

This will add the bullet to the button and now, when the cursor or remote control passes over the button, only the bullet will show as highlighted. However, if you want to use a bullet, text or shape to show as highlighted and not the button itself, select the button in the canvas, now select a bullet (text-shape) as shown in the blue shaded box below left. For example, lets say that you have a text only button in your menu, moving your cursor over the button will color the button a Highlight color. Not only has the number and type of buttons been greatly expanded but some new functionality has been added as well. Wouldn't it be great if we could transport these elements over to DVD Studio Pro? The Button section has been greatly expanded and now comprises seven sections of different types of art work to enhance the uniqueness of your menus. The 'Themes-Buttons-Media' pane on the right has been changed as well, the controls that used to be at the bottom of this pane have been moved to the Inspector. The 'Add' button at the far left remains unchanged as are the 'radioactive' Burn button, Map view and the Volume slider, which is for audio volume playback as you work and has no effect on the menu volume of your burnt DVD. Clicking on this will close the iDVD work space and open the iDVD Preview window with on-screen remote control to preview and test your DVD project. The Play button has been moved from the center of the tool bar to the right, green box below.

A new 'Drop Zone Editor' has been added, blue box below. As before, with the motion man, the looping arrows button plays your motion menus and audio in the iDVD canvas window. The motion man icon has been replaced with two looping arrows, red box below. The three buttons in the center have been moved around or changed. There have been changes to the tool bar that runs under the Canvas window.Īt the far left of the tool bar a new 'Inspector' button has been added, red arrow below. The library of buttons has also been expanded, offering much better choices to help create a custom look to your DVD. iDVD 7 includes 10 classy new themes, some of which are animated, which, when added to all of the previous themes, has now become a viable library of menus.
#IDVD THEMES MISSING PRO#
Over the years the Inspector has been added to all of the Apple Pro apps, FCP, DVD SP, Compressor, SoundTrack Pro, Motion, etc.

New to iDVD 7 is 'The Inspector', a floating contextual palette that offers control over the different elements in iDVD depending on which element, (buttons, titles or menus) is selected in the Canvas window. You can now make changes to your menu, buttons and text while the canvas window plays in real time. iDVD 7, as it is called, has received a few new features but has had a major User Interface overhaul and its performance has been improved. It has been 18 months since the last release of iLife 06, with upgrades to all of the included applications.
