Charles G. Crawford is the Co-Founder of Television Production Services, Inc. and Heritage Series, LLC, production companies specializing in traditional and interactive production and title development.Christen M. Armbrust is the Founder of Marin Digital, a company which focuses on "new" technology and has produced over 1100 DVD titles.Mark R. Johnson is the CEO of Javelin Ventures LLC, a software company pioneering the development of new tools for DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc production.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 {inside book} Mark R. Johnson is Vice President of Technology at Technology Creative Services (a Thomson Company). A contributing member in both the DVD Forum and Blu-ray Disc Association, Johnson is best known for his breakthroughs in advanced DVD applications. Charles G. Crawford is the cofounder of Television Production Services and Heritage Series, LLC. He authored the original operating manuals for Matsushita/Panasonic's award-winning DVD authoring system and has won three Emmy awards for his technical and directorial expertise. Christen M. Armbrust, a leader in the development and implementation of new digital media, is a senior process engineer at Technology Creative Services.Foreword by Jim Taylor, of Sonic SystemsContains a DVD with authoring tools and examplesEverything 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, CALearn the very latest high-definition DVD formats Written by three members of the bestselling DVD Demystifiedauthor team, this is a practical, irreverent, and authoritative guideto the world of HD-DVD and Blu-Ray Disc, the two new competinghigh-definition DVD formats. Readers master both newstandards and apply them to the entire DVD production process.They will also learn the many ways these formats differfrom standard DVD.Mark Johnson is vice president of technology atTechnology Creative Services, a Thomson company. Charles Crawford is the cofounder of TelevisedProduction Services and Heritage Series, LLC, production companies. Christen Armbrust is a senior process engineer atTechnicolor Creative Services.
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