Dragging a shape from the palette – Apple DVD Studio Pro 4 User Manual

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• Create a button active area, then select the shape from the Button Inspector.

When you drag a shape from the Palette, it appears at its actual size, as created in the
graphics program. When you add a shape by assigning it to an active area, it is scaled to
fit the area, which can make it appear squashed or stretched.

Dragging a Shape from the Palette

The Palette offers three groups of shapes and shows you thumbnails of all the shapes
you have to choose from.

To drag a shape from the Palette

1

Select the Shapes tab in the Palette.

Select the group
of shapes to display.

A soft gray border
appears around
the selected shape.

2

Select the group of shapes to display:

• To display the shapes included with DVD Studio Pro: Click Apple.

Note: Not all shapes supplied with DVD Studio Pro support highlights. Some are
intended to be used only with drop zones and do not include the highlight layer used
by buttons.

• To display the shapes that have been imported for use by all projects: Click Custom.

• To display shapes imported for use by this project only: Click Project.

3

Scroll through the available shapes, then select the one you want to use.

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Creating Menus Using the Standard Method

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