digitalFAQ.com Forum - Is DVDWS2 best for authoring?

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Hi Lordsmurf, thanks a lot for your advice and taking your time to answer my questions and providing the relevant links; much appreciated sir.
If I could just trouble your for a bit more advice; if I was to invest in software, would DVDWS2 be sufficient for all my needs? And would you advise it be worth investing in? $49 is not too bad and if it would be a lot easier to use (especially as time is short) and provide much better quality and results, then I would happily invest.

Thanks again Lordsmurf.

For the authoring portion (making menus, chapter marks, etc), then Ulead DVD Workshop 2 is the best option, absolutely.

Note that authoring is after you're done editing and making your DVD-ready MPEG files.

Think of making a scrapbook:

Taking photos = shooting video
Printing paper photos, or transferring digital photos from camera to computer = capturing video (from analog tapes), or transferring to hard drive (from digital formats)
Cutting photos up = editing video
Placing the photos in the perfect place, and gluing them down the way you want it to look; i.e., your presentation = authoring DVD
If your scrapbook is done on a computer, then printing it out = burning ... If your scrapbook is paper, then there is no analogy for burning.

DVDWS2 = tool for authoring

Guide for using DVDWS is here: http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/show...-dvd-1506.html
Buy it for the current low price of $49 at http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...3167/KBID/4166