Premiere Elements 9 Disc Menu (main/scene)

Question

I customize an existing template Disc menu (Pan and Zoom) by bringing in my own photo for both main and scene menu.  On the preview I can see the images and they are correct for both main and scene.  However after I burn a DVD, what appears on the DVD disc is the template not the customized graphic that I imported.  Why is Premiere not keeping the changes, although in "preview" mode it shows me the photos that I uploaded not the templated graphics?

Answer 1

I just did an 18 minute project using  NTSC AVCHD Full HD1080i30 as a
preset.  Although in past I have used Kids/Nightime Story without realizing
that it is not HD, this time I selected Entertainment/Broadway which is.  At
first I tried using a video clip for a background but changed to a frame
capture.  In either case the results were the same as you can see in the
att.  I then burned AVCHD using 1920x1080i NTSC and when played on my
standalone equipment the results were the same as in the att. with poor
resolution in the menu.  I did no more editing in the menu that change
button colour as I was only out to address the resolution issue.  In fact I
got sound in the menu which obviously came from the video clip I tried and
could have been edited out.  I've not gone through all the templates but few
offer any customization and even the one I used had curtains in the scene
menu.  In fact I just tried Kids/Nightime Story again and as you can see the
resolution is as good as the HD one and in this case the scene menu allows
complete background change.   
As you suggest (b) my problems stem from customization which I always did in
Pin. Studio and my answer to b. would be yes subject to HD resolution in
menus.
Regarding your final statement about Adobe Engineers the 2 following
extractions come from Adobe Employees:
<http://feedback.photoshop.com/people/satish_ramakrishnan> Satish
Ramakrishnan (Customer)
<http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/adobe_premiere_elemen
ts_10_disc_menu_bug#reply_7274125> 3 months ago
To Bob:
The videos you are using are definitely 1440x1080. I say this because the
menu are designed for videos of that resolution. For all other resolutions
there is a resize that needs to be done and that is the reason the quality
reduces (drastically). This is an issue we are aware of and will look into
for the future versions.
Hi Bob
As I told you earlier , there are three resolutions available for each menu.
Two for Standard definition, and one for HD .
HD menus are designed for 1440x1080 . and SD menus are designed for 720X480
4:3 and 16:9 .
When you used 720p clips, loss of quality was evident because resizing was
taking place.
But with 1080i, the loss wasn't there as told by you.
Because images or videos can be resized from large resolution to smaller
resolution without loss in quality.
Resizing from small resolution to large resolution will result in loss of
quality.
The engineering team are aware of the limitation with menu and are working
on it Bob.
Thanks and regards
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Possibly my interpretation is faulty but away back when I experimented with
9 using Fun the only available template I was told by Adobe on the phone
that there was a bug.  When I ordered 10 I asked them to confirm that the
menu issue was rectified. 
Finally, I appreciate your help and will also appreciate your putting me
straight on any points you catch.  On the whole this is a good program and I
stand amazed to see it render almost in playing time, which reflects the
combination of computer and software.
Many Thanks