MacroSystem DVD-Arabesk 3 - Manual (Page 20)

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After the films are sequenced properly, you can
begin to specify the layout of the DVD menu.
Click on the button Edit Menu and you will see
in the background the heading Casablanca DVD
(or the previously entered heading) and the first
image of each of the four inserted projects with
the corresponding project name below.
The foreground displays an operating panel in
which you see the button Menu, that you now
set to the option Control.
In the lower portion of the window the selection
button 1. Film is displayed, that you now set to
the function Trailer only.
You see that the image of the film selected as
leader is now not visible in the menu.
Now set the selection button Menu to
Background in order to specify the layout of the
DVD menu.
The button Type provides you with several
possibilities. Select Scene.
Use the Select button to open the project
selection in order to call up one of your prepared
projects containing an appropriate scene. (A
scene is appropriate as background scene if it
only contains slight movements.)
After you have confirmed your project selection
by clicking on Ok, the scene bin of the selected
project appears, in which you can select the
desired scene with the help of the slider.
After confirmation you see the button Mode
that you now set to Animated, because the
scene you have selected contains moving video
material.The duration of the moving scene is
restricted to one minute, so it only plays the first
minute of footage in a loop.
If the selected scene has audio, then activate the
function Audio so that a checkmark appears in
the checkmark box.
After you have made these Background settings,
go to the menu item Title. Here you can give a
name to your background menu.
By clicking on the button Text you call up the
screen keyboard (or with the Power Key-Option)
with which you can enter a title of your choice,
e.g. “Vacation 2000 to 2003”. In Chapter 3.1 you
can read about how to enter multi-line text.
Finally, you specify the appearance and position
of your text with the functions Font style/size,
Text Style and Position.
The next option Stamps specifies the
appearance of the start images of the stamp
icons that represent the film projects in the DVD
menu screen.
Click on one of the project icons so that a
dashed-line frame appears around it.
For this example , click the Type button and
select the option Stamp f. scene, so that the
film is represented by the first image of the