Keep all your media in the appropriate folders (Movies, Music, and Photos) in your Home folder. This makes accessing content from the Media Browser in iDVD easy.
Use the Customize button to reveal a selection of menu templates.
Drag and drop menu elements as each template indicates. Drag and drop content from the Media Browser onto the blank portions of the template; that prepares the content to be added to the disc.
Personalize templates using the Settings buttonin particular, change DVD button styles and position, background music, and fonts.
Use the Show TV Safe Area feature to make sure the DVD will look good on a TV set, and to make sure you don't cut off words on menus.
Use Map view to review the structure of your disc, and, if you want, to add an opening movie to the autoplay well.
Preview your DVD before burning to make sure the user's experience matches your expectations.
Burn your DVD when you're ready; iDVD will coach you through recording the disc.