Render motion don't let me use my own motion menus

[Jonz]

I place motion thumbnails in the VTS menu. Those motion menus thumbnails are custom made by me.


As long I don't link the thumbnails on their respective movies, the render motion menus tool render the thumbnails as I expect.

But if I start linking the thumbnails to their movies, when I render the motion menu, it use the linked movie as the thumbnail instead of my custom made thumbnail!


Why and how I can work around this?!

[guns1inger]

You will have to create your motion menus outside DVD Lab (I'm assuming this is the package you are using), then bring them in and add the links. You will get better quality output this way anyway.

[Jonz]

you can't be serious !!

[guns1inger]

The facilities DVD Lab Pro has for rendering transitions and 'motion menus' are limited, and frankly, often crude. It assumes (rightly, I believe) that you have prepared your assets before hand.

The other way around your problem is not to use the thumbnails themselves as links, but ass a small symbol or similar instead. Link the movie to these and you might be OK.

Otherwise find another package.

[Jonz]

Thanks,

I have however found a workaround to my problem.

I simply don't have to link the thumbnails at all and let the render do the job

When the render is finish I just have to relink the thumbnails and voila. Compile and done

I working on the 30days trial. I love the program but I'm a designer first. I guess it doesn't suit for me.