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Changing themes in a project

At any point during the development of your project, you can change the theme for your entire project or for just specific menus. Because your new theme may have different features from the current theme, such as additional drop zones, you may have to do more editing after applying the new theme.

Here are ways to change a theme:

If you want to change a theme for a specific menu:

Make sure the menu whose theme you want to change is showing in the iDVD window.

Click the Themes button, and scroll through the themes to find the one you want to use.

Click the disclosure triangle next to the theme master to see all the template styles for the theme.

Click the thumbnail you want to apply to the menu.

After a short pause, the menu changes to the theme you selected. Note that there are no restrictions to which style of menu you can apply. For example, you can use a Main menu style for your Scene Selection menu if you want.

If you want to change the theme for all menus in your project:

Make sure the main menu of your project is showing in the iDVD window.

Click the theme master (the thumbnail with the gray triangle next to it.)

Click OK in the Apply Theme Family dialog that appears.

All menu styles are applied to your project as appropriate: the Main menu style is applied to your main menu, the Scene Selection menu style is applied to your scene selection menu, and so on.

If you have made changes to a theme (for example, modifications to the style of buttons or menu text), you can preserve these changes when you apply a new theme. Choose iDVD > Preferences, and then click General. Select “Retain changes to theme defaults.”

To undo a theme change, choose Edit > Undo Set Theme. This works only if you have not saved your project with the new theme.

Related Topics

Choosing an iDVD theme

Creating a DVD without a theme

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