How to Use DVD Creator for Mac

How to Use DVD Creator for Mac

Adoreshare DVD Creator for Mac is a comprehensive DVD burner for Mac users to convert and burn videos to DVDs easily from popular videos like AVI, MP4, WMV, MOV, MKV, FLV, MPG, MPEG, etc. Thus you can watch them on TV using any home DVD player. Below is a detailed guide about how to burn video files to DVD on Mac with Adoreshare DVD Creator for Mac.

First download and install DVD Creator for Mac on your computer. Then run this software and select Create a New Project to create a new DVD from your videos or choose Open an Existing Project to continue making the project that haven't been finished last time.

Note: Insert a blank DVD disc to the DVD drive if you want to burn to DVD Disk. And if your Mac does not have a DVD drive, you need to connect a third party DVD drive via USB plug-in.

Part 1. Import Video or Photos to the Program

Click on Add Files button and go to the folder where your videos are stored to add the files for conversion. Or you can just drag files to the program. You can add multiple files and burn them simultaneously using the batch conversion feature.

Part 2: Edit Video before Burning to DVD (optional)

You can trim and crop the video files, add watermarks and rotate before burning the videos to DVD on Mac OS X. Highlight a file and click " " to enter the edit interface.

1. Trim a Video

Click on "Trim" and set the "Start" and "End" time, you can preview video effects on output preview window.

2. Crop a Video

Select "Crop" and from original preview box you can crop video edges by dragging dotted lines. The output effects can be previewed in real-time from the right box. On the crop pane, you can select an output aspect ratio and the available options are: Keep Original, full screen, 16:9 and 4:3.

3. Add a Watermark on a Video

Select "Watermark" and here you can add either a text watermark or an images watermark for your video. You are allowed to adjust watermark position and size by dragging and dropping. For text watermark, you can customize text font, color and transparent.

4. Rotate a Video

Select "Rotate" and Click the button "-90° CCW" or "+90° CW" to turn your video left or right respectively. You also can horizontally and vertically flip your video.

Part 3: Customize DVD Menu (optional)

To customize your DVD Menu, just choose a DVD menu style and click on the button to expand the menu interface.

Choose a suitable menu style for your DVD, and then double click it to do some further editing on the menu, like menu style, frame, button, text, background music/picture, and so on.

Note:
1. Add background music/picture: Click on the setting button (like a wheel gear) and then drag video/audio file to the program as the background music or drag picture as the background image of the current page. (Making sure you don't highlight any title thumbnail before you click the setting button.)



2. Customize thumbnail: Highlight the title thumbnail and click on the setting button. Now you can drag the scroll bar next to "Movie" to choose a frame in the movie as the title thumbnail picture or check the option "Still image" and drag your favorite picture to the box as your title thumbnail (tap "Delete" on your keyboard to remove the picture you drag if you need). Drag the scroll bar next to "Size", you can adjust the size of the frame.

Part 4: Start to Burn DVD

Now you can start to burn DVD. Choose an output option from DVD Disc, ISO file, DVD Folder (Video_TS) and DVDMedia file and then choose the right output option and set proper output parameters located at the right side of "Burn" button. Finally click "Burn" and give your new DVD a name. Click Save to start burning your files.

Note: You can also save your project file and import it later for further editing or burning if you do not want to burn your files immediately.

That's all for how to use DVD Creator for Mac to burn various videos to DVD disk on Mac. After the burning process take out your DVD and you can watch them on TV using home DVD player anytime you want.