Ulead 1.0 - Manual (Page 110)

6—2 SpruceUp User’s Guide
Creating Menus Basics
Introduction
DVD titles can be as simple as just a single movie, but most often they tend to contain a
variety of movies and still images. For this reason, most DVD titles contain at least one
menu, and it is typically the first thing to appear when the title starts playing. See the A
Movie as First Play topic for information on creating simple titles.
A menu is made up of a background image, one or more buttons linked to the movie(s) or
other menus, and optionally some text explaining what to do.
Menu Backgrounds
SpruceUp supports a wide variety of still image formats that can be used as menu
backgrounds. See the Background Assets topic for details.
Buttons
SpruceUp supports up to 25 buttons per menu. SpruceUp supplies a number of buttons for
use when creating menus. These buttons come in two types: Solid and Thumbnail Frame.
The only difference is that Thumbnail Frame buttons contain a window to display a
thumbnail video frame of the movie or menu assigned to that button.
See the Button Assets topic for general information on buttons, and the Custom Button
Introduction topic for details on making custom buttons.
Text
SpruceUp contains a text generator for placing text over the menu. The text may be labels
for the buttons, viewing instructions, or anything else you would like to appear on the
screen. Simply click in the Work Area on a place to type, then start typing. You can set the
font, size, color, and a few other attributes. See the Typing Text topic for details.
Drop Shadows
Use the Drop Shadow dialog to add shadows to the buttons and text items you placed on
the menu. See the Adding Drop Shadows topic for details.
Overlapping Buttons
A big issue to be aware of is what happens when buttons overlap. See the Overlapping
Buttons topic for details.
Creating a Menu
The following lists the steps required to create a menu. This assumes you have some
background and button assets, as well as at least one movie. It also assumes you are
starting a new project, with an empty Menu Gallery.
Setting the Background
Assign a background to a menu by simply dragging it to either the Work Area or to the gray
rectangle ("Next Menu" icon) on the Menu Gallery, or simply double-clicking on it. In any
case, the menu is added to the Menu Gallery and the gray rectangle moves to the right.
Next Menu Icon
Drag a background to the gray rectangle to create a second menu (the Menu Gallery always
has a gray rectangle at its right end). Alternatively you can hold down your keyboard's Ctrl
button and double-click on a background to make it the next menu.