Where can I get DVD menu templates?

[EazyDuzit]

Hey guys, I use TMPGEnc DVD Author but will soon move up to DVD-Lab PRO for some more complex projects.

In the mean time, I need some extra backrounds and buttons other than those provided in TMPGEnc, either in the .jpg or .bmp format. I couldn't find much using Google, but does anyone know where I may find some extra graphics to use?

Thank you very much!

[guns1inger]

I haven't seen any templates for TDA around. Personally, I use royalty free stock photos as the basis for many of mine. Extensive photoshop manipulation makes them original works. These become the basis for photoshop psd files that I use as templates for DVD Lab Pro menus.

You can easily change the backgrounds in TDA, so this might be a starting point for you as well. As for buttons etc, I find dingbat fonts to be very handy.

[EazyDuzit]

Thank you, but aside from extra TDA templates, I'm really interested in some extra .jpg or .bmp buttons, including some with 'Play Movie', 'Start', 'Begin', etc. I don't have access to Photoshop but will try some alternatives.

[Denvers Dawgs]

Try Gimpshop as an alternative to photshop. It's a free open source program that is just like photoshop. You can even use photoshop tutorials to do the very things you'd do with photoshop

Here is a direct link to the download page Setup.exe download

[EazyDuzit]

Thank you very much!

[p_l]

If it's tons of menu templates you want, you might want to consider Ulead DVD Workshop 2. It comes with plenty of customizable menu templates to begin with, so you can create all sorts of menus, and here's a way to add a whole bunch more templates.