
Customizing iDVD Themes
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To set the beginning and ending of a
background video:
1. With a video set as the background, make
the Menu Info window visible.
2.
Click the small triangle above the Loop
Duration slider to display the Background
Movie Start/End control (Figure 3.19).
The triangle appears only when a video is
used as the background.
3.
Drag the ends of the control to set the
start and end of the video.
To remove your background photo
or movie:
1. Switch to the Menu pane.
2. Drag the photo or movie out of the
Background well (Figure 3.20). The
theme’s default background reappears.
4 Tips
n For best image quality, share your back-
ground movie from iMovie at the large
setting.
n If the movie is meant as a visual item
only, export it from iMovie with the
sound disabled, or set at a low volume.
n If you switch to a different theme, your
background image or movie is deleted
from the project; you’ll need to re-import
it under the new theme.
n Remember that you won’t see your movie
in action unless Motion is enabled.
n If you remove a video from the back-
ground well, also be sure to remove the
audio that the video may have added
(see the next page).
n Import video files you shot with a digital
still camera by locating them in the
Media pane’s Photos list.
Figure 3.20 Drag a photo or movie file out of the
Background well to revert to the theme’s original
background image. The image disappears in a poof of
smoke. (I’m sure the more appropriate term is “puff”
of smoke, but this seems more like a “poof.”)
Figure 3.19 Use the almost-secret control in the Loop
Duration slider to set the start and end of your back-
ground video.
Click this triangle to view the Start/ End control.
Changing the Background
Supplement for iMovie 09 and iDVD for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide by Jeff Carlson.
Copyright © 2009. Pearson Education, Inc. and Peachpit Press.
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