Encoding
  
  
• Assignment #8
  

LESSON 7 -- Encoding, part 2

• Encoding Audio
  

LESSON 8 -- Working with Tracks

• Creating and Linking Tracks
  
  
• Adding Markers
  
  
• Creating Stories
  
  
• Assignment #9
  
  
• Advanced Track Features
  

• Creating Slideshows
  
  
• Assignment #10

LESSON 10 -- Adding links to the Internet or Files (DVD-ROM)

• Adding links to the Internet or files
  
  
• Assignment #11

LESSON 11 -- Adding Subtitles

• Adding Subtitles
  
  
• Assignment #12
  
  LESSON 12 -- Scripting
  

• Adding Scripts to your Project
  
• Assignment #13