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Using the drop zone editor

Many iDVD themes feature one or more drop zones, to which you can add photos, slideshows, and even movies to add visual interest to the menus in your DVD projects.

You can use the drop zone editor (shown below) to see all the drop zones in a menu and to easily change their content, adding or deleting images, movies, and slideshows. This is especially useful for themes with dynamic drop zones, which move around the menu and can therefore be difficult to work with from the menu itself.

Image of the drop zone editor

To change the contents of a drop zone using the drop zone editor:

Step 1

Make sure the menu with the drop zones you want to edit is showing in the iDVD window.

Step 2

Choose Project > Edit Drop Zones, double-click a drop zone, or click the drop zone button (shown below) at the bottom of the iDVD window.

The drop zone editor appears at the bottom of the iDVD window.

Image of the Drop Zone button
Step 3

Click the Media button, and then click Audio, Photos, or Movies.

Step 4

Drag a movie, single image, or folder of images from the Media pane to each drop zone in the drop zone editor. You can also drag files from elsewhere on your computer or a connected server.

Dragging a folder of images onto a drop zone automatically creates a slideshow in that drop zone.

Step 5

To delete an item from a drop zone, click the drop zone to select it and then choose Edit > Delete, or drag the item out of the drop zone.

Step 6

To replace an item in a drop zone, simply drag a new file onto the drop zone.

The previous item is deleted automatically.

Step 7

To move content between drop zones, drag a photo or movie clip from one drop zone to another.

The media item is removed from the original drop zone.

Step 8

To copy a media asset from a drop zone and add it to another drop zone, press the Option key as you drag the photo or movie clip to the new drop zone.

Both drop zones now contain the same media item.

You can’t delete individual drop zones or add drop zones, but you can hide all the drop zones on a menu screen. For more information, see Related Topics below.

On the left side of the drop zone editor is a Menu content well. You can drag images, movies, and songs into this well to modify the appearance of the menu background and add a soundtrack to it. For more information, see Related Topics below.

Related Topics

Adding images and movies to drop zones

Adding sound to a menu

Adding your own video to a menu background

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