DVD menu design tips

What’s your go-to software for building DVD menus...

Adobe After Effects paired up with (also) MediaChannel's DVD Studio Pro—that’s really all you need👍

Everything worth having comes with a price tag, I guess, and that definitely includes Adobe Premiere Pro + DVD production. 😢

Look, I’ve spent a long time going back and forth with people on the Adobe vs. Las Vegas debate, and I usually end up siding with Adobe—but if you want to get technical, DVD Architect just doesn't hold a candle to Las Vegas for me. So, I’m sticking with my DVDLab solution.

Personally, I think Las Vegas started acting up even before Sony picked them up, back when they were still on version 3. Version 4 was just a complete disaster, honestly, but once version 5 rolled out—you know, right after the Sony acquisition—it climbed right back to the top of the heap... If you're telling me Adobe After Effects is better, then hey, I'll take your word for it! 🙂 But man, I just don't have the time to sit down and learn an entirely new program right now... 😉

I won't go so far as to say it's better, but I will say they failed to bake that sense of simplicity and logic into Nero that you just get with Las Vegas. If I had spent more time messing around with it, maybe I’d feel differently.