Themes into iMovie 08?

Hi - can someone please help.
I have recently bought a Mac and would like to make a DVD. I really want to make themed chapters, using some of the nice themes in iDVD 08. I have discovered that I can't do this in iMovie 08, ok I downloaded iMovie HD. I can use the themes in there and get them into iMovie 08 but there are very few compared to the ones in iDVD 08. Can anyone please help me with:
a) How I can get a theme clip built in iDVD 08 into iMovie 08 as an Event so I can edit\include in my iMovie 08 project?
- or -
b) How can I get the themes in iDVD 08 into iMovie HD? (since I know how to get iMovie HD clips into iMovie 08)
Please, any help would be appreciated. I know that I can use Garage Band to make chapters. I'm new to Mac and really surprised at how difficult everything is.

PeterVegas wrote:
.. I would like to introduce each chapter with an animated theme, but have it all play as one movie - not go back to the main menu.
that is done with the 'chapter' THEMES in iMovieHD6 ..
I would like to use the themes in iDVD 08..
no, these are MENUS for DVDs only.. (still no luck to explain you the difference.. )
in iMHD6, you'll find 6 Themes - Travel, RoadTrip, PassThru, Reflecion w/b .. each Theme contains 1 (or 2) animated Chapter-Intros... for usage in a movie; as said above, look at it as an animated 'title'.. add your stills to it to customize the Theme to your needs and looks.
the many 'themes'/templates (I count 60+) in iDVD are only and exclusively for usage as MENUS in DVDs ..
when you select such a DVDchapter, the DVDplayer jumps instantly to that specific part of the whole movie (book metaphore.. ) ...
so, in iM, you can only use the 6 templates/THEMES which are included in that app; to use a DVD-MENU in a movie, is a very tricky process (as I did here ) .. and iDVD isn't meant for such a 'trick', I did use it just for test-purposes about the quality differences btw. YouTube and Vimeo ..
themes ≠ menu .. got the difference

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