DVD Main Menu

Our next assignment in computer image making is to complete a functioning DVD with multiple menus. This is the main menu, you know, the one you see when you first pop the DVD in. Everyone in the class showed their main menus and received feedback on what we could change to make the menu more effective, and what should stay the same.

As far as positive comments go, the prevailant compliment my menu recieved was on its color pallet and images. The background won a mixed review, as some people said they liked it, while others told me it should change.

Many people commented on the "bio" and "filmography" buttons being too small, but as I did a very foolish thing, and, as I was testing putting this into DVD studio pro, I merged my photoshop layers together - one for the 'background' and onee for 'text' (I gathered this was what we were supposed to do to be able to add actual buttons later on), and like a fool, I didn't save my changes as a copy, so now what I am left with is very little room for change. For example, I received comments taht the title was too hard to read. It would be very hard now to go back and change this, but I played around with pretty much every font I could, and the one I have now is the one I am satisfied with, and I probably would have kept it regardless of my technical quandaries. However, I did recieve feedback on the "animated" part of my title being too dark, which I can and will change (good ol' dodge tool). Someone also pointed out that my edges will be cut off, so I will have to scale everything down before I add it to my final DVD studio project.

Overall, you probably wont see much change, but I will touch it up to add as much clarity as I can, and possibly add a little more to the background (just for the sexy factor).