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Sending Your Movie to iDVD

You’ve finished your movie and now you want to watch it on the big screen. The best way to do this is to create a DVD disc that you can play in your DVD player, or share with others.
 
iMovie HD sends your movie to iDVD, an application that helps design and burn DVD discs. By adding themes, photos and additional movies, you can give your DVD a professional, Hollywood quality look. Then, with the click of a button, you can create a DVD disc.
 
 
 
Tips Step-by-Step
 
 

Adding chapter markers to your movie

By adding chapter markers to your movie, you can easily create scenes on your DVD. Just move the playhead to where you want a new scene to begin, and then click the Add Chapter button. You can add as many chapters as you like

Adding your movie to an existing iDVD project

When you have an iDVD project already open, you can easily add another movie to it. In iDVD, go to the File menu, choose Import and then choose Video from the menu that appears. Browse your hard disk for the movie you want to add, and then click Import.

Send your movie to iDVD and choose a theme
  1. Click the iDVD button in the iMovie window.
  2. Click the Create an iDVD Project to send your movie to iDVD.
  3. After iDVD opens, notice your movie appears in the iDVD window.
  4. Click the Customize button to reveal the customize pane, and make sure the Themes tab is selected.
  5. Choose a theme and notice a preview of the theme appears in the iDVD window.
  6. Click the Preview button to see how your DVD will look.
  7. Click the Burn button, and then insert a blank DVD into your Mac.
  


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