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Choosing an iDVD theme

Choosing a theme is one of the first steps you take in creating a new DVD project.

When you first create a new project in iDVD, a default theme is already selected, and it appears in the iDVD window. You can use this theme or select a new one.

There are a number of ways to use iDVD themes in your projects:

Use the same theme throughout your project, applying its family of menus throughout your project for a unified look and feel.

Mix and match themes, applying menus from a number of different themes throughout your project. For example, in the same project, you might use the main menu from one theme and the scene selection menu from a different theme.

Using one of the iDVD themes as a base, you can customize it and then save it as a favorite for use in a future project.

To choose a theme:

Step 1

Click the Themes button to access the Themes pane.

Step 2

Choose a group of themes (for example, 7.0 themes) from the pop-up menu at the top of the Themes pane.

Choose All if you want to see all the available themes at once. Customized themes you have saved are listed under Favorites.

Step 3

Click the triangle next to a theme master to see the family of different menu designs for the theme.

Step 4

Click the thumbnail you want to use for the menu that is showing in the iDVD window.

After a short pause, the menu changes to the theme you selected.

You can apply any thumbnail to any type of menu. For example, you can apply the Chapters menu style of a theme to the main menu of your project.

To change all the menus in your project to the same theme, click the theme master instead of one of the theme thumbnails. iDVD indicates that it will use this theme for all the menus in your project. When you click OK, all the menus in the project change to this theme. This means that the main menu style is applied to the main menu of your DVD, the chapter menu style is applied to the scene selection menu of your DVD, and so on.

Related Topics

About iDVD themes

Creating a DVD without a theme

Changing themes in a project

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