Apply a Theme p. 76 If 73 built-in themes aren't enough for you, consider buying themes from other developers. See Appendix B. Some themes include background music when the Motion button is enabled. That's fine for playing the DVD on a television, but can be grating while editing. I usually activate Motion only when I need to view animated elements.
Edit the Title p. 77 Edit the Buttons p. 78 Edit Motion Buttons p. 80 Is nothing happening when you click the Motion button? Go to the Settings pane, and check the Duration sliderit may have gotten set to zero. Duration controls how much of the menu's motion plays before starting over. Typically, this amount is the menu's longest background movie or audio, but you can set it lower.
Set Background Audio p. 81 You can drag a QuickTime movie to the Audio well, which will use only its audio track. The music loops created in Garage-Band make for great background music on a DVD. When you drag a song onto the Audio well in a theme that already has background music, your song takes precedence. If you remove your song from the well, the theme's song is still thereyou need to delete that, too, for no background audio.
Add Drop Zone Media p. 82 If you'd rather not see the drop zone text ("Drag photos..."), go to iDVD's preferences and uncheck Show Drop Zones. The zones are still there, just not explicitly marked. Go to iDVD's preferences if you want to turn off the Apple logo watermark. You can also drag image and video files from the Finder to a drop zone, instead of using the Media pane. The length of time each photo appears onscreen depends on how many photos you've added, and the Duration amount. The fewer the photos, the longer each will be visible. It's not possible to resize or crop drop zone photos within iDVD. If you've already added photos to a drop zone, dragging more to the zone replaces the ones you have. To add more photos and retain the existing ones, use the Drop Zone Editor instead of dragging them in the menu. In the Drop Zone Editor, view the photos in a list by clicking the view preference buttons in the lower-left corner of the screen. A drop zone video plays back from the beginning of the clip; you can't choose a starting frame like you can with motion buttons.
Change Background p. 85 If you want to use a movie as a background image (also known as a motion menu), you need to drop it on the Background wellotherwise, the movie becomes a button. Also, export it from iMovie as a Full Quality DV QuickTime movie to get the best image quality. If you switch to a new theme, your custom background is deleted; you'll have to add it again to the new theme.
Apply Submenu Theme p. 86 For a little more visual snazz, apply a transition between menus. Choose one from the Transition menu in the Settings pane. Also note that transitions play only when going to a sub-menu, not when returning to the previous menu. In the Map view, -click multiple submenus to select them, and then click a theme to apply it to them all at once.
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