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    High-Definition DVD Handbook: Producing for HD-DVD and Blu-Ray Disc
    High-Definition DVD Handbook: Producing for HD-DVD and Blu-Ray Disc
    High-Definition DVD Handbook: Producing for HD-DVD and Blu-Ray Disc
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    High-Definition DVD Handbook: Producing for HD-DVD and Blu-Ray Disc

    By Mark Johnson, Charles Crawford and Chris Armbrust

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    Everything you need to design and produce high definition DVDs-from three of the most well-known specialists in the industry

    High Definition DVD Handbook is your one-stop resource for mastering the new HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc formats and successfully applying them to the entire DVD process-from authoring to design to production. You'll see how to fully utilize the amazing new resolution and features of high definition DVD, understand the major differences between the formats, navigate complex specs, and set up for either small- or large-scale production. Featuring a foreword by Jim Taylor, coauthor of DVD Demystified, this practical, irreverent guide:

    • Gives you comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of both new competing high definition DVD formats
    • Covers all-new, high definition authoring tools
    • Includes chapters devoted to audio and video acquisition, graphics design, compression, quality control, and replication
    • Reveals how to achieve new levels of interactivity through graphic user interfaces (GUIs)
    • Provides proven advice on avoiding production pitfalls and troubleshooting
    • Helps you navigate and utilize content protection and digital rights management as well as the Advanced Access Content System (AACS) standard

    Taking DVD Demystified to the next level, High Definition DVD Handbook is your guide to the new wave of DVD production.

    “should be required reading in any world-class DVD facility.” -Benn Carr, VP of New Technology, Walt Disney Studios, Burbank, CA

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMcGraw-Hill Education
    Release dateApr 27, 2007
    ISBN9780071510264
    High-Definition DVD Handbook: Producing for HD-DVD and Blu-Ray Disc
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    Mark Johnson

    Mark Johnson is a health and science reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, where he has worked since 2000. He was a member of the Journal Sentinel team that won the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting on the Nic Volker story in 2011. He is also a three-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and has won numerous other awards for his reporting. He lives with his wife and son in Fox Point, WI.

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