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MARCH 19, 2003 Customizing iDVD 3, Part 1
Creating the material files Now here's the tricky part--tricky for me, since I had to figure it out. But it shouldn't be too difficult for you. If you've already tried to create your own iDVD 3 buttons using my previous tutorials, you'll notice that they just don't work. The reason is that the new iDVD 3 format requires you to create "Material" files for the three button components: the shape, mask and highlight.[an error occurred while processing this directive]So just how are you supposed to do this? Oh, my friends, get ready to hug me. This is just so simple. Duplicate your shape, mask and highlight files. Rename the duplicates as follows, making sure to wipe out the ".tif" file extension: 1. Rename Formal.Shape.tif to "9E20DD8E-0F0D-11D7-B18B-0003939BA86A" (with no quotes). 2. Rename Formal.Mask.tif to "9E2075F0-0F0D-11D7-B18B-0003939BA86A" (no quotes). 3. Rename Formal.Highlight.tif to "9E202C56-0F0D-11D7-B18B-0003939BA86A" (no quotes). These are, finally, your new Material files. But what to do with them? Remember earlier when I told you to copy out your Formal.Media.pox folder out of the iDVD package? Now's the time to use it. Open up that folder, and locate within it a folder called "Material." Within this folder, you'll find three files with names remarkably identical to the ones you just created yourself.  Copy your new files into this folder, replacing the old files. (Note: If the file names I've supplied above to not correspond to the names of the files located within your Materials directory, you will need to use the names that appear there instead of the ones I supplied. If you view them by name, the first should be the shape file; the second should be the highlight file; and the third should be the mask file. Contact me if you have trouble.) When you're done, move your five .tif files and your Formal.Media.pox folder back into the same location in which you found them--inside the Resources directory within the iDVD package. Launch iDVD, and your new button will appear in place of the old "Formal" button.  It's a bit of a runaround, but it shouldn't cause you too much trouble. In our next installment, we'll take this process a step further by introducing a method for actually extending your iDVD button menu to include additional button styles, rather than replacing the old ones--provided I can work out one little snag I've encountered. But I guess you'll know soon enough. In the meantime, if you have any questions, be sure to visit me in one of the forums listed below. Contact the author: Dave Nagel is the producer of Creative Mac and Digital Media Designer; host of several World Wide User Groups, including Synthetik Studio Artist, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe LiveMotion, Creative Mac and Digital Media Designer; and executive producer of the Digital Media Net family of publications. You can reach him at dnagel@digitalmedianet.com. Prev 1 2 3 4 Related sites: • Animation Artist • AV Video • Creative Mac • Digital Media Designer • Digital Post Production • Digital Producer • DVD Creation • Film and Video Magazine • The WWUG Related forums: [an error occurred while processing this directive] 
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