User manual APPLE IDVD AT A GLANCE

[. . . ] Drag movies, pictures, and audio files into this area to create buttons or change the look and sound of the background. Drop zone: Some themes include special areas called drop zones where you can place still pictures or a short movie loop that plays as part of the background. Customize: Click this button to open the Customize drawer. The Customize drawer contains all of the tools you will need to customize your DVD menu. [. . . ] Different themes provide different text position options. Button controls: Use these controls to set the shape, size, and position of the buttons on the DVD menu. Choose a shape from the Style pop-up menu. Different themes provide different button shape options. Selecting Free Position allows you to move the buttons anywhere you like on the menu, rather than having them aligned to an invisible grid. Drag the Size slider to the right to make the buttons larger. Save as Favorite: Click this to save a theme you have customized with your favorite media and settings. If you do, it will appear in the Favorites list in the Themes pane so you or others can use it again. D E F G 4 iDVD at a Glance Media Pane The Media pane gives you easy access to the movies that are stored on your computer, as well as all the photos in your iPhoto library and all the music in your iTunes library. Movies View Here you can locate the movies that are stored on your computer. Movies stored in the Movies folder on your hard disk appear automatically. If you store your movies in other folders, you can make them appear here, too. A B C D A B C Media pop-up menu: Use this pop-up menu to choose whether you want to look at your movies, photos, or music. Movie folders list: You can add any folders where you store movies to this list by making selections in the iDVD Preferences window. Movies list: Drag a movie from here to a menu to create a movie button. Drag it to a drop zone to create a video loop in the drop zone. To make the movie the full motion background of a menu, drag it up to the Settings button to switch to the Settings pane, and then drop the movie in the Background movie well. The movies that are stored in the selected folder appear in this list. If there are too many to fit in the window, a scroll bar appears. Search field: If you have too many movies to easily find what you are looking for, you can type the movie name in the search field to locate it. D iDVD at a Glance 5 Photos View Here you can find all of the photos in your iPhoto library. A B C A iPhoto albums list: Select the iPhoto album that contains the photos you want to use. Drag an album to the main iDVD window to create a slideshow button that links to a slideshow containing all of the photos in that album. Drag an album with up to 30 photos to a drop zone to create a slideshow in the drop zone. Photos list: Scroll to see thumbnails of all your photos. Drag a photo or a group of photos to a drop zone to place a still image in the drop zone. To make a photo the full background of a menu, drag it to the menu or drag it up to the Settings button to switch to the Settings pane, and then drop it into the Background image well. [. . . ] Return button: Click this button to exit the slideshow editor. F G H I iDVD at a Glance 9 Map View The map view shows you a graphic representation of all the parts of your iDVD project. This way, you can keep track of where all your submenus, slideshows, and movies are located. Doubleclicking one of the icons in the map takes you directly to that item in the iDVD project so that you can edit it. You can scroll the map horizontally and vertically by pressing the mouse button so the pointer turns into a hand, and then dragging. [. . . ]