How Do I?> burn my iMovie project to DVD?

How do I burn my iMovie project to DVD?

Answer

Use Toast™ Titanium and a DVD-R formatted disk in the Library's Media Studio!

Contents

Introduction

Toast makes it simple to make a DVD from your iMovie project.

Step-By-Step

  1. After you've finished editing your movie in iMovie, save your project, and quit iMovie. You must quit iMovie before launching Toast.
  2. Launch Toast by clicking the icon in the dock.

  3. Click the Video tab.
  4. Select Video Mode if it is not already selected. Under options, select No Menus in the Menu Style drop-down menu. Check the box next to Auto-play disc on insert. These options will allow your finished DVD to be played on most DVD players.

  5. Drag and drop your project from its location on the hard drive into the Toast window.
  6. Eject any CDs or DVDs by pressing the eject button eject icon on the keyboard. Insert a blank DVD-R into the slot on the right hand side of the computer.
  7. Click the red record button. Your project will begin encoding and burning.
  8. When finished, remove your DVD from the tray or slot.

Help

For additional information about burning DVDs, contact the HSL TEC Team at 924-5521 or hsltec@virginia.edu,or if you are in the Library Ask Rover.

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