iDVDThemePaks - DVDs for the artistically challenged

Apr 01, '03 12:09:00AM

Contributed by: robg

iDVDThemePak iconThe macosxhints Rating:
9 of 10
[0 to 10 lights; 10 = perfect!]

This week's PotW is not an actual application nor exectuable code of any sort. Instead, it's an assortment of new iDVD3 themes. realeyzimaging has created a collection of four iDVD theme paks comprising a total of 32 themes (plus some freebies). Even with the 24 new themes in iDVD3, I was beginning to feel somewhat limited in the looks that I could give my iDVD projects. But with the iDVDThemePaks, that feeling is gone (for a while at least!). The themes cover the gamut from the serious to the whimsical, and all have a very professional feel to them. All feature bold well-done foregaround graphics and background imagery, with many including a full-motion animated background. The only slight disappointment was the lack of sound with any of the themes, but that's fairly easy to work around with my own sound collection.

Installation is easy, as each CD includes a double-click installer that adds the themes to a new /Library -> iDVD -> Favorites folder. It takes a few minutes to transfer each CD to the hard drive, but after that, the themes are available to iDVD via a new 'Theme Pak' selection in the Themes section. And of course, you can customize the fonts, colors, and buttons in the new themes.

So if you're tired of the standard iDVD theme offerings, give iDVDThemePak a look. You can even preview all of the themes (including QuickTime movies of those with active backgrounds) on the company's website. There are also two free (non-motion) themes for download if you'd like to check one out before making a purchase decision. At just over $3.00 per theme (if you buy all four paks), I found this to be $99 well spent -- there's no way my meager graphics skills would be able to create anything comparable.

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