Editing iDVD 6 Theme Background

Hello,
I'm in the process of updating my promotional DVD with the iDVD 6 'Reflection' themes. All I want to do, is edit the background that comes with the theme (instead of creating a new one), so it includes my logo. I've found the themes in Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/iDVD/Themes/iDVD 6 folder, but can't open the files in Photoshop or Illustrator to edit, save, and use it as a custom background. Has anyone tried doing this? Can anyone give me a suggestion?
Thanks in advance!
Bill
Bill Moore Photography
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www.billmoorephotography.com
PowerMac G5, PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Hello - I do not have iDVD 6 however I do have iDVD 5 and have a solution for that version you can try on the new one.
You need to find the iDVD program in your Applications folder, and then Control-click on it. When the popup menu appears, choose Show Package Contents.
You will then have a Contents folder. Insode this Contents folder you will find a Resources folder, and inside this folder you will find files for each of the themes. Again Control-click on the name of the theme you want to modify, and this will open the "guts" of each theme. You will then find various image files which you can then open and modify in Photoshop for your custom needs. Then just copy your modified file back into the theme file.
You might want to make a backup copy of the original unmodified file for future use. Also, this method also works to view the "guts" of Keynote themes. It will probably work on other applications as well.
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