How to start designing menu from the start again?

Ishtor wrote on 7/26/2011, 7:17 AM

Why program always creates chapter menus with those stupid thumbnail pics? I don't need them. I'll design 3 menus from the scratch with my own buttons and backgrounds:
- main menu: starts movie from chapter mark 1
- info menu: gives some info about this dvd (background image with unlinked text)
- chapter menu: lists all chapters (without images!!!) where user can choose the right one by moving up or down.

It this too simple wish, because program doesn't seem to want to do it that way??? Now it adds chapter menus with some stupid buttons all the time and if I delete them, it always brings them back! 

I think it went wrong in the begin because I tested some templates and didn't understand what I was doing. If so, then how i can start doing menu from the scratch again? Program doesn't allow me to erase all menus. 

(i have Movie Edit Pro 17 plus)

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john-auvil wrote on 7/26/2011, 11:02 AM

Let me make sure I understand what you are after...

You want a DVD menu that has no thumbnails... (by default each chapter is represented by a thumbnail)..

What I did to test was to open three videos projects (without closing the original) I then went to burn where it asks me about markers. I choose automatic markers. When the burn menu opened I get the generic default that shows me a solid grey background and the three chapter thumbnails. I then clicked on the button that says "Edit"

I was able to change the movie thumbnails with another graphic (double left click the thumbnail) in the Menu Image area (upper right area) I can change the image graphic to something else. I can also change the text or name for the chapter. This can be done for each thumbnail, so you get exactly what you want.

Next, from design area (right side of the DVD mode) I could click on the "..." icon next to the Background and then change the background to either a new solid color or another graphic/image that I have.

If I don't like this or decide later to start over, then I can just choose the default menu again, That is found under the menu template ares "Static" - "General"... that is like resetting it.

 

Ishtor wrote on 7/26/2011, 12:15 PM

Yeah, I reset it and lost many hours work, btw... ;) Now I have two default menus, as you said, gray background with thumbnails in it. Default view is chapter menu and "back"-symbol button brings me to "film menu". In film menu I have two buttons. A big thumbnail starts the movie and arrow down-button is link to chapter menu. Does it sound familiar? 

(btw, this big thumbnail in film menu uses image I used as background graphic before. Where Movie Edit dug it, if everything was reset?!? Bugs? It's not really a thumbnail of anything in the film. But ok, that's not a biggest problem...) 

Ok, I can change everything as you said, but still the chapter menu comes first when I insert DVD (or push stop button in Movie edit virtual remote). But I want this chapter menu as _submenu_, not default menu. The film menu should be default, to come to screen when DVD is inserted, "stop" is pressed, menu button pressed etc. Now pressing stop brings this chapter menu, dvd inserting also. Only pressing disc menu button from virtual remote, brings the film menu straight to screen. Can this sequence be changed somehow?

I even tried to remove chapter menu but that would have removed the film also. Then I disabled chapter menu (right side if edit screen), but it always those buttons and thumbnails always come back. If chapter menu was disabled those buttons came to film menu! Unbelivable! I've tried to make this work now for three days, and tried to pass the problems with many ways. For example I disabled the film menu, and created main menu into chapter menu level and told to put it in first in the menu list, but even that didn't work. Chapter menu always comes to first.

Ishtor wrote on 8/2/2011, 5:52 AM

Now it works but I don't know what did I do. :) I got thumbnails removed. I think this software has lots of bugs in menu tools, that cause that strange behavior.