Layers with motion for DVD Studio Pro?

[agcohn]

Is it possible to create a composition in After Effects that DVD Studio Pro can read as a Layered Menu?

I have discovered to my dismay that within DVD Studio Pro I cannot add FMV to the layered menus that I have created within Photoshop. Stupidly, the program is not capable of doing this.

I want to be able to have animated icons that start moving when highlighted, but I am using layered menus, because I have titles that also pop up when the buttons are highlighted. Apparently it's possible to add FMV buttons in DVD Studio Pro when using normal menus, but not when using layered menus.

The only possible solution I can think of is maybe creating a composition in After Effects than can be read by DVD Studio Pro that would all ready contain the icon animations within it. Is this possible? I have only used After Effects once or twice.

[Dr Lucien Sim]

Yes... is the short answer... you could also create the animated buttons as separate elements and put them all together in DVDSP.

[oneinfiniteloop]

Yes... is the short answer... you could also create the animated buttons as separate elements and put them all together in DVDSP.

But you can't directly import a composition, i.e. an AE project file, directly into DVD Studio Pro. There may be a way with Motion, but you would have to have motion first.