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WAVELAB
19 – 546 The Audio Montage
Using DVD-A picture and text tracks
DVD-A picture and text tracks can be added to Montages that are to be
burned to DVD.
These track types have no functionality in WaveLab itself, other than offer-
ing the ability to place text and pictures along the time line which will be
shown together with the audio when the final DVD-A is played back in a
compatible player connected to a video display.
DVD-Audio text and picture tracks are created from the track pop-up
menu, just like other track types.
They are set to “Half height” by default to save screen space.
Adding pictures to a DVD-A picture track
You can add pictures using one of the following methods:
By right clicking in an empty area on a picture track and selecting “Insert file(s)”.
A file dialog opens where you can locate the picture you wish to insert. The picture will be
inserted at the cursor position.
By using copy/paste.
Still picture properties dialog
When you have added a picture to a DVD-A picture track you can dou-
ble-click it to open the “Still picture properties” dialog. In this dialog you
can amongst other things set the time position for the picture relative to
the start of the track, and add effect transitions. Effect transitions allow
you to set a start and end transition for the picture (e.g. a fade-in at the
start and a dissolve at the end) as well as transition durations. Click the
question mark icon in the dialog for details.
It is also possible to specify a default still picture as well as default effect
transitions to use. This is done in the DVD-Audio project’s Main Settings
dialog, see “Default still picture and picture effects on page 558.
The default still picture will be displayed at the beginning of each Montage/group, unless
the Montage contains a DVD-A picture track, in which case the picture(s) on the picture
track will override the default picture.
Note that there are certain limitations as to how many pictures can be used
for a given group on a DVD-A. See “About the “ATS” column in the DVD-A
view list” on page 536.