Making DVDs and Sorting Tasks
Having used iDVD before it was reasonably unproblematic getting a basic menu structure sorted for the submission DVD. I did have problems figuring out how to freely position the buttons around the screen, but eventually found the relevant check box in the buttons panel on the right side of the screen. The only other complication was making sure any imported media in the menus (background images or music) and in the proper location for iDVD to find them when reopening the project file. The best way to do this that I have found is to just copy the files to the same location as the iDVD project and then import them from there. That way they can always be kept together.
I have now been trying a few different ideas for making the blog readable on the DVD itself by putting in menu screens containing individual posts. However, following the workshop on Monday it seemed somewhat unclear in this arrangement and maybe the best idea is to just include a PDF on the disc. I have created a post template within Word for formatting my blog for a PDF, so all I need to do is drag each post into this template. Having said this, I still feel I want some of it to be readable from the DVD menus so maybe picking extracts relevant to the submission and including them is a good way to get the best of both worlds!
