Moving an image in a drop zone

Is there any way of moving an image in a drop zone? at the moment its cropping the top half of a still image?

You can customize the shape, size, and position of a button in any menu but not drop zones unfortunately. In order to do this you'd need to modify the app itself. Most iLife users aren't up to such a task.
Might be easier to simply start with DvdSP (part of Apple's FCS 2). As complicated as DVDSP is, I believe it may be easier to learn apple's pro apps, as opposed to the actual hack for such modifications within iDvd.
http://macdvdpro.digitalmedianet.com/

Similar Messages

  • How do I resize an image within a drop zone (not the drop zone itself) in motion 5?

    How do I resize an image within a drop zone (not the drop zone itself) in motion 5?

    I think others would be able to help if you describe a little more why you'd like to do this. Given that drop zones are a way of passing images into Motion that you want to manipulate, resizing a drop zone is the equivalent of resizing the image.
    If you're having a problem with an image from Final Cut being too big or too small, select the Drop Zone in the inspector and make sure the Fit parameter is set to 'Fit' - 'Center' will result in images dropped not being scaled to fit the Drop Zone. 'Stretch' will force the dropped image to fill the space defined by the drop zone,
    If the image is already cropped and scaled up in Final Cut Pro, that is the information that Motion gets - you can't scale down the image to see more of the edges that have been cropped off.
    If you want more than one copy of the image passed via the drop zone, use Make Clone Layer from the Object menu.

  • Images disappear from drop zones

    I'm using the "Bands" template, and I'm adding a photo to 3 different drop zones: the first one (the animated one) works fine. But when I add a photo for background on either the menu or "extras" page, it goes in fine, turns black and white and has the shading around the top edge, but when I click on another page in the DVD and back to these two pages, the image is gone and it again says "Drag Photos or Movies Here". Any ideas? I'm using 7.0.4, don't have any compelling reason to upgrade to 7.1 unless this bug is fixed there...

    Hi George
    Sorry to hear you are having issues with iDvd regarding background and drop zones not staying with the images or photos you picked. I just tried the very same thing you described above running iDvd 7.0.4 on a Dual G5 2.0 Ghz and I cannot duplicate this issue. Mine runs fine and exactly as expected. All choices remain in place. So I'm not exactly sure what's going on with your own particular configuration. But like you I don't recommend updating unless this issue is first addressed in the next update. My feeling is that it won't be. What you may want to do if you haven't already is dispose of the plist for iDvd. Go to your HOME folder > Library > Preferences >
    com.apple.iDvd.plist
    Drag and drop this file to the trash or to the desktop and relaunch iDvd.
    Come on back if this fails to help. Please also let us know exactly how much available hard drive space is remaining on the boot volume (your main HDD). You may also want to repair permissions at this time from apple's disk utility.
    Good luck!
    Message was edited by: SDMacuser

  • Portrait image in a drop zone

    I have a portrait image i want to put in a drop zone.. there is a section that is cut, is there any way to increase the size of the drop zone.
    Thanks!

    Hi s
    If You mean in iMovie themes. Don't think so.
    I would:
    - take the photos to a photo editing program like PhotoShop
    - add a black border = make the photo smaller
    - now it would present it self better in the theme window drop-zones.
    Yours Bengt W

  • Difficulty positioning drop zone images

    I have carefully and repeatedly read the sizing and positioning instructions for images in iDVD drop zones. I am just not "getting it". There must be more info. somewhere about putting predictability into this process. The photo does not appear in the desired size and position.

    My apologies to the person I got this from—cannot find it now. But, OT, here's what works great:
    1) Open a new Appleworks (or Word) word processing document. I know this is unsophisticated, but this standard 8 1/2 x 11" document seems to be the key to the process.
    2) Set the document margins to very thin. like 1/10".
    3) Place (paste) your photo into the document.
    4) The portion of the picture that you want to show in the drop zone—place it at the top of the document and slightly to the right.
    5) Use the "create pdf" function within the print dialog box to create a pdf document.
    6) Drag the resulting pdf document into the drop zone well.
    7) Look at the results. In the original word processing document, adjust the photo size and position as desired. Then, make another pdf.
    8) Drag your adjusted pdf into the drop zone well.
    As I said before, this worked great for me after spending a whole day trying to find a solution. I feel liberated. Thanks to the original author, whomever it may be.

  • Image in drop zone not sharp

    Using a DVD SP menu template, I have dropped images into button drop zones. The .jpg files when viewed in photoshop are much sharper than when they are seen in the DVD menu format, even though the images as button images are even smaller than when the image is viewed outside of DVD SP. The unsuarp image stays there when I burn a DVD and test on a television or TV screen too, so it's not a matter of how it looks in simulate.
    Any ideas on why the drop zone images are not sharp / how to solve to problem?
    Thanks in advance.

    Hi Pamela
    Have just had a go at this operation on a brand new project and I did not get any of the problems you mentioned both as buttons and drop zones, have you tried it out in a brand new project to see if you get the same results as before, also you could try saving your files as a TIFF from photoshop to see if that increases the quality of what you get from a jpeg.

  • Not scaling images in drop zone

    Hi,
    For some reason when I drop an image into a drop zone in iDVD 6, it will not scale the image so a large chunk of the image is cropped off. Since the image I need to use has some text on it, I'm trying t resize it to fit in an external editor, but no luck as of yet.
    Any help would be greatly appreciated.
    Many, many thanks,
    David

    David,
    I know I used to have the problem you described back in the iDVD 4 (or earlier) days, but I just did some more checking.
    The article Selecting the portion of a movie or image that appears in the drop zone at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iDVD/5.0/en/258.html says (in part): When you drag a picture or movie into a drop zone, the aspect ratio of the image is preserved and it is scaled larger or smaller until the top, bottom, left, or right edge of the image meets the edge of the drop zone. You can move the image to choose which portion of the image is visible in the drop zone.
    The article was written for iDVD 5 but when I 'fired up' iDVD 6 and tried some 5 megapixel images in the drop zones of several themes, everything worked as advertised in the article.
    What theme are you having problems with?
    F Shippey

  • Drop Zone Image Adjustment in iDVD '08

    I use iDVD 6 for making slideshow DVDs of family functions to send out to my other family members. One of the features that I used in every one of my projects was the ability to drag around any image that you place in the Drop Zone that has been automatically cropped, so that you can pick which part of the image you want to be visible.
    In iDVD '08, however, this feature has been removed. What's worse, some of the new themes (Modern, for instance) crop the majority of the images you place into the Drop Zone. I find virtually every new theme in iDVD '08 unusable because of the removal of this feature.
    I tried using an old theme from iDVD 6, but I was also unable to adjust the location of my images in relation to the drop zone.
    Am I just doing something wrong? In both the toturial vid and the manual, Apple makes no mention of adjusting an image once it's inside the Drop Zone.
    In the meantime, I am reverting to iDVD 6. I don't understand why they would remove a feature that was so useful.

    *Here's the whole explanation from iDVD Help:*
    Repositioning an image or movie in a drop zone
    When you drag a picture or movie into a drop zone, the aspect ratio of the image is preserved, but it is scaled larger or smaller to fill the drop zone. As a result, sometimes part of the image is cut off and does not appear in the drop zone. In this case, you can move the image to choose which portion is visible in the drop zone.
    _To reposition an image or movie in a drop zone:_
    1.) From the drop zone on the menu (not in the drop zone editor), click the image or movie and press Command.
    2.) Drag the image until the part you want is visible in the drop zone.
    Keep these things in mind as you position an image:
    If you drag a narrow image to a drop zone, the image is scaled vertically, and you can move the image up or down only.
    If you drag a wide image to a drop zone, the image is scaled horizontally, and you can move the image side to side only.
    If you accidentally drag the image too far, you will remove it from the drop zone. (The cursor changes from a hand to a puff of smoke.) Choose Edit > Undo to restore the image to the drop zone.
    Repositioning a movie in a drop zone is different from selecting which part of a movie shows in a drop zone (which allows you to select which frame of the movie is displayed in a drop zone). For more information, see Related Topics below.

  • Drop-Zones Resizing Images

    I'm new at this so bear with me if this is a stupid question.
    I'm producing a DVD for a recent graduation ceremony and would like to include still images of the printed program as a menu option. I've created the menus, scanned and finished the images in Photoshop. It seems that whenever I add these pictures to drop-zones they are too large to fit the frame. When I resize the images in Photoshop and make the drop zones bigger, the images continue to be resized and the full image is not displayed. Is there any way to lock the size of an image as well as the aspect ratio?
    Thanks in advance.

    Garrett
    to add an image as a drop zone:
    drag image from asset tab on to menu editor and select - create drop zone from the pop up
    to resize a drop zone:
    drag corner or side handle
    to resize drop zone maintaining aspect ratio:
    shift drag corner handle
    move asset within drop zone:
    shift option drag the asset with in the drop zone
    G

  • Drop Zone images

    Everytime I place a pic or an image on the drop zone it only shows a small portion. What size should the drop zone pics be? I have trie several differant dimensions with no luck.

    Hi
    This is more difficult than it should be.
    If You freez a frame in iMovie and use this. The menu size will not be the same
    as the movie. Don't know why it is like this. But this is my experience.
    *Collected material from previous posts:*
    _Proper size of background photo in iDVD_
    640x480 is the real square pixel size of an NTSC image.
    768x576 is the real square pixel size of an PAL image.
    F Shippey
    640x480 is the real square pixel size of an NTSC image (29.97 fps).
    768x576 is the real square pixel size of an PAL image (25 fps).
    In my books. 720 x 480 - never seen before - What can that be ?
    Lennart Thelander: Yes, that's why I wrote square pixels, like a computer monitor.
    640x480 square pixels is 4:3.
    NTSC on a TV is really 720x480 rectangular (narrow) pixels, which also is 4:3.
    So if you want to import a still with square pixels, 640x480 is what you use.
    PAL is 768x576 square pixels, or 720x576 rectangular (wide) pixels. Both are 4:3, too.
    Lennart Thelander
    In my books. 720 x 480 - never seen before - What can that be ?
    It's the resolution on an NTSC DVD (and on a TV).
    Christian Franz: Bengt, if this subject interests you, the following might be a nice link to follow:
    http://members.aol.com/ajaynejr/vidres.htm
    -ch
    Yours Bengt W

  • Transforming image inside of a drop zone?

    I placed an image into a drop zone in a template in Motion 4, and it is too big to display the whole graphic. I cropped the image and re-imported it into the drop zone, though it is still dot displaying the whole width of the text on the graphic. How can I transform the graphic after placing it in the drop zone so it displays all of the text on the graphic?
    thanks.

    Check out my tutorial on manipulating drop zones in Motion.
    [Drop Zone Tutorial|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx4wn82jVLw]
    Andy
    PS: I may receive compensation for my recommendation or link.

  • Lining up image or video inside drop zone

    Hi,
    So I've created a drop zone and I've put a still image in it. The still image is a little bigger than the drop zone itself, so I'm trying to position the image in the drop zone so that hte right part shows through. Anyone know how to do this? In the inspector I can see controls to manipulate hte size of the drop zone, but not how to move the image within it.
    thanks!

    Figured it out. Shift + alt + click

  • Drop Zone Photo Quality

    I created a DVD and added images to the Drop Zones. When completed I burned the DVD. The images in the Drop Zones are grainy with horizontal lines.
    The preview before the burn looked fine, really crisp and clear.
    Note:
    I did use the computer for other things while burning. Do you think that caused the image quality to drop? Should I not do anything while buring the DVD?
    Thanks,
    Craig
    iMac 20" 2GHz Intel CoreDuo   Mac OS X (10.4.8)   2 GB Ram

    I created a DVD and added images to the Drop Zones.
    When completed I burned the DVD. The images in the
    Drop Zones are grainy with horizontal lines.
    The preview before the burn looked fine, really crisp
    and clear.
    I did use the computer for other things while
    burning. Do you think that caused the image quality
    to drop?
    I doubt that is the source of your image quality problems. What was the size (in pixels) of the images you used?
    Should I not do anything while buring the
    DVD?
    Back in the old days (a couple of years ago) with slower processors, doing two things at one could be a problem. With the faster (and dual) processors we have now, using your computer for something else during the encoding/multiplexing process might lengthen the process but shouldn't cause problems. Make your initial 'burn' to a disk image on your hard drive and then use Apple's Disk Utility or Roxuo's Toast Titanium to burn the image file to writable media. I try to avoid using my computer during the actual burning process to avoid any burner buffer-underruns because of hard drive access issues.

  • Drop Zone Editor

    I can not re order the positions of images in the drop zone editor. Instriuctions say to click and drag an image to a new position but this is not working for me.
    Is anyone else having this problem?
    --ken

    Hi Len,
    Yes, I can delete or drop a different image into the Drop Zone editor, but reordering by dragging is a much better way. I have also tried by dragging the images in the Menu pane, doesn't work there either. Works correctly in the slideshow editor.
    I just need to know if I am the only one who has this problem or if others have experienced the same issue.
    Thanks,
    --ken

  • Resize Pictures for Drop Zone?

    I read a thread from about a year ago that brought up resizing images to get them to fit in a drop zone correctly. I just started using idvd and just ran into this problem, and it truly annoys me that Apple wouldn't allow resizing and image within idvd to get it to fit, or drag what part of the image shows in the drop zone...
    Anyone have a solution, or is this still a "pay to get it" type of thing with pro tools...

    So what you really need is to reposition the image within the drop zone (as opposed to resizing) .... is this correct?
    If so, have you already tried holding down the control key as you click and drag the image to the desired position?
    Repositioning an image or movie in a drop zone
    When you drag a picture or movie into a drop zone, the aspect ratio of the image is preserved, but it is scaled larger or smaller to fill the drop zone. As a result, sometimes part of the image is cut off and does not appear in the drop zone. In this case, you can move the image to choose which portion is visible in the drop zone.
    To reposition an image or movie in a drop zone:
    From the drop zone on the menu (not in the drop zone editor), click the image or movie and press Command.
    Drag the image until the part you want is visible in the drop zone.
    Keep these things in mind as you position an image:
    ◼
    If you drag a narrow image to a drop zone, the image is scaled vertically, and you can move the image up or down only.
    ◼
    If you drag a wide image to a drop zone, the image is scaled horizontally, and you can move the image side to side only.
    ◼
    If you accidentally drag the image too far, you will remove it from the drop zone. (The cursor changes from a hand to a puff of smoke.) Choose Edit > Undo to restore the image to the drop zone.
    Repositioning a movie in a drop zone is different from selecting which part of a movie shows in a drop zone (which allows you to select which frame of the movie is displayed in a drop zone). For more information, see Related Topics below.

Maybe you are looking for

  • SAP IDES ECC 6.0 EHP7 Oracle Installation error (DODS.SQL is missing)

    Hello community, I am having a problem with the installation of the current IDES ERP 6.0 EHP7 Oracle for Linux x86_64 installation images. I am using the Software Provisioning Manager 1.0 SP04_9-20009701 and selected installation option "SAP Business

  • I right click a link to open it in a new tab and it doesn't load the web page.

    In firefox 4 I right click a link and go to open in new tab but it doesnt load the link it loads a Bing search instead. This is very frustrating, how can i fix this? And why can't i access my add-ons? When i click add-ons it just opens a new tab.

  • CS3/4, Mac OS X, XCode .jar problem

    Hi there, I got some problem while trying to launch a .jar file from a SDK plug-in. First, I have to start a .jar file to do some work with an open InDesign document. I try to do this with: system("open /Application/Adobe InDesign CS3/Plug-Ins/myFile

  • ORAMON: Oracle Database Monitoring tool in PHP

    ORAMON is a free Oracle database monitoring tool written in PHP. It can help you in managing critical database administration task easily. It also offers SQL Editor where you can write your own customize queries. What you can monitor from Oramon? * D

  • How can I disable Podcast in iPhoto

    How can I disable Podcast in iPhoto 6.0.6 or iTunes 7.4? I've gone to preferences in iPhoto and set Podcast to manual. Podcasts interrupts/stops the iPhoto program several times during a photo editing session.