Using Magic iDVD

To get more of iDVD's style without spending a lot of time building a full project, drag movies, music, and photos from your hard disk onto the Magic iDVD interface and let iDVD do the work. You can then burn it straight to disc, or use the project as the jumping-off point for your own customizing.

To create a Magic iDVD project:

1.	Choose Magic iDVD from the File menu, or press the Magic iDVD button on iDVD's title screen.
2.	In the Magic iDVD window, type a name for your DVD in the DVD Title field (Figure 19.4). Figure 19.4. Think of Magic iDVD as the parent who gave you a helpful push when you first learned to ride a bicycle (without crashing into the neighbor's tree, in my case).
3.	Choose a theme from the scrolling list.
4.	Click the Movies button to view movies (including iMovie projects) on your computer, and drag the ones you want to the Drop Movies Here area.
5.	To include slideshows, click the Photos button and drag photos from your iPhoto library to the Drop Photos Here area. Each slot represents a different slideshow that can include several photos.
6.	If you want music with your slideshow, click the Audio button and drag songs from your iTunes library to a slideshow.
7.	Click the Preview button at any time to see what the project looks like.
8.	Click the Create Project button to create a new project (Figure 19.5), or click the Burn button to write directly to a DVD. Figure 19.5. After you choose Create Project, edit the project as described in the upcoming chapters.

Tips

• You can also drag media content from the Finder to the Magic iDVD areas.

• To preview a song or movie, double-click it, or select it and press the Play button.