Adding submenus to a video project

Each project element (video file, still picture file, and slideshow) that you add to the video project is represented in the main project window.

Each menu displays six items before a new menu is automatically created and linked to the previous menu by a Next button.

You can manually add submenus to a project and use them to organize topics associated with the theme of your project. For example, if the project is your child’s soccer game, the video files of the game could be the main menu elements, and you could insert a submenu that contains interviews with your son and his teammates.

To add a submenu to a video project:

1 Click File, Open, and then select a video project that you created as described in “Creating a Video Project” on page 94.

2 Click New Sub-Menu. A submenu called Untitled Menu 1 is added to the first menu that has less than six project elements.

3 Click the submenu name Untitled Menu 1, and type an appropriate name for the menu (for example, Interviews, using the previous example).

4 Double-click the new submenu, and do one or more of the following:

■Add existing picture files as described in “Adding files to a video project” on page 94.

■Capture still images as described in “Capturing video to a video project” on page 95.

Editing the style of a video project

You can change the style of a number of elements within your video project. The elements include:

■Background color and graphics on the menus and submenus.

■Button styles.

■Background music.

■Text format (font, color, and size).

■Import custom styles.

To edit the look of a video project:

1 Click File, Open, and then select a video project that you created as described in “Creating a Video Project” on page 94.

2 Click Edit Style.

3 In the Edit Style dialog box, change any of the previously mentioned elements, and then click Apply To All Menus or Apply To This Menu.

Editing movie files

After you capture or import video files, you can edit them using Sonic MyDVD to:

■Add additional files.

■Add background music.

■Search for specific scenes.

■Delete scenes.

■Add transition effects between scenes.

■Superimpose colors, themes, and effects over video scenes.

■Superimpose text effects over video scenes.

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