Posted by Richard Crowley on 07/29/06 23:18

"petelobo" wrote ...
>I am a new Avid Liquid 7 user with a training video project that will
> end up being about 5 hours of output that has fallen into my lap.
> It's
> all shot and needs to be edited. My question is, what's the best way
> to organize this as I edit, given that it is likely to span 2-3 DVD's?
> Should I edit it into 3 projects, possibly splitting topically to fit
> the finished file onto the DVD's, or is it reasonable to edit this
> whole thing as a single file? One of the guides I've gotten for the
> software says that Liquid 7 was to have added the ability to author to
> multiple DVD's, but I can't find any reference to that in the manual
> or
> reference guide.

Definitely break it up. Maybe into segments no more
than 60 minutes. Remember that there are training and
audience fatigue issues beyond just what will fit on a
DVD. Not to mention avoiding the "all your eggs in
one basket" risk.

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