How do I create a custom theme in DVDArchitect5.0?

SpeedinTurtle wrote on 4/30/2013, 5:36 AM

I'm confused on how to create a custom theme. I watched Gary Rebholz's training video on it (this video: http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/dvdmenuwebinar) and thought I knew perfectly what to do. I made my Background template in Photoshop and saved it as a PSD file. I was following the steps in the video and when it got to the part to add the theme, I don't have the option. Just like in the training video, I went into the project overview window, right-clicked on the current main menu, and where he says "choose insert, submenu from file" I'm lost because mine doesn't say submenu from file...just submenu. I noticed his version was 5.2 and not 5.0. Does mine not come with that option or is there another way of making custom themes?

I've spend quite awhile in Vegas Studio and in Photoshop making my theme so my project would look perfect. If in fact I can't add custom themes, I feel I've spent a lot of time for nothing.

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Steve Grisetti wrote on 4/30/2013, 7:32 AM

Once you've created a custom look for your menu page, saving it as a custom theme should be as simple as selecting Export Menu as Theme from the File menu.

That's what you're trying to do, right?

SpeedinTurtle wrote on 5/9/2013, 8:35 PM

Well in a way. In the video I saw, he seems to be able to keep the animations and images for the buttons in the theme when he saves it as a theme. When I save it as a theme, it saves the background and button locations but not the button images. I have to manually insert them all over again. I just thought it would have been a little easier to keep all elements of the theme.

(BTW, Sorry for the late response. I've been very busy and kept forgetting to reply.)