DVD Studio Pro - About Chapter Index Menus

When you create a chapter index menu, a Choose Template or Layout Style dialog appears.
You use this dialog to select a template or layout style to provide the template for what
the menu will look like.

The template or layout style you select defines:

• How many buttons are on a menu

• Where the buttons are placed

• What shape the buttons use

• The navigation between the buttons

• Whether the marker names are used as button text

• Whether the marker’s video is used as a button asset

Templates can also define the menu background, assign an audio asset to the menu, and
add text objects, such as a title.

If there are more markers or slides than buttons on the template or layout style you select,
additional chapter index menus are created.

Templates and layout styles can also include buttons that do not get markers assigned
to them. These are special-purpose buttons that you can use to provide navigation
between the chapter index menu and other menus in your project.

Once the chapter index menu (or menus) are created, you need to configure the navigation
between each of them and the other menus in your project. For example, you would
need to provide a way to access the main menu from each chapter index menu, as well
as access to the chapter index menus from the main menu. DVD Studio Pro can
automatically configure the navigation if you use the correct special-purpose buttons.
See

Applying Templates or Layout Styles to a Menu with Buttons

for information on how

button attributes affect the creation of chapter index menus.

Additionally, you can modify any aspect of the chapter index menu that the template or
layout style you chose defined. For example, you can move the buttons around, change
their shapes, and add additional ones.

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Chapter 12

Introduction to Creating Menus