From: Carl Hetherington Date: Fri, 7 May 2021 20:35:03 +0000 (+0200) Subject: More manual tweaks. X-Git-Tag: v2.15.144~4 X-Git-Url: https://git.carlh.net/gitweb/?p=dcpomatic.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=da254d7e68fc5e93ca1b1e3a865a16b3fa2ce20f More manual tweaks. --- 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. + + + +You can create a new film by selecting New from the File menu, as shown in . @@ -231,7 +235,7 @@ linkend="fig-video-new-film"/>. 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 DCP into which it will write its working files. @@ -331,9 +335,8 @@ linkend="fig-making-dcp"/>. -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 for details about the files that DCP-o-matic creates. @@ -439,7 +442,7 @@ modify them in various ways. The first step in manipulating an existing DCP is to import it. Click Add DCP... 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. @@ -641,12 +644,14 @@ example, a JPEG, PNG or TIFF file. images which should be treated as the frames of a video. -Subtitle — a file containing subtitle which will be +Subtitle — a file containing subtitles which will be superimposed on the image of the DCP. These can be .srt, .ssa, .ass or .xml -files. +files. Subtitle files can also be used to make closed captions. DCP — an existing DCP. + +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. diff --git a/doc/manual/raw-screenshots/new-film.pdf b/doc/manual/raw-screenshots/new-film.pdf index aa98b19e5..40d44efad 100644 Binary files a/doc/manual/raw-screenshots/new-film.pdf and b/doc/manual/raw-screenshots/new-film.pdf differ