Animating a dvd menu

hello everyone,
Im currently working on a dvd project and i was wondering...i need to do a layout for the main menu where Planets are the buttons to different menus. but instead of havin the menu static..when u switch buttons the planets rotate to the next button. Make sense? but i was wondering if its possible in dvd studio pro or do i have to do it in motion..and how? anyone have any suggestions or know how?

Not sure if you can do exactly what you want (I am not sure if I am getting the full way you want animation to work)
Basically, DVD SP and DVDs are limited compared to other things, such as Director or Flash, when interacting with them - such as buttons sliding or things moving smoothly - there are workarounds to fake some things, transitions and so forth, but for the most part on a menu to another button on a menu would not be a good idea due to speed and general user experience (For example you could also use buttons over video)
That being said, how do you envision the planets rotating? For example, you can, pretty easily, hide with mapped grayscale/chroma images so planets that are "off" are still and not as detailed and when you go over a button, the planet rotating is revealed in full color. You would make a movie with the planets rotating in their full color, then the overlays would cover the applicable planet underneath it.
Take a look here
http://dvdstepbystep.com/motion.php
At the image in step 18. Assume that it was blue and red and rotating. That would be in the background. Then the overlay would be an image grayscale or color over the background which you would map to hide. Mapping here
http://dvdstepbystep.com/newmap.php
Let me know if it makes sense or not, I can post some more details/examples if you need
I hope Pluto is still considered a planet for your project, my reality was shaken when they said it no longer was a planet

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