Create a DVD Menu Template in 4.0

[Shelby]

Hi to all!
I am really wanting to create my own template for a DVD menu can someone please advise how this is done!?! I keep reading that I should be able to but when I go to change the background picture on the programs existing template and replace it with a picture I want to use the original picture is ontop of the picture I want to use and I can see both. How do I get rid of the original template picture and use my own? Thanks so very much!

[Paul LS]

Hi Shelby a warm welcome to Muvipix.

Have you taken a look at the free "Steve's Tips" on creating DVD Menus in the Free Downloads section? It details how to change the background amonst other things. It may give you a clue to where you are going wrong.
The "Steve's Tips" is called Creating DVD Menus in Premiere Elements and can be found on this page:
http://muvipix.com/products.php?subcat_id=41

[Steve Grisetti]

Welcome to Muvipix, Shelby!

When you say "Create a DVD menu template", do you literally mean create a new template? You can do an awful lot of modifying of an existing template right in Premiere Elements. For instance, you can swap out the background image, move around and customize the text styles and colors, resize the buttons and even add a video and audio background to a menu page. That's what the article Paul has linked you to shows you how to do.

But if you want to go deep, it is available to truly custom-create a template itself. I've done a number of them for this site.

I have instructions for doing so among our members-only Steve's Tips articles and step-by-step instructions in my combined Photoshop Elements/Premiere Elements book at http://Muvipix.com/pe9.php