Apple iDVD 5 - Manual (Page 10)

10 Chapter 2 iDVD At a Glance
Settings Pane
Use the controls in the Settings pane to customize the look and sound of your DVD
menu. Here you can add background video or sound, change the shape of the menu
buttons, and change the font and color of the menu text.
A Background well: Drag images or movies into this well to make them appear as the background
of your DVD menu.
B Audio well: Drag sound files here to make them play as the background music for your DVD
menu. Click the microphone icon in the Audio well if you want to turn off the sound in iDVD as
you work.
C Duration slider: Drag this slider to choose how much of the background movie and music you
want to play as a loop. The duration you set applies to both background movies and audio, as
well as the video in motion buttons. Your DVD menus can contain a total of 15 minutes of
motion.
D Text controls: Use these controls to customize the look of the text in menu titles, buttons, and
text elements. Choose a font from the Font pop-up menu and a color from the Color pop-up
menu. Drag the Size slider to the right to make the text larger. Choose a text alignment from the
Position pop-up menu. For example, you can choose to have the text appear directly beneath
menu buttons, or offset to the left or right, or you can select no text. Different themes provide
different text position options.
E Button controls: Use these controls to set the shape, size, and position of the buttons on the DVD
menu. Choose a shape from the Style pop-up menu. Different themes provide different button
shape options. Selecting Free Position allows you to move the buttons anywhere you like on the
menu, rather than having them aligned to an invisible grid. Drag the Size slider to the right to
make the buttons larger.
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