Chapter 16. iDVD Projects by Hand

16. iDVD Projects by Hand

The previous chapter showed you how easy it is to convert a finished iMovie project into a bona fide DVD. But iDVD was around long before Apple combined iMovie and iDVD into the glorious package known as iLife. Then, as now, it's capable of much more than turning a single iMovie project into a single DVD.

For example, if all you ever do is click the Create iDVD Project in iMovie, you'll never be able to make a DVD that contains, for example, six of your greatest iMovie masterpieces all on one disc. You'll never be able to create a slideshow DVD, either, which happens to be one of the world's greatest methods for displaying digital photos. And you'll never know the joy of designing your own navigational menu system, complete with menus within menus .

This chapter has nothing to do with iMovie, and everything to do with iDVD. It shows you how, by doing a few more things manually, you can gain far more power and freedom.