Apple iDVD 6 - Manual (Page 25)

Chapter 2 iDVD Tutorial 25
Step Eight: Change the Look of Buttons
Button styles are designed to fit the theme. You can change them to suit your content
or your own design vision. Buttons can be text only, or they can be different shapes
that have text, a still image, a slideshow, or video on them. Buttons with images and
video add interest to your DVD. You can even mix button styles on a menu.
For example, notice the buttons in your scene selection menu. Each button shows the
first frame of video in the scene it links to. When you preview your project, notice that
the video actually plays in the button.
In this step, you’ll change the shape of a button and choose an image for each one.
To change button shapes:
1 Double-click the Scene Selection button to open the scene selection menu.
2 Select one of the scene selection buttons on the menu and choose Edit > Select All
Buttons.
3 Click Buttons to open the Buttons pane.
4 Click a button shape in the list at the top of the Buttons pane.
Try different button shapes until you find one that looks good on your menu. The “T”
creates a text-only button. Once you have a button shape you like, you can change the
images on the buttons.
To change the image on a button:
1 Click a button once to see the Movie pane, shown below.
Did You Know?—Filling Drop Zones Quickly
Some themes have multiple drop zones and even dynamic drop zones that move in
the menu background. You can quickly and easily fill these drop zones in your project
using Autofill or the drop zone editor.
To fill drop zones automatically with your content:
m Click the Menu button, then click Autofill.
To open the drop zone editor:
m Double-click a drop zone, or click Edit Drop Zones in the Menu pane.
For more information about using the drop zone editor, see iDVD Help.