MacroSystem DVD-Arabesk 3 - Manual (Page 24)

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the DVD menu created with PIP-Studio - the
function Audio, so that a checkmark appears.
Then set the Size under menu item Borders at
least to the value two. The alpha value of the
frame color (or frame pattern) must not be set to
0%.
Select an appropriate Color for the frames,
so that the frames can be seen clearly on the
background.
Now only the most important thing is missing:
linking your inserted films with the PIPs.
Enter the menu item Stamps, click on an icon
of one of your projects, so that it is surrounded
by a dashed-line frame, and set the option
Background-Stamp under Type. You will see that
your previous reference image (except for the
frame) has completely disappeared, so that you
can see the South Sea picture at this position.
Select under Size the setting medium, because
you have also created a picture of average size
(120 x 96) with the program PIP-Studio.
Now you only have to click on the button
Position and drag the project frame onto the PIP-
Studio icon, and you are finished!
You will see - surrounded by a frame - your new
picture, titled with the original film name.
Do the same for the rest of the projects until you
have put the frames for all of the projects on the
images created with PIP-Studio.
If desired, you can turn off the frame by
selecting the frame color and setting its alpha
value to 0%.
Now you can continue to specify the DVD menu
layout as described in Chapter 3 of this manual
(frame color, title, etc.)
5. Practice Excercises for
Specifying the Background Menu
Using Supplementary Software
DVD-Arabesk 3 offers you the possibility of
creating the DVD background menu with other
programs. You can use all the supplementary
programs available for your system.
Each of the following examples is an extension
of increased complexity over the previous
example. We therefore recommend that you
work through the examples in the order given.
It is assumed that you are familiar with the
basic operation of your system, e.g. using
the text-entry menu, creating a scene, setting
effect duration, etc., and the operation of the
supplementary programs.
For these practice examples it is not necessary
to actually burn a DVD. The virtual DVD you
have created is on the hard disk and can be
played with the built-in player.