Dvd menu problem

The dvd menus does not accept custom background images. I can place images in the dvd menu, but when the dvd is rendered all images are gone.
What is wrong with this software? This problem has been written by others, but it seems to be no solution to it.
My images are 720 * 576 pixels jpg.
I will be very happy if someone could give me a clue...

There were several Menu Sets in PrE 9, that did not work properly, when adding a custom background image. One valued contributor, A T Romano, did a full test, and listed each "problem" Menu Set. His report is in a thread, similar to yours on the Menu Sets.
It appears that Adobe corrected those Menu Sets in PrE 10, or at least I have not read of the issue with the latest version. I never did find out why some of those Library Menu Sets (they are just PSD's after all), did not work. It also seems that ATR found a workaround for those, but I cannot recall the details now. This is one of those THREADS, with ATR's comments, and there are several others too.
Good luck,
Hunt

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