Creating a menu with VS10+

Post by **jparnold** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:28 am

Is there a tutorial available showing how to create a menu using VS10+ ?
I have found one for VS9 but not VS10 and there doesn't seem to be anything in the (VS10) user manual and I have to resort to using VS9 to create menus and author my DVDs as I can't work out how to do this with VS10.
Thanks

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 1:05 pm

Do you mean creating a menu template from scratch, or simply putting together a menu from within the VS10 create menu phase?

Post by **jparnold** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 1:22 pm

Sorry I meant BOTH creating a menu template from scratch and putting together a menu from within the VS10 create menu phase.
I would like to know how to do both.
The interface (for creating a menu) seems very different from that in VS9 and I am having trouble even just putting together a menu using existing templates.

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:59 pm

Hi John

You cannot create a menu from scratch, but you can customise as you did with VS 9.

Video Studio 9 only used thumbnail menu¡¦s, whereas 10 has a selection of formats.

The default seems to be Smartscene Menus,

Change this to ¡¥Thumbnail Menu¡¦ and the structure will be similar to VS 9.

Select a template.

Now hit the ¡¥Edit¡¦ tab

You should be able to ¡¥Customise¡¦ the menu in a similar way as VS 9, then save the Menu Template, which will show under ¡¥Favourites¡¦

I realise there are more options using VS 10, but by using ¡¥thumbnails¡¦ may help in understanding the structure.

Hope this Helps

Trevor

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:25 pm

Please view:
Authoring a DVD

For creating a Menu from scratch you need PhotoImpact - you cannot use another product because it must be saved as a UFO file format plus there are certain naming conventions that must be adhered to.

Please view:
PhotoImpact: Creating a DVD menu from scratch