How do I create menus?

hcgc wrote on 7/17/2007, 10:19 PM

I just bought the VMS+DVD 6th edition, but I am very new to this stuff. I want to know how you make motion menus and submenus for your DVDs. I cannot find any helpful tutorials. Does this stuff come up, when you are ready to make the DVD or is it somewhere in the production stages and I can't seem to locate it.

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Giisty wrote on 7/17/2007, 10:29 PM

This is all done in DVDA. Not real sure of the process so I am also interested in the responses to this. I have managed to fluke it at times but usually cannot repeat what I have done :(

Giisty wrote on 7/17/2007, 10:30 PM

There is also a link between Markers in Vegas and chapters in DVDA.

hcgc wrote on 7/17/2007, 10:35 PM

Maybe I am still lost. My VMS and DVDA came on the same disc; is there a way to view one opposite of the other?

OhMyGosh wrote on 7/17/2007, 10:51 PM

I believe your best bet on this one, is to go to the top of this page and click on 'Forums'. Then go to 'DVD Architect' and there are a lot of knowledgeable people there that can easily answer these questions. Good luck. Cin

hcgc wrote on 7/17/2007, 11:02 PM

Thanks I'll try there.

MSmart wrote on 7/17/2007, 11:55 PM

My VMS and DVDA came on the same disc; is there a way to view one opposite of the other?

hcgc, Yes. They are separate applications that you install from the same installation disc.

After you install and launch DVD Architect Studio, I suggest you follow the Help > Show Me How tutorials.

hcgc wrote on 7/18/2007, 2:06 PM

Thanks, I figure it out last night that I didn't install both. I thought threy would both install at the same time.hehehe

mickbadal wrote on 7/23/2007, 1:47 PM

"I want to know how you make motion menus and submenus for your DVDs."

It's true that you can do motion-type stuff directly in DVDA, but if you mean you have a specific desire to create "transitions" between menus, then (as I've been advised by the guru's around here) a very powerful way to do this is to create them in VMS directly. Basic approach:

1) Grab a snapshot of the beginning menu and ending menu
2) pull these into VMS, do whatever you want to create transitions and other effects between those snapshots
3) export to a video, then use this video as the transition between the menus in DVDA

Using this approach, you are virtually unlimited in what you can do.