DVD-lab 1.3 beta 1

[joepic]

Here are the new features in version 1.3:

http://www.mediachance.com/dvdlab/history.html


Version 1.3 BETA 1 (download dvdlabup13beta1.exe (2.4 MB) - you need to have installed at least full 1.1 version)
- 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 (MP@HL 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

[Metaluna]

Darn, just when I finally figured out how to get motion thumbnails working "the hard way" using the Avisynth tutorial, they go and make it easy! Those b*stards .