CyberLink PowerDirector Help
Click on Produce > Create Disc tab, and then click on the Menu Preferences tab to select the disc menu template in your menu library that you want to include on your disc. To preview the pages in a disc menu, just click on its thumbnail in the library.
Note: if you want to create a new disc menu from scratch, click the Create Menu button at the top of the Menu Preferences tab. See Customizing Disc Menus in the Menu Designer for more information on customizing it. |
Most of the disc menu templates in CyberLink PowerDirector are multi-layered, and can consist of the following pages:
Note: if you do not want to include a menu on your burned disc, select the No Menu template in the menu library. When you play the burned disc, it will automatically start playing the first title/scene. |
•a main menu home (Root menu) page. This is the first menu page that displays when you play the disc. It can contain a menu opening, motion thumbnails, and more.
Note: you can choose not to include a root menu on your disc. See Configuring Disc Menu Settings for more information. |
•if you have more than one title (video or project), your disc will have a Scenes page in the Disc Preview Window. Note that when in the Menu Designer, it is called the Titles page. If you choose to not include a root menu, the scenes page becomes the page displayed when you play the disc.
•a Chapters page where you can navigate through your titles. This page is available if you added chapters in the Chapter Room.
•a Subtitles page that lets you enable/disable the subtitles on your disc.
Note: the Subtitles page in a disc menu is only available if you selected Create subtitles for disc when creating subtitles in the Subtitle Room. See Adding Subtitles for more information. |
To select the disc menu template for your disc, do either of the following:
Note: after you select your menu template be sure to edit its properties. You can edit the text, menu music, and more right in the disc menu preview window on the right. See Editing Disc Menu Properties for more information. You can also customize a disc menu's buttons, background, individual pages, and much more in the Menu Designer. See Customizing Disc Menus in the Menu Designer for more information. |
•Right-click on the menu template's thumbnail in the menu library that you want to use and then select:
▪Apply to set the menu page to the current menu page you are viewing in the disc menu preview window. For example, if you navigate to the scenes page in the disc menu preview window and you select Apply, that menu template is only used on the scenes page of the menu.
▪Apply to All Pages to apply the menu template to all the pages in your menu, i.e. home/root, titles/scenes, chapters.
•Click on a menu template thumbnail in the menu library that you want to use and then select:
▪Apply to set the menu page to the current menu page you are viewing in the disc menu preview window. For example, if you navigate to a chapters page in the disc menu preview window and you select Apply, that menu template is only used on the chapters page of the menu.
▪Apply to All Pages to apply the menu template to all the pages in your menu, i.e. home/root, titles/scenes, chapters.
Note: if required, you can download and import additional disc menu templates from DirectorZone. See Downloading from DirectorZone for more information. |
