Thanks to you and Chuck Engels for words of welcome.
Bob wrote:That's a nice feature, but I suspect it is a feature of DVDA Pro version 5 rather than DVDA Studio version 4.5. The Studio manual does not contain the layers naming convention that you mentioned. Or, any information about using a layered PSD as a menu. Perhaps it's undocumented? Themes appear to be Studio's preferred way to distribute menu templates.
Yes, it's not surprising that Studio's feature set is less capable than the Pro version, and it's a problem in forums where it's not always clear which version is being discussed. As the topic of this thread doesn't mention 'Studio', my assumption was that posters were, at least initially, talking about the pro version, which used to be known simply as
DVD Architect. Starting with DVD-A 4.5, (I think) Sony added the "Pro" to make a distinction between the two, but forum users aren't always specific, leading to uncertainty.
There are free menu templates in the complementary products section and many more in the subscriber area.
Thank you for pointing this out. I should have looked there before asking, as I did stumble across these last night after submitting the post. Looking at one of the .psd files, it appears that it could be adapted to use with DVD Architect (Pro!) by changing the layer names to match DVD-A's specs.