Section 21.2. Creating a New Project

21.2. Creating a New Project

When you're ready to start designing a new DVD, start by creating a project. These steps detail the process you need to follow.

Figure 21-1. This dialog box pops up the very first time you run iDVD; whenever you close your iDVD project window without quitting the program; whenever you move or delete the iDVD preference file (in your Home Library Preferences folder, called com.apple.iDVD. plist ); and whenever the most recent iDVD project file has been moved, renamed , or deleted.

1. Choose File New ( -N). Or, if you're looking at the dialog box shown in Figure 21-1, click Create a New Project .

   The new iDVD Create Project dialog box (Figure 21-1) is the twin of the one in iMovie. Once again, you'll probably see it fairly rarely.

   All other times, iDVD automatically opens whatever project you just exported from iMovie, or the most recent DVD project you worked on.

   In any case, choosing File New makes the Save dialog box appear.

3. Click Create .

   iDVD opens the main menu screen for your new DVD-to-be in the main iDVD window.

Your next step is to choose a visual theme for your DVD's menu screens. Full details appear beginning on Section 20.5.2.