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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