Customize the main menu – Apple iDVD 4 Tutorial User Manual

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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.

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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:

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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.

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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. Click outside the
text. Drag the text below the title.

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Double-click the title of the menu to select it, and then type “Snow Day!” to change the title. Click
outside the text. To make it possible to move the title, choose Custom [B] from the Position pop-
up menu. The title moves to the right. Drag the title back above the subtitle, and then drag the
slider to the left to make the title smaller. Click outside the text.

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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.

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