Create custom menu styles in Toast 7

Sep 01, '05 10:05:00AM

Contributed by: stonemtn

Once again, Roxio is using Photoshop files as the base for its DVD menu themes in Toast Titanium 7. Unlike Toast 6, Toast 7 has multiple themes, and your additions will appear in the menu just by creating them in the right folder. They can be located by control-clicking the Toast application in the Finder, choosing Show Package Contents from the pop-up menu, and navigating to Contents -> Resources -> Toast DVD Menu Styles.

Start by creating a duplicate of an existing theme for a template. Then, rename it and open up Photoshop and start looking through the layer folders to see what you can customize. The layers are well named, which makes them easy to find and manipulate. Some important notes:

I haven't tested this too much -- I would assume that you may run into trouble adding or moving layers around. I also haven't made a full-fledged conversion. Generally speaking, I burn DVD compilations of TV dramas, so I don't have a use for more than one or two clips at the moment.

Finally, one shortcoming that I have yet to solve: Although Toast automatically recognizes that there is an additional theme available, and initially shows the correct filename, once you click on the theme, it reverts to the name of the theme you used as your model (in my case, Adventure). While not a big deal, I'd rather not have the same name over and over in the list. If someone figures this out, please post!

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