Making the final product
 

what programs do you guys use to make the final DVD? ive been exporting with adobe premiere pro, with really good quality, just with a large file size. what professional compressing programs are there?

fairly good compression programs in the market are Sorenson, divx, and Autodesk's cleaner, xvid. Take a look into those should be of some use. If i remember, the Professional version of After Effects 6.0 already comes with a few of these tools.