| When you start iDVD, a theme is already selected for youeither the first one in iDVD's list, or the one that was active the last time you used the program. Applying a different theme is simply a matter of clicking on a new one in the Themes pane. Your buttons and submenus are retained with the look of the new theme applied. The themes introduced in iDVD 6 are organized in families, so your project can share a consistent look while also providing variation among the menus (Figure 20.1). Figure 20.1. Click a theme in the Themes pane of the Customize panel to apply it to your menu. To apply a theme family: 1. | Click the Themes button to display the Themes pane, if it's not already visible. | 2. | Click a theme family icon to apply the theme to the current menu and any submenus based on it. - If you're working in the Standard (4:3) aspect ratio, iDVD offers to switch to Widescreen (16:9) mode (Figure 20.2). Click Keep to leave the mode unchanged (unless you want to switch, of course).
Figure 20.2. This dialog appears whenever you switch standard aspect ratio themes. Click the Do not ask me again checkbox to avoid it in the future. - You may also see an Apply Theme Family dialog confirming that you want the theme to apply to all of the submenus attached to the current menu. Click OK.
After a few seconds, the theme changes in the main window. |
To apply an individual theme: 1. | Click the Themes button to display the Themes pane, if it's not already visible. | 2. | Choose a theme from the list by clicking its thumbnail image. After a few seconds, the new theme is applied. |
To apply a theme in the Map view: 1. | With the Themes pane visible, click the Map button. | 2. | Click the icon of the menu whose theme you want to change. | 3. | Click a theme from the Themes pane to apply the change (Figure 20.3). Figure 20.3. Select an icon in the Map view and then click a theme to apply it to that menu.
| 4. | Click the Return button to exit Map view. |
To apply a theme to every menu in your project: - In any menu screen, choose Apply Theme to Project from the Advanced menu. Every menu in your project now has the same theme.
To apply a theme to submenus: 1. | Navigate to a submenu that you wish to change (the Map is a good place to do this; click the Map button, then click the menu you wish to view). | 2. | Choose Apply Theme to Submenus from the Advanced menu. The theme of every submenu in the current hierarchy is changed (Figure 20.4). Figure 20.4. When you use the Apply Theme to Submenus command, all submenus are given the same theme. Looking at the Map view, you can see how the menus at the top use different themes. Afterwards, they all share the same theme.
Before using Apply Theme to Submenus
After using Apply Theme to Submenus
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Tips | | Click the popup menu in the Themes pane to select themes from other versions of iDVD (or choose All to view them all in the list). Feel free to mix and match themes within a family; for example, you can use the Extras theme in place of Chapters if you prefer. You can purchase more custom themes from third party developers such as iDVD ThemePak and iDVD Themetastic (see Appendix B).
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