Idvd templates made in motion?

I know this is not an idvd forum. But I am trying to see if it is possible to create templates (using Motion) with dropzones and use them in idvd. I use idvd for making quick copies of various material with the same DVD menu but would like to create my own templates and use them in iDVD.
Is is possible to use motion to create the same type of templates that idvd offers?? The don't need to be edited once they are created just need to be able to add/delete drop zones & buttons just like the basic packages offered with idvd??
Maybe some one has done this before???
Thank-you

not in idvd
but if you havd dvd studio pro (final cut studio package), motion can fully be incorporated to create dvd menus. you will not be able to do so with idvd,

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A video made with Motion for your viewing

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I haven't seen many people post videos that they've
made in this forum, so I hope it's not too
self-promotional to do so. I regularly check the iWeb
forums, and over there people regularly post samples
of their work, which I think is good, cause I can get
some ideas from this.
Well, I made this video entirely using Motion, so I
thought people here might be interested. If you're a
Motion user, it's pretty obvious what the effects
are: ie. particle emitter, orbit around object,
zooms, replicator, etc ...
The video is called "The Future is China". Made for
an online video contest with a "future" theme. The
video is a spoof, so please don't take it too
seriously (the US-China relations issue can be a
fairly hot issue, I know). Anyway, here it is:
http://one.revver.com/watch/133243
I'd say I'm still in the latter stages of being a
novice at this sort of thing, so I will be receptive
to tips if you have any.
You forgot the part where the poor masses rise up against the tyrrany of the elite and the polloution caused by unregulated industrilization causes mass birth defects, and cancer. Other than that nice work....

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