Drop-Down Menus
The most important aspect of this menu is access to the preferences menu. It is in the preferences that users can remove the Apple logo watermark from their iDVD productions. There are also options based upon what quality of asset encoding individuals require.
This tutorial operates using a set of preferences. Under General the standard selections are:
- Show Drop Zones
- Best Performance - Enable background encoding
- NTSC video standard
It doesn’t matter if you select Check for iDVD updates automatically.
Under Slideshow everything should be checked. Under Movies, Automatically Create Chapter Marker Submenu should be checked.
Here you will find the typical actions, such as new, open and save, that are associated with a file menu. In addition to the standard fare, the file menu also houses options to import media as well burning the DVD.
The edit menu is pretty standard as well, it allows for cutting and pasting as well as undoing and redoing.
This Menu is basically a repeat of the buttons, and will be mentioned in more detail later.
The important options in this menu are Show TV Safe Area and Edit DVD-ROM Contents. TV Safe Area is important for iDVD menu creation. Menu size can influence button placement, be sure and place all your buttons in a TV Safe fashion. If you are interested in adding data that can be accessed by a computer in addition to Audio/Visual Media, the Edit DVD-ROM Contents will allow you to do so. You would then burn your DVD normally.
Used to access different open windows.
One can get extra assistance using this menu.
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