How to make video clip and still images together for a menu

[Maxylle]

Does anybody knows how to put a moving background (like a video clip) and still images at the same time for a Menu on a dvd? I wanted to make a menu for my dvd that has still images and a moving video clip together.

[guns1inger]

Yes

[Maxylle]

So how do you do it?

[mats.hogberg]

Never done it myself, but it's rather simple to do with AviSynth

/Mats

[video-phile]

You can use overlay option of Ulead video studio 8 or Ulead media studio 7 or (I think) vegas. They can handle transparency also (if you use transparent tif images). You prepare the menu clip with one of the above programs and import it to an authoring program.

[johns0]

You can do that with tmpgenc dvd author also,just have the movie clip as the background and replace the thumbnail(s) with a still image.

[guns1inger]

What are you actually trying to do ? Do you want . .

A video background with stills in front ?
A video background with moving stills ?
A still background with videos in front ?
A video clip that ends with a slideshow ?

Be a little more specific if you are after a particular technique.

What software do you have ?
How experienced are you at video work ? (not very, I'm guessing)

[Maxylle]

im using tmpgenc for authoring. ive been making dvds for quite some time now, and succesfully authored everything. but i was just thinking of making or adding up new designs on my menus, so i thought of making a background for my menu with a video clip and still images together. so i guess ill try ulead.

so from ulead i can import it to tmpgenc? thanks for all the help guys, ill sure try your suggestions.

[Maxylle]

One more thing, i wasnt talking about changing the thumbnails for my menu and change it to still images. i was talking about the background it self with a video clip next to it.