Deeletting clips help

thebrain900 wrote on 4/19/2012, 9:33 PM
I have DVD Architect Studio 4.5 and make a Menu DVD and it works good.

And I have the Menu setup just how I like it and I want this menu on all my DVDs I make.

I have all video clips on the Menu and eatch video is an image of a spot in the video.

And then I have text and things like this.

What I want to know is when I burn a DVD and it is doen can I just Delette the video clips I have on the Menu and put new videos this way I can keep the Menu I made with the text and all?

I also have a background video play on the menu can I put a new one in and then burn it again or once you make a Menu and burn one DVD you can not justy change something in the menu and Burn it again?

Comments

Steve Grisetti wrote on 4/20/2012, 7:06 AM
Yes, you can reuse your set-up, if you'd like. Though I'd recommend doing a Save As to save it under a different name when you use it for a different project.

But you can also just save your layout for each menu page as a template by selecting the option under the File menu. That way you can recall it and apply it to your new disc whenever you'd like.
thebrain900 wrote on 4/20/2012, 9:36 PM
OK I know that I do not think I asked in the right way.

I am making a DVD with a Menu and I have 3. Videos on the menu and a background video playing in the menu.

Now I burn the DVD and all goes good.

Now I want to burn another DVD with everything as is but I want to change the video I have playing in the background of the menu to a diferant one.

Can I do things like this without starting over?

And say I want to keep everything as is but Delette one of the 3. videos in the menu and ad a diferant one before burning my second DVD?

This is what I ment
videoITguy wrote on 4/21/2012, 9:27 AM
There is a trick you can use.
First: don't delete any file from the directory of your media assets.
Second add any media you do want to use in the new sequence of DVD build to the same directory as your original source holding directory. Then use the replace dialogue in the original DVDA project to bring in the new asset.

Why? Because this allows the original DVDA project to be a master project..all subsequent projects can be saved with changed file names..like originalproject, then originalproject2, originalproject3 etc.
Chienworks wrote on 4/21/2012, 2:10 PM
Actually, your reasoning for creating subsequent projects with different names works just fine whether you use the same directory for the alternate sources or not. And it's good practice even in situations where one isn't making subsequent projects, but wants to be able to go back to an earlier version.