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• Single Field: Optimizes playback when using field-based video sources. This is especially
important with video that has fast motion, and will reduce any motion artifacts. Selecting
Single Field with frame-based video sources results in reduced resolution (edges may
appear jagged).
• At End: Sets the motion menu action when the End time is reached during playback.
Choose one of these settings:
• Still: Freezes the video’s last frame once the video asset finishes playing. If there is
an audio file assigned, it will also play once and then stop.
• Loop: Activates the Start, Loop, and End controls if there is a video asset assigned as
the background. See
Configuring Motion Menu Settings
for information on using
these controls.
• Timeout: Activates the Sec and Action settings. This allows you to configure the menu
so that if the viewer does not select a button for a specified amount of time, the title
automatically jumps to the element specified with the Action setting.
Menu Timeout and Jump Action
You can set whether a menu appears indefinitely or has a timeout duration. If you set a
timeout duration, the title jumps to the element chosen in the Action pop-up menu after
the specified amount of time. If the menu has a video asset assigned as the background,
the timeout’s countdown does not start until the video finishes playing. You’d generally
use a timeout setting with titles played at a sales kiosk, where you want to have something
playing onscreen as much as possible.
• Sec: Enter the amount of time, in seconds, that the menu appears if no button is
selected.
• Action: Choose the element to jump to once the timeout value is reached. If the menu
has a default transition, the transition plays before the element is jumped to.
Overlay Selections
You use these settings only if you are using an overlay with this menu.
• Overlay File: Choose the file with the menu’s overlay. See
for more information.
• Overlay Layer: Becomes active whenever you assign a PSD file with layers as the menu’s
subpicture overlay. You choose the overlay layer from the pop-up menu.
Audio Settings
See
for more information on using the settings in this area.
• Filename area: Lists the audio files assigned to the menu. You can add audio files to
the menu by dragging them here. You can rearrange their order by dragging the
filenames to a new position.
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Chapter 13
Creating Menus Using the Standard Method