custome templates

[shai]

Hi,

How can I add more Scene Frames on my Layout of a Customized template?

Right now I have DMF4 and there are just three Layouts to choose from, one with two Scene Frames, another with three and a third with four Scene Frames ... but I want more Scene Frames in each page.

Thanks in advance,
Shai

[sjj1805]

Please view:
http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic.php?t=13854
http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic.php?t=11378

[shai]

Hi Steve,

Isn't there another way other then now needing to purchase another software to create an entire menu?

I just want to manipulate the amount of Scene Frames there are in each Layout.

Shai

[shai]

no other way if I don't have Ulead Photo Impact ? and remember, i use version 4 not 5.

[htchien]

You need PhotoImpact because the DVD template format is a Ulead private format.

Best regards,
H.T.

[Herb Jones]

I took templates from MF3 and copied them to the MF5 (I am trial'ing MF5). Most of them work, MF5 crashes if it finds a thumbnail template without text. I then used Photoimpact (trial'ing it also) to slap in text just to keep the templates useable.

A question I have however, MF5 crashes when I try to add more than 9 thumbnails to the layout. Can someone from U'lead confirm that this is a bug? Adding thumbs is extremely easy with PhotoImpact, I am pretty darned sure I am copying correctly. I have tried manually copying the thumbs and manually incrementing the three sections (number, text, frame); and I have also tried using the DVD plug-in to rename the three objects. Either way, it pukes on more than nine thumbnails!

Every other quirk with MF5, I have worked around (i.e. lack of templates was one!) This one however is really a nuisance!

The other quirk is MF5's inability to save a thumbnail layout. It reverts back to the default 'Smartscene Menu' and loses all my hard work every time. My own created workaround, save your work as a favorite every time, and select the favorite when you re-load. Works, but your favorites directory gets very messy in a hurry.

I have e-mailed U-lead tech support on five occasions. Number of responses? ZERO. Makes me want to trial another piece of software and see how their tech support is.

I guess if my glitches get answered in this post I may reconsider. We'll see...

Tanx,

-hj

[shai]

Fortunately a very nice U-lead customer has e-mailed me templates from MF3 that will work in MF4. This was simply a matter of copying and e-mailing files - why couldn't U-lead have done this simple task?

Now for templates with more than 9 thumbnails in a menu. If it is not a MF4 or MF5 software bug, then U-lead should have no problem e-mailing a sample menu that includes 12 thumbs?

Is anyone from U-lead out there? Helllloooooo?

Thanks 'hj'... shame on U-lead 'support'.

[sjj1805]

Hi Steve,

Isn't there another way other then now needing to purchase another software to create an entire menu?

I just want to manipulate the amount of Scene Frames there are in each Layout.

Shai

You can download the 30 day trial version

[shai]

Hi Steve,

Isn't there another way other then now needing to purchase another software to create an entire menu?

I just want to manipulate the amount of Scene Frames there are in each Layout.

Shai

You can download the 30 day trial version

30 days work-around. Thanks but no thanks

[sjj1805]

So how many templates do you want?
In reality you can create lets say 12 templates
Template 1 = 1 Thumbnail button
Template 2 = 2 Thumbnail buttons
Template 12 = 12 Thumbnail buttons.

Once you have these you can then use the normal Menu editing facilities built into MovieFactory (or VideoStudio if you have that also) to modify
Backgrounds, Sound files, move the buttons around, move the text around.

Surely you don't need more than 30 days to do that.