Menus and Submenus

[MikeV99]

I am trying to create a DVD show to play on my TV. I would like a Main Menu that has links to 3 submenus. Within each of those submenus I want links to 2 or 3 groups of slides.

Main Menu
Scene 1
Scene 2
Scene 3

Scene 1 Submenu
Slide group 1
Slide group 2
Slide group 3

If I use a Menu template for the slide show, I can get Main Menu 1 and Scene 1 submenu. However, all attempts to get multiple Scene submenus have failed. I have read the online help (arggg...).

Can anyone tell how to do this or direct me to something to read? Does anyone have a small sample of this which I could download and study?

Thanks.

Mike.

[Wheat King]

Hi Mike, Creating sub menus is something that Premiere Elements is not very good at. I think to do what you want to do you may have to export your finished product as DV-AVI and bring it into a more sophisticated DVD menu editor. I know there's a few people on the forum that use Encore (which would probably be overkill for what you need to do) There's another software that is commonly recommended that a little cheaper and I think it would do what you need. Can't remember what it is though. Someone else will know...

[Rockdoc]

I think that Jamal is referring to Sony DVD Architect Studio. It has lots of menu control and goes for around $50 on Amazon.

[MikeV99]

Thank you both for your post.

Sony DVD Architect Studio -- I will go check it out. I have also been told that Nero Slideshow will do it, but got a virus complaint from my checker when I downloaded their trial version.

Mike

[Chuck Engels]

You can have something similar with Premiere Elements, you just have to work withing its capabilities.

MAIN MENU
Play All
Scene Menu


SCENE MENU
Scene 1
Scene 2
Scene 3

Will that work?

[MikeV99]

Chuck,

I am starting to think that I should just work within the limits of Premiere with the one menu and one scene setup.

Best I can tell, one can attach narrative, sound tracks, and so on to each scene individually. Can I do everything to build my DVD within Premiere or do I need something like the Sony DVD Architect program?

If I understand it correctly, Premiere and Proshow Gold do basically the same thing?

Thanks,

Mike

[Chuck Engels]

You can do everything in Premiere Elements if you can work within the available features, I did all of my work in Premiere Elements for years.
It wasn't until earlier this year that I needed more functionality with the DVD menus and had to move to Encore DVD. For the Most part I think that Premiere Elements DVD Menus are just fine.

[Steve Grisetti]

And, as my Steve's Tips article "Make An Amazing DVD Menu!" shows, you can do some pretty cool things within Premiere Elements limitations.
http://muvipix.com/products.php?maincat ... ubcat_id=7