Director and Founding Member of the UK Final Cut Pro User Group and an Apple Solutions Expert. A freelance television director and editor with many years of broadcast experience, including work for the BBC, Sky, ITN, CNBC and Reuters. Also a Final Cut Pro Consultant, Rick has attended numerous UK and US exhibitions, is a liaison to the US FCP user groups, and author of the best-selling series The Focal Easy Guides to Final Cut Pro.

"Rick Young's book is magnificently studded with beautiful color graphics and illustrations that make it a joy to look at and use...an easy to follow book short on pages but long on excellent and useful information and guidelines, what more is necessary?" - www.kenstone.net

• Introduction; Hardware Requirements; Installing DVD Studio Pro; Making DVD's - The Easy Way; Making DVD's - The Professional Way; Overview of the DVD Production Process; Planning Your Disc; Preparing Assets; The DVD Studio Pro Interface; Setting up Your DVD; Adding Tracks; Building Menus; Adding Markers; Building Slideshows; Making Subtitles; Finishing the DVD; Multiplexing - Putting it all together.