Create a Submenu p. 90 Submenus are often created when you've run out of room for all the buttons on one menu. If you're facing button overload, move some of those items to a new submenu: select them, and choose New Menu from Selection from the Project menu. However, you can't go back and move them to the previous menu, except through the Undo command.
Add Movies p. 91 When you drag a movie file from the Finder to your menu, make sure you don't release it over a drop zone. For the best quality, try to use QuickTime files that were saved as Full Quality DV (if they came from iMovie). Many DVDs these days include a short bit of video that plays before the menu loads. To do this, click the Map button and drag a movie file or group of photos to the AutoPlay well in the upper-left corner of the map.
Create a Slideshow p. 92 Click the Preview button while in the Slideshow editor to watch your slides without previewing the full DVD menu. To make photos appear better in iDVD, crop them first in iPhoto using the 4 x 3 (DVD) option under the Constrain popup menu. You can create slideshows by dragging photos from the Finder or even directly from iPhoto's main window. Consider dragging a bunch of photos to the AutoPlay well in the Map view to start your DVD with a slideshow before the menu loads. When picking an image to use as the slideshow button's icon, use the or keys to view the photo thumbnails instead of dragging the slider. iDVD automatically scales slide-show photos to fit within the TV Safe Area. To use the full screen, open iDVD's preferences, click the Slideshow icon, and disable the option labeled "Always scale slides to TV Safe area."
Add DVD-ROM Content p. 94 DVD-ROM content can be nearly any file on your Mac. For example, you could include Web links (such as those created when you drag a URL out of Safari to the Desktop), PDFs containing more information about your vacation destination, maps, etc. Feel free to rearrange the items in the DVD-ROM Contents window by dragging them into whatever order you like. When you set up DVD-ROM content, iDVD only creates a link to the files you've specified; the original files aren't copied until you burn the disc. If you delete or move a file to a new location in the Finder, you'll get a "File not found" message. Either move the file to its previous location, or delete the reference in the DVD-ROM Contents window and add the file again.
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