a guide to making menu's in photoshop?

[graham23s]

hi guys

i'm currently tryin to make good menu's for my dvd's i'm making i use dvdit pro 25 for authoring them but i find it very blurry when burned to a disc and played on a dvd player
does any one else use dvdit?and how do you find it.
i'v tried using scenarist and it is very very hard to get to grips with is there any intense guides on usin photoshop to make buttons and stuff

Thanks guys

Graham

[coona]

There is nice Trilight´s guide for creating menus in Photoshop. Try to visit his site:

http://dvdguides.trilight.net

[dan]

here's a link with my guide for making widescreen menus (like a real DVD would have). It assumes you know how to use Photoshop, so if you don't, use trilight's guide in combination with mine. Be warned though, the Scenarist authoring gets a bit more complicated [having to define highlight areas for each display mode] if you choose to use widescreen [effectively panscan] menus.

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=45870

Please don't forget to try the forum search tool in the future...

Dan

[graham23s]

ok Dan thanks again for the link

Graham

[Arky]

Additional related info on the topic:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?threadid=39172

And an alternative Trilight link on Doom9's server (http://doom9.org/mpg/photoshop.htm)

Don't forget DVD Menu studio (http://www.mediachance.com/dvdmenu/index.html) - it's a great alternative to Photoshop for DVD menu authoring. I use it myself.



Arky ;o)

[Vaughn]

You should try DVD Menu v.1.1 You can find it with google!

[graham23s]

cheers Vaughn and ARKY


i am usin the latest beta version of dvd lab i think it is a great piece of software only thing is i think the menu when compiled looks a bit grainy and sketchy maybe just me a perfectionist lol

Graham