I'd like to tap into your expertise to see what options I have open for a project I have in mind.
I run an annual event called The Twelve Trek Days of Christmas, 2007 is here and 2008 is here, and for next Christmas I'd like to make some of the material available as downloadable ISO images of DVDs.
One thing I would particularly like to do is make a a DVD of Star Trek audio dramas that can be played on your home entertainment system to take advantage of the depth of sound and foley etc that the editors put so much work into. I know that my DVD player can play mp3's and they sound great but I'd like to make it a more polished experience. For example right now you pick them on an ugly static menu: is there some way of making the DVD "boot up" with a cut scene that I could get specially made that would cross-fade to a specially made menu screen?
Basically what I would like to do is make something like a movie DVD interface for audio dramas. Feel free to point me to other posts if this has been covered before.
What software would be required? I suppose it would be too much to hope that there's some freeware that would do it? If it can only be done by professional software I might bite the bullet because my son and I are thinking of trying our hands at machinima and animation later anyway.
There's some really great work being done as fan productions that can't be enjoyed to its fullest on a computer system - to be really appreciated it needs to be brought into the living room!
Cheers
Kirok of L'Stok
Fan Production Curmudgeon
I run an annual event called The Twelve Trek Days of Christmas, 2007 is here and 2008 is here, and for next Christmas I'd like to make some of the material available as downloadable ISO images of DVDs.
One thing I would particularly like to do is make a a DVD of Star Trek audio dramas that can be played on your home entertainment system to take advantage of the depth of sound and foley etc that the editors put so much work into. I know that my DVD player can play mp3's and they sound great but I'd like to make it a more polished experience. For example right now you pick them on an ugly static menu: is there some way of making the DVD "boot up" with a cut scene that I could get specially made that would cross-fade to a specially made menu screen?
Basically what I would like to do is make something like a movie DVD interface for audio dramas. Feel free to point me to other posts if this has been covered before.
What software would be required? I suppose it would be too much to hope that there's some freeware that would do it? If it can only be done by professional software I might bite the bullet because my son and I are thinking of trying our hands at machinima and animation later anyway.
There's some really great work being done as fan productions that can't be enjoyed to its fullest on a computer system - to be really appreciated it needs to be brought into the living room!
Cheers
Kirok of L'Stok
Fan Production Curmudgeon