Make a DVD Menu

[Jay]

I want to make a DVD menu with a video and still pic. I have look through and tried inserting/deleting and putting my stuff in some of
the DVD menus in PE4 and can't get any of them to work the way I like. May be you guys can get me started in the
right direction. I post the video at Tall_Ships_DVD_menu.wmv

Jay

[Bobby]

I think we need some more info about what you are trying to achieve. Did you start with one of the supplied menu templates and then change the background video? Are you trying to create your own template? You say a video and a still - you can't do both unless you compose your own 30 second video including the still.

Give us more details please.

[Jay]

Thanks Bobby for your reply.
I have a small video clip of a ship and a still pic which will be the frame around the video.
All of the templates in PE4 that I've tried just won't give me what I want. I suppose you're
right I guess I'm trying to make a new DVD Menu.
Jay

[Chuck Engels]

Hi Jay,
I think you will need to create the video with the frame all in one clip, you can do that in Premiere Elements.
As far as the DVD Menu Template goes, do you have Photoshop or Photoshop Elements? If so, what version.

[Steve Grisetti]

Jay won't need to do any deep editing of the native template files, if he follows Chuck's advice and creates a video clip of his video with a frame around it in Premiere Elements and then outputs that as a DV-AVI.

Once he's done that, he can swap that video in for his menu background right in Premiere Elements, just as I described in my Steve's Tips article "Customizing Your Disc Menus", available on our products page at http://muvipix.com/products.php?subcat_id=46

(I also walk you through the process in my Premiere Elements 7 book!)

[Bobby]

A video for a menu background can only be 30 seconds, just FYI. Then it repeats. Even commercial DVDs are bound by this restriction.

[Bill Hunt]

Now you guys and gals stop me if I get out of the PSE & PE scheme of things, OK?

While the placement of the frame would be easy in PE (or any NLE), one could also have a "still" floating above the "background," where the 30 sec. Video resides. Since the Video is placed on the Background (Adobe's PS convention), any Layer/Layer Set above the Background will show, i.e. think Buttons here. This would be easy in PS, and I think in PSE too.

In the case of a "frame," I think that the incorporation of it into the Motion AV file would be the best. For other elements maybe not.

Now, one would need to follow the PE Menu naming conventions and you'all can help better with that, than I can. Also, the Menus would need to be placed in the proper sub-folders.

Please freely change anything that might not apply in PE & PSE. I'd do this in P-Pro, Encore and PS, so I might well be missing something very important.

Hunt

[Jay]

Thank Guys
Sorry about not getting back sooner. All of the help you guys gave me worked. A little from each of you, I managed too get
what I was trying for. I avi the pic/video and by draging them into a DVD template I used Adobe cs3 video editing and by moving things
around it all fell into place.
Thanks again\.
Jay

PS Question, Why can't I upload a wmv video file by using Upload attachment feature here?

[Chuck Engels]

PS Question, Why can't I upload a wmv video file by using Upload attachment feature here?

There are a couple of restrictions, one is that the forum posts have a much smaller size limit than the gallery.
It is usually easiest to upload the video to the Gallery and then wrap the wmvVIdeo code are around the URL to the video.
All you have to do is press the wmvVideo button above where you type the body of your post and then insert the URl between the brackets

What error did you get when you tried to upload the file as an attachment?

[Jay]

Chuck
Here is the url what I tried to upload from here. And tks to you guys this is how it turn out but with music and sound effects
Jay



[wmvvideo]http://muvipix.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10236/Tall_ships_DvD_menu_1.wmv[/wmvvideo]

[Chuck Engels]

That came out great Jay, excellent quality
Love the video behind the pirate map, great look

[Ron]

Hi Jay,

Your link is incorrect (that link points to the last item uploaded in the gallery).

This post explains it better - viewtopic.php?f=14&t=4826

[Bobby]

Glad to help Jay - looks terrific.

[Chuck Engels]

I fixed it to the video would show in the post instead