Using Make Movie Mode

You enter Make Movie mode (Figure 2.16) by selecting the Make Movie tab at the upper left of the Studio interface (see Figure 2.6). This takes you to the controls for outputting your work.

Figure 2.16. The Make Movie dialog box is your last stop in the production process. Note the tabs at the upper left that let you select the output type.

Note that Studio customizes the Make Movie interface based on output type. In Figure 2.16, I'm about to produce a DVD of a recent trip to Charleston. As you can see, Studio shows a Diskometer-like view of the amount of space available on the DVD, and clicking the Settings button launches a dialog box with options specific to the selected output medium (Figure 2.17).

Figure 2.17. Click Settings to see the detailed encoding options for the selected output medium (here we see the settings for DVD output).

As indicated on the vertical panel on the left of the Make Movie tab (see Figure 2.16), you can also output to tape (see Chapter 13) and produce digital files, including AVI, MPEG, and streaming media formats (see Chapter 14).