Creating themes for idvd 6

Can some tell me how to create a custom theme for idvd. what I mean is, I want to create my own Menu screen without the use of the themes that are provided, kind of make my own. does anyone know if its possible and how you can do it? I have found themes you can buy on line so I know there has to be away to do it. Thanks in advance.

so is there any other programs out there that does the same thing as idvd but on a more advance level?
Yes. It's called Apple's Final Cut Sudio 2 / DVDSP .... might be easier to make your own custom themes within DVDSP, although there is a larger learning curve involved with this particular app (it also helps to have a working knowledge of Motion(included in Final Cut Studio 2) for creating motion graphics menus as well as Adobe PS). Or you can simply select from the many themes templates provided as a starting point w/in DVDSP.
You can do many of the same things within iDVD (to some extent) however button and text objects (and their associated links) are not as stable nor predictable as they are in apple's pro apps / DVDSP.... which IMO is one of the main reasons for having a DVD entry menu/s in the first place.
By sdmacuser at 2007-11-07

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Check in your HD/Library/Application Support folder for an iDVD folder. If it's there look inside to see if it contains theme folders and which versions are included.
The iDVD folder may be in your Home/Library/Application Support folder so you can also look there.
If you find the iDVD/Themes folder go to iDVD's Advanced preferece pane and point iDVD to the Themes folder:

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i want to create a theme for my nokia x6. can you suggest me some tools?
Greece Nokia X6 RM-559 v40.0.002
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Go to Solution.

The official theme creator is available on nokia's developer forum. It takes a lot of time and effort to get to grips with it.
http://www.forum.nokia.com/Tools_Docs_and_Code/Tools/IDEs/Carbide.ui/
If you need help with it ask on the developers forum, not here. You may also find tutorials by searching google.
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Well, the problem is that you can't expect a Java application to reconfigure the operating system (to set its theme), and Java has no easy way of finding out what themes are on a Windows system or retrieving Windows theme information.
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I have 7 individual movies I have imported into iDVD and want to select the first one and play to the end. How can I have iDVD to go from the first to the second and all the way through? I also want a menu that is Scene Selection as a sub menu to allow you to select say like movie number 3 and play just that movie and when done goes back to the Main Menu.

You can't with iDVD. However you can put all of the videos in a iDVD slideshow and it will play one after the other without returning the to menu. Just select time for each slide to anything except manual and don't add any transitions. This slideshow would be on the first page.
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Wow thanks for quick reply. Apologies I didn't give full info.
I am viewing DVD on TV - well a plasma being played via DVD on PS3.
BUT, DVPRO50 is the only output that shows a "smooth" movie, if I playback on the canvas at 50% the interlace line are gone due to the scaling BUT the movie plays jumpy, so the DVPRo50 method is the only way I can get a smooth pan for example, every other method just gives a jumpy playback on DVD.
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The movie is also 47 minutes long - it's quite big, file produced is about 19GB.
Also I understand about getting HD quality and BlueRay disk etc, but I would expect to get DVD quality from iDVD, doing the DVPRO50 conversion makes it pretty bad. but smooth!
As I said the anooying things is when I exported to MP4 on quicktime at 1080 HD and 18000kbps and 29.97 it also plays smooth for a short bursts of a few seconds (albeit jumping every second to 25 -> 29.97 issues), in 25 fps it's just blurry and jumpy. (playback on PS3)
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welcome paul to the  board...
<typing "iDVD themes iDVD3" into search field upper right corner of Safari.. reading third line:...>
http://www.dvdthemepak.com/pak1.html
I'm pretty sure, you'll find more sites...
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I use iDVD because it is easy to use.
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I have used a few of the premade themes and I would like to explore modifying them for some of the work I do.
This would be changes such as altering color/location of preview rotations/etc. Thanks for any clues ahead of time.
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Sounds like work for Apple's DVDSP and Motion (for Graphics animation) or some of these may help:
http://www.creativemac.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=66079
http://www.creativemac.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=67633
http://www.creativemac.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=29770
http://www.dvdthemepak.com/idvd.html
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So where can I get, if not design, themes for my 5...

I'd really like to be able to customize to the fullest. I like the built in Nokia theme, but it's just TOO default for me,a nd besides, EVERYONE has it! Thanks, in advance!

You can find 10000's of themes by searching google.
Or you can use the program in the link below to create themes for it.
http://www.forum.nokia.com/info/sw.nokia.com/id/bb173537-4e67-496f-9967-50917d5cfc47/S60_Theme_Studi...
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Working on 'watercolor' theme for idvd, have 4 slideshows on chapter page and want to
have them loop in a certain order but can't find info for moving them...any suggestions?

Hi she356
Welcome to apple discussions. Technically there is no "Play All" check box within iDvd like there is within Toast for example. But here's a few ways to meet your stated objective. First make your slideshows w/in iDvd as shown below ...
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Now go to Map View and drag the slideshow that you wish to start with and to loop to the first box and select the Loop function in iDvd. For example:
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or you can make a duplicate full length movie of all slideshows as ONE movie and designate it as the third slideshow and while in Map View drag it to the first / top box; remembering to also select the loop function.
Hope this works for you but if not feel free to search this forum for other approaches that involve 3rd party apps that might provide you with even better results since they often specialize in slideshow presentations. The following iDvd discussion may shed some light on exactly which apps are available to do this. FotoMagico comes to mind (and is often recommended on this forum) and so does Toast for continuous play options. Btw, Toast now includes FotoMagico within their software.
http://discussions.info.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2198476
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How to get Old Themes into iDVD 7.1.2?

I'm running iDVD 7.1.2 on an iMac running Mavericks 10.9.1. When I open an iDVD project I have access to theme for iDVD 7 and iDVD 6. When try to select an Old Theme a window opens inviting me to install additional themes by choosing Download Now.
However, when I choose OK to download now the App Store opens to the Update screen and tells me there are no updates available. What gives? How are the old themes to be installed?

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Otherwise you'll have to obtain it by purchasing a copy of the iLife 09 disk from a 3rd party retailier like Amazon.com: ilife 09: Software or eBay.com. Why, because iDVD (and iWeb) was discontinued by Apple over a year ago.
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Currently the only sure fire way to get all themes is to start with the iLife 09 disc:
This shows the iDVD contents in the iLife 09 disc via Pacifist:
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Export the slideshow out of iPhoto as a QT movie file via the Export button in the lower toolbar. Select Size = Medium or Large.
Open iDVD, select a theme and drag the exported QT movie file into the open iDVD window being careful to avoid any drop zones.
Follow this workflow to help assure the best qualty video DVD:
Once you have the project as you want it save it as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image menu option. This will separate the encoding process from the burn process.
To check the encoding mount the disk image, launch DVD Player and play it. If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding is good.
Then burn to disk with Disk Utility or Toast at the slowest speed available (2x-4x) to assure the best burn quality. Always use top quality media: Verbatim, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.
OT

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