MacroSystem DVD-Arabesk 3 - Manual (Page 26)

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If you take more than 15 seconds to activate
a film in the DVD menu, the text will move
through the picture again, because the DVD
menu is played repeatedly.
Of course you can use supplementary programs
to modify the previously described titling.
For example, turning or self-changing
(morph technology) titles can be created with
ElasticDreams.
Tip: By using a title effect and with the help of
the Scene function you can put additional text
into the background menu. This is an ideal
way to display a box in the lower right corner
in which e.g. there is a reference to the film
director.
5.2 Moving background with Liquid
Images
Create a black scene with a length of 10 seconds.
Insert the scene twice into the storyboard and
enter the menu Transition effects.
Select the effect Liquid Images, insert it and set
the effect length to 10 seconds.
Then set the effect options as follows: Select a
shimmering yellow as color, under Material set
Liquid, under Effect set the option Big Slider and
under Select effect set the mask Whirlwind.
Calculate the effect and create a scene from it
that should appear in the scene bin.
Start DVD-Arabesk 3 and enter the function Edit
Menu.
Select the menu item Background and under
Type set the option Scene. Clicking on the button
Select below opens project selection. Confirm
the active project so that the desired scene bin
appears. Call up the menu image previously
created with Liquid Images and confirm with Ok.
Finally, set the option Animated under Mode.
5.3 Moving background with Particle
Magic
In this example you will use the supplementary
program Particle Magic to learn how to create a
nice background menu with little effort.
Create a black scene that lasts 30 seconds, insert
it in the storyboard and give it a nice title.
Enter the menu Titling, select the titling effect
Horizontal Scroller and insert it into the
storyboard. Set the effect duration to 30 seconds
and click on the button Enter/edit text.
In text entry mode delete the existing panel and
enter an appropriate title, e.g. “Videos 2003”.
In our example we have decided to use the
font Lynn at a size of 200. The text should have
a white color with an alpha value of 50%, and
show a white frame with a thickness of 4.