cool! i got it. i preview it with the grid displayed, the text box is out.
should i put the object within the inner grid or outer grid?

thanks again

The "inner" grid is the text safe area meaning all text should be inside that area if you want it to be seen on, virtually, ANY TV. Some TVs show a larger area than others. However, MOST TVs will show an area larger than the inside area.

The "outer" grid is the "action" safe area meaning all action should remain inside that area. However, some TVs may not show this entire area while others will.

The areas are simply guidelines. If you can see everything on your TV, most others will be able to as well. Just be aware that some TVs may not. I have one older TV that loses words at the bottom of the screen from network television meaning they don't always adhere to the title safe area.

thanks again jetdv
i moved the text box within the inner grid, it works now.

This is a little off topic but...

You asked about changing the picture size. This is what I have found:

Since pics usually have a 4x3 aspect ratio, DVDA has to change the size when it prepares the DVD. The closest you can get to the 720x480 DVD size, while still maintaining the 4x3 ratio is 720x540. If you use a pic of this size, DVDA will have to do much less processing that it will with a 1600x1200 pic. If you change the pic to 720x480 before using it in DVDA, it looks a bit odd and stretched. There is no MPEG standard (as far as I know) for stills.

If you have a lot of stills, you can use Photoshop to record an action and then automate a batch process that will convert all of the stills to 720x540.