User manual APPLE IDVD 4 TUTORIAL

[. . . ] 1 This tutorial takes you step-by-step through the process of creating an iDVD project using sample movie clips and pictures that came with the tutorial. When you are done with the tutorial, you will have a complete project ready to burn on a DVD. From there, you can go on to create your own exciting DVDs. Before You Begin To make it easier to do the tasks in this tutorial, print the document before you start. In many tasks shown in this lesson and in iDVD Help, you need to choose menu commands, which look like this: Choose Edit > Copy. [. . . ] 4 In the Customize drawer, click Settings. 5 Drag the audio file "Cat Briar Road 0'32. m4a" from the Audio folder in the iDVD Tutorial folder to the Audio well in the Settings pane to set the background audio for the scene menu. 4 iDVD Tutorial 6 Double-click the Back button to return to the main menu. Each submenu contains a Back button to get to the previous menu and a Next Scenes button to navigate to the next scene menu, if one exists. 7 If you want to take a break, choose File > Save Project to save your project. If you quit iDVD, when you open it again, your project opens. Customize the Main Menu You can add a subtitle to the main menu, change the color, style, and position of the text, set a transition to the next menu or movie, and add music to the menu. To customize the menu: 1 With your project open and the main menu showing, choose Advanced > Show TV Safe Area. This shows the area on the menu that will be visible on most television sets. 2 If you want to add a subtitle or descriptive text, choose Project > Add Text. Double-click the text that appears to select it, and then type "Let's build a snowman!" Make the text smaller by dragging the Size slider [A] in the Text section of the Settings pane to the left. Drag the text below the title. B A 3 Double-click the title of the menu to select it, and then type "Snow Day!" to change the title. To make it possible to move the title, choose Custom [B] from the Position popup menu. Drag the title back above the subtitle, and then drag the slider to the left to make the title smaller. 4 Choose Dissolve [C] from the Transition pop-up menu in the Settings pane. The menu will dissolve into the movie or the scene selection menu when the viewer clicks a button on the burned DVD. C D iDVD Tutorial 5 5 Drag the audio file "Prevailing Winds 0'33. m4a" from the Audio folder in the iDVD Tutorial folder to the Audio well [D] to make it the background audio for the main menu. 7 When you are finished, click Exit on the DVD remote control to leave preview mode. Add a Submenu If you want to add more movies or slideshows to your DVD, you can add another submenu. You can also use your own image or movie clip as the background of a DVD menu. Here, you'll create a new submenu and add a custom background to it. To add and customize a submenu: 1 Click Folder to place a new button on the main menu. Select the text on the new button (labeled "My Folder") and type "Extras. " 2 Double-click the button to open the new submenu. 3 Drag the file named "snowday24. jpg" from the Pictures folder in the iDVD Tutorial folder, and hold it over the menu in an area outside the drop zone. Press the Command key and drop the file in place. The new background is set, and the drop zone that was on the menu disappears. 4 Drag the audio file named "Cat Briar Road 0'32. m4a" from the Audio folder in the iDVD Tutorial folder to the Audio well in the Settings pane. 5 Double-click the title of the menu to select it, and then type "Extras" to change the title. [. . . ] If you click Burn before the movies are finished encoding, iDVD will finish the encoding before burning the disc. 10 iDVD Tutorial Archive the Finished Project You can save your iDVD project so that all of its elements are kept together and linked within the project file by "archiving" it. You can then back it up or transfer it to another computer. This is useful in an environment with several computers, such as a computer lab, where only certain computers contain a SuperDrive for burning DVDs. To archive your iDVD project: 1 After you have previewed your project and you are satisfied with it, choose File > Archive Project. [. . . ]