Apple iDVD 6 - Manual (Page 12)

12 Chapter 2 iDVD Tutorial
Step Three: Choose a Theme for Your DVD
A theme is a menu design that defines how your DVD looks to viewers. The theme is
made up of the background image or movie that appears on your DVD menu, along
with the button style, fonts, sizes, and locations of titles and button labels. A theme
family is a collection of menu designs that work together, providing a unified
appearance to submenus.
You can use one of the themes that come with iDVD, or you can customize and create
your own theme. In this tutorial, you will learn how to select an existing iDVD theme
and customize it.
Note: Use the theme specified in the tutorial so you can follow along easily. If you
choose another theme, you may not be able to follow the steps in order. After you
finish the tutorial, you can use what you’ve learned to choose a different theme and
make other changes before you burn your DVD.
To choose the theme for your DVD menu:
1 Click the Themes button at the bottom of the iDVD window. The Themes pane opens
on the right side of the iDVD window.
2 Move the scroller up and down to see the themes.
Themes that contain animation and music have a motion icon that looks like the
Motion button in the bottom-right corner of the theme thumbnail.
3 Click the pop-up menu and choose 4.0 Themes, and then scroll down until you see
Fish.
4 Click the triangle next to the theme, then click Fish One to select it for your project.
This theme has a motion background, indicated by the small motion icon in the
bottom-right corner. Some themes also contain an autoplay movie, a short movie that
plays before the main DVD menu appears. Themes with an autoplay movie have an
autoplay icon in the upper-left corner of the theme thumbnail.
Motion icon