Shortly after the conclusion of MainEvent 2004 I started work on the first ever WF360 DVD. The video was converted from 5 miniDV tapes and then edited down to two 90 minute movies that fit onto 2 DVDs.

This was my first major video project so there were a lot of firsts to learn but I was able to accomplish all the tasks in less than a month including printing of the cover designs for the jacket inserts which included a time-consuming but very unique metal foiling technique (see description below).


For the opening DVD menu screen I rendered out a rotating globe element from a 3D Package and then exported the frames into an AVI for editing back into Pinnacle Studio Pro.

The chapter breaks were fairly easy to define since MainEvent is broken down into a set of Conversations that have different speakers and topics.

Burning of the final discs was a bit of a challenge because I had to track down the right media that had the highest degree of compatibility across all brands of players. After several bad burns and almost-there trials I found Ridata G04 discs using a Plextor DVD-R dive gave the best results.

I wanted the jacket insert for the DVD packaging to be unique so I utilized a special heat-transfer foil process for the MainEvent lettering on the front face. In the graphic shown here, the foil is simulated but the final prints displayed an impressive reflective finish.