Setting drop zone properties – Apple DVD Studio Pro 4 User Manual

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The name of the button is “Button _,” with “_” being the next available number.

Once you have created a drop zone, you can drag an asset to the drop zone, or select an
asset in the Drop Zone Inspector. See

Working with Assets in Buttons and Drop Zones

for more information.

Setting Drop Zone Properties

The Drop Zone Inspector appears once you create a drop zone. It contains basic settings
for configuring the drop zone.

Name: Enter a name for the drop zone.

Asset: Use this pop-up menu to assign an asset to the drop zone. You can choose any

applicable assets.

Start Frame: When the asset assigned to the drop zone is a video clip, this area displays

the video. Use the slider or the timecode entry to choose the start point for motion
playback (if motion is enabled) or to choose the frame to use in the drop zone if motion
is not enabled.

Motion: Select this checkbox to enable motion in the drop zone when the drop zone’s

asset is a video clip. See

Configuring Motion Menu Settings

for details on looping video

within drop zones.

Shape: Use this pop-up menu to choose a shape to assign to the selected drop zone.

A thumbnail image of the selected shape appears next to the pop-up menu. The pop-up
menu lists the existing shapes by their names, grouped as Apple Shapes (supplied with
DVD Studio Pro), Custom Shapes (added shapes available to all projects), Project Shapes
(added shapes available to this project only), and Patch Shapes. Use the Palette’s Shapes
tab to manage the shapes and as another way to select a shape.

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Creating Menus Using the Standard Method

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