
iDVD Overview
15
Setting an Autoplay Movie
Nearly all of the commercial movie DVDs
I’ve watched lately begin with either several
screens of threatening information from
various governmental agencies, or with
some snazzy video animation or montage
that plays before the main menu appears. In
iDVD, this introductory material is known
as an Autoplay movie, and is something
you can create for your own projects. The
Autoplay movie can be either a QuickTime
movie or a slideshow. Themes with Autoplay
movies include a special icon in their thumb-
nails (Figure 1.19).
To set an Autoplay movie:
1. Click the Map button to switch to the
Map view. The icon in the upper-left
corner is the Autoplay well.
2.
Drag a movie file to the Autoplay well
to set it as the Autoplay movie (Figure
1.20).
You can also drag one or more photos,
or an iPhoto album of photos, to the
well, which turns them into a slideshow.
To edit the contents of the slideshow,
double-click the well (see Chapter 4).
To delete an Autoplay movie:
u Drag the contents of the Autoplay well
outside the well. The media disappears
with a poof.
4 Tip
n If you want to use an iMovie movie as the
Autoplay movie, export it as Full Quality
for the best image quality.
Figure 1.19 An icon in the upper-left
corner of a theme’s thumbnail image
indicates an Autoplay movie.
Autoplay movie included
Figure 1.20 Drag a movie or photos to the Autoplay
well to play them before the main menu appears.
Autoplay well
Setting an Autoplay Movie
Autoplay from iMovie ’09
The version of iDVD that ships with
iLife ’09 does have one noticeable change.
When you share a movie from iMovie ’09,
an Autoplay movie is automatically cre-
ated for the project. Apple reasoned that
most people would want to make a DVD
but not edit its contents, and therefore
would rather just watch the movie right
away. You can easily remove the movie
from the Autoplay well after bringing your
iMovie project into iDVD.
Supplement for iMovie 09 and iDVD for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide by Jeff Carlson.
Copyright © 2009. Pearson Education, Inc. and Peachpit Press.
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