iDVD 08 Font Problem

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iDVD 08 Font Problem

Hi Guys,

I use iDVD an awful lot for my business, I have just upgraded to '08 and it took a bit of getting used to but its OK now (the whole "command and click" to alter a drop zone picture is a tad odd...)

I have encountered a problem and I wondered if anyone had any help to offer.

I am currently using the theme "Reflection White" which was part of the last iDVD. When I try and copy/paste the text on the menu that says "Reflection Main" it doesn't paste it in the same style - (at an angle, with the rest of the menu).

Does anyone know how to sort this issue out, it seems like a huge step backward to remove this feature so I am hoping it is just me not knowing how to do something correctly in '08.

If this isn't making sense I will happily post a screen grab etc. Thanks in advance.

Power Mac G5 Quad, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Aug 12, 2007 7:18 AM

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Answer 1

Len Goff

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Aug 12, 2007 10:00 AM in response to AHF

Welcome to iDVD Discussions.

I'm pretty sure that oddity was in version 6 too. Try this: Once you have the text on the menu the way you want it, switch family menus twice. So if you're on Main menu, click on a Chapters menu and then back again.

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AHF Author

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Jun 24, 2010 4:26 AM in response to AHF

Thanks for the reply, although this didnt help the issue.

I have some screen grabs to explain my question -

Here is a shot of a project I made using iDVD with the last version of iLife: When I open this project using '08 the text appears as it always did - see below:

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However, what I now want to do as I did with the one above, yet with a new project, is have two lines of text ("The Wedding of" and "Belinda & Ryan") but when I copy and paste the first line of text it pastes it as forward facing text, and not part of the theme (see pic - I have used the same project as an example):

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If you see the above text "Belinda & Ryan" does not appear at the same angle as the other text, in previous versions of iDVD it was always a case of just copying and pasting.

I hope this all makes sense, sorry if I'm blabbering!

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AHF Author

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Aug 13, 2007 12:09 AM in response to AHF

Does anyone have a solution? I am desperate for someway to make this work, there has to be a way of doing it but even looking through the manual doesnt give anything up!

Thanks again and appologies for the image sizes in the last post.

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SDIllini

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Aug 13, 2007 8:17 AM in response to AHF

Perhaps I am missing the point, but can't you simply type it out again instead of copying & pasting?

Sue

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AHF Author

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Aug 13, 2007 8:38 AM in response to AHF

Thanks for the reply. It does the same whenever I just click "add text" it doesnt apply the text to the same theme. Very frustrating!

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SDIllini

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Aug 13, 2007 9:57 AM in response to AHF

Yikes! That would be very frustrating.

Sorry I wasn't any help!

Sue

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F Shippey

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Aug 13, 2007 10:04 AM in response to SDIllini

Perhaps I am missing the point, but can't you simply type it out again instead of copying & pasting?

Sue,

I just tried that (typing) in both the 4:3 and 16:9 versions and everything seem to work properly.

We must be missing some detail of what the OP is trying to do.

Fred

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AHF Author

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Aug 13, 2007 1:47 PM in response to AHF

I will try and explain the situation again as I realise my OP wasnt the most descriptive.

Basically when I now open the Reflections White theme in iDVD 08, the text that says "Reflection White" appears at an angle as it always does. However when I try and add more text (either by copying and pasting or by using "add text") it is not at the same angle as the other text, instead it appears straight on and it obviously looks out of place. See pictures in my other post above for a visual.

I really hope there is a way around this somehow, as it seems a very wierd "glitch" that I can't seem to overcome. If you guys need any more info please let me know!

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F Shippey

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Aug 13, 2007 3:06 PM in response to AHF

OK - when you type in the title block you get slanted text. If you want to add additional text somewhere on the menu screen using 'add text' is is straight.

I would suggest using a different text font in the 'add text' box so that it doesn't match the slanted text and look out of place.

But I still don't understand why you can't simply type 'The Wedding of <cr> Belinda & Ryan' in the title block. This will produce your desired title using two lines. (Where <cr> is the return key.)

F Shippey

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AHF Author

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Aug 13, 2007 11:33 PM in response to F Shippey

Thanks for the reply. However when I just write two lines of text within one text box, they are really far apart, and you can (obviously) not move the text nearer, as you can do with two separate pieces of text.

I just dont get how in the last version this worked fine but now something so simple seems really complicated.

Basically, as an overview: when i add new text to the reflections menus, it is not stylised to the theme.

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AHF Author

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Aug 17, 2007 2:11 AM in response to AHF

I have now spent two days going through iDVD and trying everything possible but there just doesnt seem to be an outcome to this issue.

Is anyone else experiencing this issue?

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Answer 12

Aug 20, 2007 8:34 AM in response to AHF

Im having the exact same issue - my problem is that I want 2 words in different fonts, one above the other.

With the old version, it was a doddle, just copy & paste to get two text boxes - both with the same perspective, but with the new version it just wont happen & it's really annoying.

Please help us!

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Len Goff

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Aug 20, 2007 9:45 AM in response to coldsweat

+Please help us!+

Apple doesn't read this group. They do read this:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/idvd.html

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leish2

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Aug 21, 2007 11:30 AM in response to AHF

You want to create a "sub Menu" ... you can do a right+click to bring up a contextual menu ... or copy and paste the sub menu that is already there.

Didn't have time to check to see if you can have different fonts for the different sub-menus but I doubt it.

Mike

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SDMacuser

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Aug 22, 2007 11:05 AM in response to AHF

There is no way around this issue short of 3rd party apps / Fred's suggestion w/in iDVD. Your next best step is to invest in DVDSP since it doesn't have this slanted vs. straight text issue/s nor the same restraints on spacing of text.

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