Looking For Software to Create Menu- w/ Fade Transitions Between Chapters

[restmin]

I have Camtasia 7. I will buy what is needed to finish my job, but as inexpensively as possible.

I have about 20 2-3 minute videos with "tips" for a church on reading out to chronically ill. What I want is (1) For someone to be able to put the DVD into the DVD player and have 2 options (a) to be able to watch the entire "movie" and have each section fade/transition between (b) for groups, like deacons to be able to click on "chapters" where they want to start so they could want 2 or 3 each meeting.

I need to be able to select where I want the selection/chapters to stop and start.

I've downloaded 3 trials of software and each one either does not have transitions or doesn't have a menu.

Anyone have a tip on what software would do this?

[Brainiac]

Hi

If I understand your question correctly, TMPGEnc DVD Author, or TDA, can get the job done. The menus have a PLAY button, by default, that will play the entire video.

You can split each video at the place you want your chapters to be. This, for example, will make 1 clip 2 separate clips. A thumbnail will be placed on the menu for each split as well as at the beginning of each clip (by default, each clip has a chapter point at it's beginning.) And for each clip start and each split point you can place a transition.

Hope this helps
Brainiac

Edit: Instead of splitting, you can just move the CTI to where you want to place the chapter point and then press the chapter point button.

[borax]

If the material is DVD compliant, it would be possible to do this with GfD (with muxman as authoring engine). But of cause it would need some manual work and quite a lot of 'getting familiar' with the concept and software.