Choose Share > DVD.

In the Options pane of the Share window, choose your preferred export settings:

• Output device: To burn a disc, choose an optical drive. To create a disk image (.img) file that you can copy to an external drive or burn to DVD media later, choose Hard Drive.

• Layers: Choose whether to burn a single-layer or dual-layer disc.

  Important: Selecting “Dual-layer” when using a single-layer disc can result in an error during burning, depending on the project’s length.

• Disc template: Choose an available template.

• Title: Enter the name of the disc in the Title field. By default, the name of the disc is the project name.

• When disc loads: Specify the DVD player’s action when the disc is inserted: Show Menu to have a main menu appear; Play Movie to begin playing the movie immediately.

• Background: To add a background to DVD menus, click the Add button and choose a graphic (navigating to where you keep your graphics files on your computer or connected storage device). To choose a different background, click the Clear button, then click Add again.

• Main Menu/Project: Click Main Menu to see a preview of menus included with the selected template and background; click Project to see a preview of the movie.

To specify additional Motion-specific options, click Render.

For more information, see Render settings.

To see details about files to be output, click Summary.

In the Options pane, do one of the following:

• If you’re burning to a disc (instead of creating a disk image): Click the eject button at the right of the Output device pop-up menu, insert a blank disk into your disc-burning device, then click Burn.

• If you’re creating a disk image file: Click Next, enter a name for the file, choose a save location, then click Save. (By default, Motion burns disk images as single-layer media, and adjusts the bit rate accordingly.)

Choose Share > Blu-ray.

In the Options pane of the Share window, choose your preferred export settings:

• Output device: To burn a disc, choose an optical drive (identified in the list by the type of output it supports: Blu-ray or AVCHD). To create a disk image (.img) file that you can copy to an external drive or burn to Blu-ray media later, choose Hard Drive.

• Layers: Choose whether to burn a single-layer or dual-layer disc.

  Important: Selecting “Dual-layer” when using a single-layer disc can result in an error during burning, depending on the project’s length.

• Disc template: Choose an available template.

• Title: Enter the name of the disc in the Title field. By default, the name of the disc is the project name.

• When disc loads: Specify the Blu-ray player’s action when the disc is inserted: Show Menu to have a main menu appear; Play Movie to begin playing the movie immediately.

• Include loop movie button: Select this checkbox to add a Loop Movie button in the exported movie’s the playback menu. (This option is not available for all disc templates.)

• Background, Logo graphic, Title graphic: To add a background, logo, or title to menus, click the Add buttons, then choose graphics (navigating to where you keep your graphics files on your computer or connected storage device). To choose a different graphic, click the Clear button (an “x” in a circle), then click Add again.

• Main Menu/Project: Click Main Menu to see a preview of menus included with the selected template and background; click Project to see a preview of the movie.

To specify additional Motion-specific options, click Render.

For more information, see Render settings.

To see details about files to be output, click Summary.

In the Options pane, do one of the following:

• If you’re burning to a disc (instead of creating a disk image): Click the eject button at the right of the Output device pop-up menu, insert a blank disk into your disc-burning device, then click Burn.

• If you’re creating a disk image file: Click Next, enter a name for the file, choose a location, then click Save. (By default, the Share feature assumes single-layer media for disk images and adjusts the bit rate accordingly.)