Have you ever opened 'My Computer' and noticed a custom icon on your cd/dvd drive for software? Here's how to add a custom logo icon for your dvd that will show up when it's placed in a dvd drive. This won't affect play on a set top player. You will be adding an extra folder to your dvd with a custom icon and an .inf file (setup file) to open it when the dvd is inserted in the drive.
The first thing you have to do of course is create a custom icon. If you have Photoshop, you can add the plugin found here, to save an image you've created as a logo icon or, you can download this free program. After you've created your icon, save it in a new folder named "ICON". Next, open a new text document using notepad for example and type this (within the two lines):
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[autorun]
ICON=ICON\your icon.ico
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Change the name of 'your icon'.ico here to match the name you gave to your custom icon and save the file as autorun.inf. Be sure to change the file extension on this .txt file to .inf. I'll have an example you can download later if you wish...just change the icon/filename where appropriate.
OK, now you've created a custom icon, saved it in a folder called 'ICON' and have an .inf file to use. Now we get to add it to your current dvd project...except we need one more step which I'll explain in a sec. We need to create one more folder to put the ICON folder and the .inf file in. Let's call that folder LOGO for now. Now you have a folder like this.
With DVDA3 open to a project you are preparing to author, click on 'file' > properties. You should see a project menu like this. You'll see a line that says 'Extras Folder'. Click on the ... button to the right to browse to your LOGO folder. DVDA3 doesn't copy the LOGO folder to the dvd, just the folder(s)/files within it. You won't see any folders or files added to your project but when you burn your dvd, this is what you'll see when you explore the disk.
You can download an .inf file and my test icon here.
Here's another image (with the original for comparison) I've created to use as an icon as well as a logo (the 'O' turned out the best) 8^)
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The first thing you have to do of course is create a custom icon. If you have Photoshop, you can add the plugin found here, to save an image you've created as a logo icon or, you can download this free program. After you've created your icon, save it in a new folder named "ICON". Next, open a new text document using notepad for example and type this (within the two lines):
___________________
[autorun]
ICON=ICON\your icon.ico
___________________
Change the name of 'your icon'.ico here to match the name you gave to your custom icon and save the file as autorun.inf. Be sure to change the file extension on this .txt file to .inf. I'll have an example you can download later if you wish...just change the icon/filename where appropriate.
OK, now you've created a custom icon, saved it in a folder called 'ICON' and have an .inf file to use. Now we get to add it to your current dvd project...except we need one more step which I'll explain in a sec. We need to create one more folder to put the ICON folder and the .inf file in. Let's call that folder LOGO for now. Now you have a folder like this.
With DVDA3 open to a project you are preparing to author, click on 'file' > properties. You should see a project menu like this. You'll see a line that says 'Extras Folder'. Click on the ... button to the right to browse to your LOGO folder. DVDA3 doesn't copy the LOGO folder to the dvd, just the folder(s)/files within it. You won't see any folders or files added to your project but when you burn your dvd, this is what you'll see when you explore the disk.
You can download an .inf file and my test icon here.
Here's another image (with the original for comparison) I've created to use as an icon as well as a logo (the 'O' turned out the best) 8^)
Doc