User Guide of Leawo Blu-ray Creator for Mac

Leawo Blu-ray Creator for Mac is the most powerful Blu-ray authoring software on Mac for you to make DVD and Blu-ray disc out of any raw video sources. Without complex running process, you are able to create Blu-ray folder or Blu-ray disc, make DVD folder or DVD disc and generate ISO image file for later burning. DVD/Blu-ray menu design is available, and DVD/Blu-ray video editing/3D settings are accessible. Take use of the best Blu-ray burning software to convert MKV to Blu-ray on Mac, burn MP4 to DVD on Mac, etc.

Step 1: Add video files
You can directly drag and drop videos to this Blu-ray authoring software on Mac, or click on the "Add" video to import videos.

Note: You can choose to burn to DVD-5/DVD-9/BD-25/BD-50, pick up an exact aspect ratio 4:3 or 16:9 (when burning to BD, only 16:9 is available). Low Quality/Medium Quality/High Quality is prepared for you to choose. Space needed for Blu-ray or DVD burning can be accessed.

Step 2: Edit Video Effect
1. Video Editing
You can get into the "Edit" section by right clicking on the file and select "Media Edit". Then you can do video editing via the following five options.
Trim: directly drag the slider under video preview window or set exact value in Start Time/End Time, you can cut the required video length. The total Clip Length can be accessed.

Crop: directly drag the dot frame over the video or set specific value in Left/Top/Cropped Size, you can easily remove the black margin or the unwanted part.

Rotation: you can choose to make horizontal flip/vertical flip/90° clockwise rotation/90° counterclockwise rotation.

Effect: directly drag the sliders of Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and Volume Zoom to adjust video effect and audio volume.

Watermark: you are allowed to add image from you PC or text written by yourself to the video as unique video logo or brand.

2. 3D Settings
Click on 3D icon and choose 3D Settings option, or click on 3D Settings on tool bar you will enter the following section. Red/Cyan, Red/Green, Red/Blue, Blue/Yellow, Interleaved are the built-in 3D setting modes for you to convert 2D video to 3D DVD/BD. For achieving the best 3D Depth effect you want, you are either allowed to drag the slider of 3D Depth or set specific value in 3D Depth box.

Step 3: Preview DVD/BD Menu
When you import video files to this Blu-ray authoring software on Mac, you will see a preview window on the right side of the software interface. You can have both menu preview and video preview with it.
Multiple DVD/BD menu themes are available for you: Standard, Business, Education, Holiday, Nature, Others, Customized. Under each theme there are many sub menus, when you pick up one menu template, the menu preview window will show you the real-time effect. If you do not want to adopt the menu click on the "Disable Menu" button to remove it, and then switch to the "Design Menu" button to design DVD menu.

Main: play or select chapter (Play: play videos imported from beginning to end Chapter: go to the submenu to choose video for playing)
Title: chapter list pages

You can resort to the simulation control under the preview window to carry out the operation process with ease. There are two conditions for the circular virtual keys: 1. Video Preview: you are able to play the current or next video file by moving upward, downward, leftward or rightward. By clicking on the centric button, you can Play or Pause the video. 2. No Video Preview: you can position a target video by moving Upward or Downward, Leftward or Rightward, and then click on the centric button to confirm it.

Step 4: Design DVD/BD Menu
Activate the "Design Menu" button mentioned in the previous step, and then you can get into the following "Menu Designer" section to do DVD/BD menu customizations.
a. Themes: various DVD/BD menu themes are prepared for you to choose from (Standard, Business, Education, Holiday, Nature, Others and Customized). Unfold each menu theme you will get lots of menu templates and pick up the one according to your preference.

b. Background: easily to set DVD/BD background through Gallery, Color, Picture and Video.

Under "Gallery" option, choose menu from Standard, Business, Education, Holiday, Nature, and Others and set as background.
Under "Color" option, adjust the color mixture of black, green and blue, and set the color mixture as menu background. Angle and Position are allowed to adjust.
Under "Picture" option, add an image file from your PC and set as background.
Under "Video" option, add a video file from your PC and set as background.
Under "Background Music" option, add an audio file from your PC and set as background music. Cut the demanded music Duration or set Loop Play mode.

c. Button: make a selection on your favorite Frame Style or Icon Style.

d. Caption: within the preview area clicking on one text and inputting new caption. Caption language, font, alignment and more can be set.

e. Advanced: you can decide to show file name on menu or not, and number of chapters on each submenu can be set as well. Style of the focused menu item is also allowed to set. Choose Frame or Mark and then select the corresponding color or shape. After setting, the set items will display the corresponding effect with your mouse clicked on.

Step 5: Burn to DVD/BD
Click on "Burn to DVD & Blu-ray" button and then you will get into the following "Burning Setting" section.

Burn To: burn video to ISO File/DVD Disc/DVD/Folder/Blu-ray Disc/Blu-ray Folder
Volume Label: input your own volume label
Save To: output DVD/BD video saving path on your computer
TV Standard: choose NTSC or PAL according to region
Size: output DVD/BD video size

After the necessary DVD/BD burning settings, insert a blank disc and click on the "Burn Now" button to get video to DVD and video to BD creation started.