How to make DVD menu?

[bluewave1052]

I have a DVD,and I want to make a DVD menu with my own style,how can i do that>?Any suggestion?tool?website? is welcome/

[AlexH237]

What are you doing to make the DVD? Programs like Adobe Encore do DVD Authoring (including DVD menus), you can make your own menu in photoshop.

[kbob]

AT the basic level, Nero has some nice titling features available, though they can be quite time consuming to set up right unless you're dealing with short clips that you want to title on the dvd menu.

You can even using moving clips (instead of just stills) from each of the clips for the menu icons. If you go this route, don't try to squeeze too many icons on a page-let uit limit the number per page to 4, at most 6 (though I find that's too many-it makes the icons too small to impress).

Nero's biggest weekness, in my opinion, is the text handling. Given that it's essentially doing much of the work of a NLE when creating a dvd menu, though, I tend to cut it some slack.

[teledork]

We do a monthly dvd release, and I use photoshop to create my menus. I used a rendered frame of our video intro as the background for the menu. Then, for each episode on the disc I use a seperate layer.

I author the disc in Adobe Encore. If you import the photoshop file as a "menu", then you can go to each layer and link it to whichever episode you want. In addition, you can add audio beneath the menu and have it loop however many times you want to (I usually do it three times).

The secret in Encore is that you import the photoshop as a "menu", not as an "asset".

[KaiK]

Afrer testing Adobe products and many others, I finally selected german product called Magix Movie Edit Pro. That is great tool, as you can do all you need with same integrated tool: videoediting, DVD menus (including animations etc.), burning DVD's etc. And the price is not so bad, here i Europe it is ca 100 eur.
For me this was also a "Must" choice as it was the very first products supporting AVCHD and Full-HD videoediting, and burning blu-ray discs.
I'm happy to recommend that product.

[voyager529]

While I second Encore as doing pretty much anything you want, Ulead's DVD Workshop is very good as well. The trouble is, I can't find anyone who sells it anymore. Softpedia still has a 30-day demo available for it though.

Joey

[Lucas]

I found Encore to be easier than the Ulead offering.

Maybe it's all psychological.

[MPCC Media]

Adobe Encore is amazing, and the Photoshop integration was a major selling point for me anyway.

[ANNON]

pixelpops sells a pack of dvd menu, dvd cover and inlays.

[JoeG]

I'll add my second for Adobe Encore -- In fact, we use the entire Adobe CS3 suite - Premiere Pro (Capture/Edit/Titling/etc), then Encore to publish DVD masters, including menus. The integration between them, as well as Photoshop and On Location makes live very easy - and easier with Bridge managing the whole thing

[reatonfbcs]

I guess that's enough seconds for Encore. All in favor say aye?

[elijah]

I suggest you to download dvd menu freeware from the web