This tutorial presents the shortest possible path to creating a
DVD menu. It is limited to a single movie clip, a single menu selection, and
virtually no modifications to the default selections.
Start DVDStyler
Start a new project by:
Click File -> New. The program will prompt you to select a movie
format. Select NTSC.
Note - See ‘Configuration - > Settings -> Default Menu Format’
for additional details on these selections.
Select a movie clip
by:
Click on the ‘Directories’ tab on the left side of the program
window
.
Navigate-to and highlight the directory that contains your movie
clip(s). An icon for each clip will be presented in the top-center
panel. This directory/folder is the same folder that you wrote
files to in the final step of DVD Shrink. Your files in this
folder will have names such as VTS_01_1.VOB where the numbers indicate
the order in which you placed the clips in DVD Shrink.
Drag the desired movie clips (left-click, hold, and drag) onto the
project timeline panel at the bottom of the program window. Notice
that they will be labeled Title 1, Title 2, etc as you drag them onto
the timeline.
Create a menu by:
Click the ‘Backgrounds’ tab on the left side of the program
window.
Select a menu background image by double-clicking on an image in
the ‘Backgrounds’ panel.
Click on the ‘Buttons’ tab on the left-hand edge of the program
window.
Insert a button by dragging (left-click, hold, and drag) a button
name into the Menu Editing Panel. With the provided handles, re-position
the button as desired.
Edit the button properties (name, color, font, etc) by right
clicking on the button in the Menu Editing panel (place the mouse
pointer over the button and right-click). From the speed-menu select
‘Properties’ to access the menu. Change various properties as desired.
When finished, click ‘OK’ to return to the Menu Editing Panel.
Save the project
A very basic menu has now been configured. Now is a good time the
save the project. Save
it by selecting ‘File’, ‘Save As’, and select a directory and name for
your saved project.
Render the project
by:
Select ‘File’ then ‘Burn Dvd…’
From the ‘Burn’ dialogue select an appropriate directory for
‘Temporary directory:’ Use the directory created during the installation
instructions. DVDStyler will automatically append the ‘DVD’ subdirectory
to your selection.
Check the box for ‘create iso image’.
From the ‘Burn’ dialogue select an appropriate directory for
‘Save to:’ Use the directory created during the installation
instructions. DVDStyler will automatically write the ‘dvd.iso‘ image
file to your selection.
Click ‘Start’ to render the movie. The rendering status will be
displayed with its associated messages. The final ‘iso’ burn image file
will be written to the directory selected in step D above.
Burn your finished DVD with the desired burning software.
Be sure to use the create iso image option to write-out your
DVD files. Finally use Nero or Roxio (whatever came with your DVD
burner) to burn your ISO image file to a DVD. In Nero you will be
using the Burn Image to Disk option.
