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| author | Carl Hetherington <cth@carlh.net> | 2021-05-07 22:35:03 +0200 |
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| committer | Carl Hetherington <cth@carlh.net> | 2021-05-07 22:35:03 +0200 |
| commit | da254d7e68fc5e93ca1b1e3a865a16b3fa2ce20f (patch) | |
| tree | 83c42b03d8943a14225557d0c3169a114df26c56 | |
| parent | 53eafe5571b7c09ab859493577dbaad36e5d9183 (diff) | |
More manual tweaks.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml | 23 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/raw-screenshots/new-film.pdf | bin | 56903 -> 12404 bytes |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml b/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml index 22d566af8..10a21237d 100644 --- a/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml +++ b/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml @@ -199,8 +199,12 @@ the low-resolution version to save everyone's bandwidth bills. Now, start DCP-o-matic and its window will open. First, we will create a new ‘film’. A ‘film’ is how DCP-o-matic refers to some pieces of content, along with some settings, which we will make into -a DCP. DCP-o-matic stores its data in a folder on your disk while it -creates the DCP. You can create a new film by selecting +a DCP. DCP-o-matic stores its ‘film’ data in a folder on your disk while it +creates the DCP. +</para> + +<para> +You can create a new film by selecting <guilabel>New</guilabel> from the <guilabel>File</guilabel> menu, as shown in <xref linkend="fig-file-new"/>. </para> @@ -231,7 +235,7 @@ linkend="fig-video-new-film"/>. <para> In this dialogue box you can choose a name for the film. This will be used to name the folder to store its data in, and also as the initial -name for the DCP itself. You can also choose whereabouts you want to create +name for the DCP itself. You can also choose where you want to create the film. In the example from the figure, DCP-o-matic will create a folder called ‘DCP Test’ inside my existing folder <code>DCP</code> into which it will write its working files. @@ -331,9 +335,8 @@ linkend="fig-making-dcp"/>. </figure> <para> -When it has finished, the DCP will end up on your disk inside the -film's folder. You can then copy this to a projector via a USB -stick, hard-drive or network connection. See <xref +When it has finished, the DCP will be written into its own folder inside the film's folder. +You can copy this to a projector via a USB stick, hard-drive or network connection. See <xref linkend="ch-files"/> for details about the files that DCP-o-matic creates. </para> @@ -439,7 +442,7 @@ modify them in various ways. The first step in manipulating an existing DCP is to import it. Click <guilabel>Add DCP...</guilabel> and select your DCP's folder. It will be added to the DCP-o-matic project. If the DCP is unencrypted you -can preview it in the normal way, though playback will be slow as +can preview it in the normal way, though playback may be slow as decoding of DCPs is almost as computationally intensive as encoding them. </para> @@ -641,12 +644,14 @@ example, a JPEG, PNG or TIFF file. images which should be treated as the frames of a video. </listitem> -<listitem>Subtitle — a file containing subtitle which will be +<listitem>Subtitle — a file containing subtitles which will be superimposed on the image of the DCP. These can be <guilabel>.srt</guilabel>, <guilabel>.ssa</guilabel>, <guilabel>.ass</guilabel> or <guilabel>.xml</guilabel> -files.</listitem> +files. Subtitle files can also be used to make closed captions.</listitem> <listitem>DCP — an existing DCP.</listitem> + +<listitem>ATMOS MXFs — if you have Dolby ATMOS content in MXF format (created using Dolby's tools) you can add it to a DCP just like any other content.</listitem> </itemizedlist> <para> diff --git a/doc/manual/raw-screenshots/new-film.pdf b/doc/manual/raw-screenshots/new-film.pdf Binary files differindex aa98b19e5..40d44efad 100644 --- a/doc/manual/raw-screenshots/new-film.pdf +++ b/doc/manual/raw-screenshots/new-film.pdf |