[MacDV] Re: Toast 6 & custom menu background?

[hawkgx at planetkc.com]

Dennis,
Thanks for the tip and warning.  I'll make a copy of the original .psd
file, then replace it with one 
of my custom images.  I have iDVD 3 at work, but only an external DVD
burner at home, thus the 
need for Toast for DVDs.
Randy

Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 16:17:25 -0800 
From: "Dennis R. Cohen" <drcohen at mac.com> 

On 12/11/03 at 4:56 PM, "hawkgx at planetkc.com" <hawkgx at planetkc.com> 
transmitted the following electronic message: 

> 
>I've begun using Toast 6 to burn DVDs of some home videos done in 
>iMovie 3= =2E Does anyone=20 know if there's a way to substitute a 
>custom image for the one Toast uses as a background for=20 the DVD 
>menu? I wondered if there's an image file stored somewhere in a Toast 
>or User folder that can be replaced with an equal size graphic 
>file=2E This may be a hac= k, but if available, it=20 would be a 
>relatively easy one to perform=2E 

If you look inside the Toast application package, you'll find a 
Photoshop document, Ocean.psd. That is what is used for the background 
and menu layout. With a little care, you could replace the background 
graphic with a different one and even rearrange/reshape the text boxes. 
BE CAREFUL, though, as the layer structure must remain constant (Toast 
assumes that all the layers are there in a specific order and with 
specific content types/names). 

-- 
Dennis R. Cohen 
Mac Digital Photography 
iLife Bible 
Mac OS X Bible (and other titles) 

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