Question concerning disco intro to first menu...

I'm ready to print my DVD. I used Final Cut to create a disc intro, using a scene from the movie. At the end of the clip, I created a freeze-frame and exported the frame to a JPEG. I used the JPEG as my menu screen background. So what happens, is the last frame of the disc intro becomes the background for the menu screen with no black frames or dissolves.
The problem--The menu screen stretches out the JPEG horizontally. I have no idea by how much it does this, otherwise I'd use Photoshop to correct.
How can I correct for this?
1.67G 15-Inch Laptop Power   Mac OS X (10.4.5)  

Niffy,
What you are referring to is often called "Play First," or "FBI Warning," depending on where one is looking.
As Steve points out, it is available in dedicated authoring programs. One more to add to Steve's list is DVD Studio Pro.
What you want is common in most authoring programs, and there is no limit (other than one's imagination) to what one might set as Play First, prior to the Menu. I just did a Project with six Timelines, prior to the first Menu, and the last was actually an AV file that had what appeared to be Buttons on that Menu flying in. They were not the "actual" Buttons, but just graphics of them. They were not active as Buttons, until the short Video ended and the real Menu came onto the screen. There was a 3 Frame moment, when it appeared that the Buttons were there, before the actual Buttons were on screen. If the user was very impatient, they might have clicked on one of these "fake" Buttons, but I figured that by the time those last 3 Frames played, the real Menu with Buttons would be on screen.
PrE is neat for straight DVD authoring, as it does most of the "heavy-lifting" for the user. However, in that semi-automation, there are some major limits. I'd look into some of the stand-alone authoring apps. (about the only common one missing from the list now is Sonic Scenarist, but it is $$$$$, and for pro authoring studios only), as they offer so much more power.
Also, be aware that the DVD-specs. are very strict, and limit what one can do with a DVD-Video. The trick is to "fool the audience," into thinking that they are seeing something, that cannot happen in the DVD-Video - create an illusion.
Good luck,
Hunt

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