Fancy Menu's

[gadfly]

I've been trying to replicate some of the 'interesting' menu's created in some of the movies I've seen of late.

I've followed the tutorials for DVDlab re:motion menu's - but I'm not sure how elaborate I can get in DVDlab.

One movie whose 'menu style I'd like to try doing is a movie called "The Hours". In it theirs a 'first play' segments where a variety of 'motion thumbnails' move around on the screen, and eventually fade into the background as new images come to the fore. It appears that some interesting layering is happening in combination with keyed thumbnails. The transitions between menu's are also pretty neat.


I was curious as to whether anyone here has seen this movie - and if so - whether you have an idea how/what program (s) were used to create such an effect.

I'm not sure if any DVD prog could achieve these results - or if it is something done in AfterEffects - or a related 'movie' program.

If anyone has an ideas I'd be happy to hear from you.

Thanks

Gadfly

[racer-x]

Never seen the movie, but you can do the same thing with any good video editor like premiere. That is, if you know who to use it. All it is, is a bunch of animated layers.

[disturbed1]

I'm not sure if any DVD prog could achieve these results - or if it is something done in AfterEffects - or a related 'movie' program.

If anyone has an ideas I'd be happy to hear from you.

Thanks

Gadfly

After Effects would be a good start, and a good learning curve too. Vegas can achieve the same (or at least close) effects using it's layer key mapping and key frame animations. Combined with overlays and transitions, it wouldn't be that hard technically, but requires more creative skill than anything.

[gadfly]

Thanks for the input - it gives me a place to start. I wasn't sure whether DVDlab had some 'functions' I wasn't familiar with. Often we use a program habitually and never really push it to it's full capacity - then are amazed when we discover we could do these things all along with the program we were using.



Again - thanks

Catch ya later

Gadfly