DVD Templates - Scene Menu as Main Menu

[GPauba]

Can I use a scene menu as the main menu by renaming it using the Main Menu naming convention?

Also, on this same scene-to-main menu, can I delete the "Main" button that jumps to the main menu on the scene menu screen?

Thanx,
G

[Chuck Engels]

Each Template must have a Main and a Scene Menu, you cannot swap them due to the types of buttons, Chapter Markers and Main Menu Markers. It would be easier to just swap out the background.

Which template are you trying to modify? Maybe there is an easier way. Is this version 2 or 3? Photoshop Elements 4 or 5 or other?

[Steve Grisetti]

Good question, G!

Actually, you can use a Scene Menu as a Main Menu by renaming it -- but the navigation elements (the links to your DVD markers, for instance) might not work right.

On the other hand, if it's just the background you like, you can easily just drag that photo over from the Scene Menu to the Main Menu in Photoshop Elements (just be sure that it's on a layer BELOW the navigation layer sets).

Does that answer your question?

[GPauba]

I am using Premier Elements 3.0 & Photoshop Elements 5.0. I'm trying to mimic a Training DVD from one of our customers. I loaded the video from their DVD into PE 3 and saved an image for the background. Then in PSE 5 I opened the /General/Standard DVD Template and added the picture as the background to the Scene Menu. I just wanted one menu with the thumbnail videos in each of the film clips where the user can jump to those sections of the video. Is there a way to add a jpg screen shot to this to this (or another message)?

G

[GPauba]

Oops! Should have proof-read. I meant to say -

Is there a way to add a screen shot of my menu to one of these messages?

G

[Ron]

Sure, just use [img] [/img] tags. Upload the image somewhere (our Gallery is a good place), then link the image in your message like this :

[img]http://yoursite.com/screenshot.jpg[/img]

and the image will be embedded in the post.

[GPauba]

I got it up into the gallery but don't know how to get the direct URL. It is the sample.jpg at

http://muvipix.com/cpg/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=0&page=1

Please let me know after you've had a look at it so that I can delete it to unclutter the gallery.

G

[Ron]

Well, I just realized that the img tags don't work for the Gallery because of the special characters in the URL, I'll have to fix that later gotta run...

Anyway, here's the image in question :

[GPauba]

Thanx Ron!

Chuck or Steve - any ideas on having a single scene type menu providing the look above?

Thanx,
G

[Chuck Engels]

As long as you only use Main Menu markers and no Scene Markers there will be no scene menu. Does that help?

[GPauba]

I really wanted to just have one menu with scene markers but as to your reply earlier in the thread, I have to have a Main menu without scene markers.

Thanks again for all the help!

AWESOME Website!

G

[Steve Grisetti]

Chuck is right.

Scene Menu markers generate thumbnails/links for your Scene Menu page and Main Menu markers generate thumbnail/links for your Main Menu page.

If you only use Main Menu markers and no Scene Menu markers, you can have a one-page menu.

[GPauba]

I am writing out a sample DVD with a main & scene menu so it will be a bit until I have the system to play with the Main Menu markers.

Hmm . . . Can you have video clip displayed on the Main Menu (using a Main Menu marker) like a scene clip with video?

G

[Steve Grisetti]

If you're asking if you can have a thumbnail video clip for your Main Marker the way you can with a Scene Marker, the answer is yes.

[GPauba]

Ahhhh . . . That's what I was looking to do. Thanx all - sorry it took me so long to understand (and communicate what I wanted to do) this.

Take Care,
G