Word documents?

KSTONER wrote on 7/8/2009, 8:35 AM

Hey there guys, I was wondering if it would be possible to import a word document into DVD Architect. I'm trying to display the script of a film, and I was hoping to do a page-by-page thing (like on The Shield's Season 1 DVD).
So, is this possible at all?
Thanks in advance!

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Steve Grisetti wrote on 7/8/2009, 8:39 AM

There's no easy, direct way to do it that I know of, K.

But, if you export your document as a PDF and the use Photoshop or Photoshop Elements to flatten the PDF pages and then save them as JPEGs, you could import those JPEGs as a Picture Compilation in DVD Architect.

KSTONER wrote on 7/8/2009, 8:40 AM

Damn, I figured that was the way.
Thanks a lot for the speedy reply!

MPM wrote on 7/8/2009, 5:52 PM

"import a word document into DVD Architect. "

Since DVDs are pure video, treat any docs like any other text you want to composite, doing it as a picture. [compositing text in P/Shop, Vegas, DVDA & so on will rasterize your text, turning it into an image] This means legal colors, larger sizes, clean fonts, feathering, anti-aliasing, shadows etc, since interlaced TVs don't do text very well -- you won't get a full letter-sized span of text on 1 screen & have it readable. Generally DVDA/Vegas prefer PNG if you can export/save it correctly -- many apps & non-updated Windows PCs can't. Vegas itself will actually do compositing as well as if not better than P/Shop, though you have fewer controls.