Apple DVD Studio Pro 4 - Manual (Page 260)

• Resolution: Choose the menu’s resolution.
• For SD projects: The resolution is either 720 x 480i (NTSC) or 720 x 576i (PAL).
• For HD projects: You can choose from any of the supported resolutions. DVD Studio Pro
Preferences includes a setting for the default resolution. The resolution automatically
changes to match the menu’s background video resolution if it matches one of the
supported resolutions. Choosing a resolution different than that used by the menu’s
background video results in the menu being scaled and rendered to this setting
when you build the project.
• Display Mode: Set the aspect ratio for this menu (4:3 or 16:9), and with 16:9, choose
how it displays on a 4:3 monitor. The aspect ratio of the background and overlay must
match this setting. See
Working with 16:9 Menus for more information.
• Number Pad: Defines which buttons are directly accessible by a DVD player’s numeric
keypad. Choose All, None, or a button number from the pop-up menu. When you
choose a button number, that button and all buttons less than that number are
accessible via the numeric keypad—buttons greater than this value are blocked from
direct access.
Important: This feature is based on the button order as shown along the top of each
button’s Button Inspector, and not the button names you see in the Menu Editor. See
About Button Numbers for information on verifying and changing the button numbers.
• Btn Offset: You can use this setting to offset button numbers so they make sense to a
viewer who wants to select a button by entering its number. For example, you may
have a set of scene selection menus with numbered scenes. One of the menus may
have scenes 23 to 34, with the button for scene 23 being the first button on the menu.
If you enter an offset value of 22 for this menu, when the viewer enters 23 on the
remote control, 22 is subtracted from it, with the result being 1—the button’s actual
number.
Background Layers Selections
• Background Layers: This table becomes active whenever you assign a PSD file with
layers as the menu’s background. A list of all layers in the file appears, with checkboxes
so that you can select which ones to use for the background.
See Choosing a Menu’s Background from a Layered Photoshop File for details on these
settings.
Drop Shadow Settings
• Menu Shadow: This area configures the drop shadow settings for this menu. See
Configuring the Menu’s Drop Shadow Settings for more information.
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