Duration setting, Options in the drop palette for standard menus, Drop palette for standard menus—dragging assets – Apple DVD Studio Pro 4 User Manual

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When the end is reached during playback, either all assets stop and display their last
frame as a still image (At End set to Still), or the playback jumps to the Loop, if available,
or Start setting.

If any assets assigned to the menu reach their end before the menu reaches the End
setting, they are looped back to their start to keep playing.

Duration Setting

You can use the Duration setting to set the menu’s duration. It is equal to the End setting
minus the Start setting. If you enter a value, the End setting automatically updates.

Options in the Drop Palette for Standard Menus

Following are descriptions of the various Drop Palette options that can appear when you
drag an asset or element to the Menu Editor. See

Viewing the Drop Palette

for information

on using the Drop Palette options.

The following descriptions are grouped by the type of item you are dragging (asset,
project element such as a track or slideshow, and a template, style, or shape from the
Palette). Details for standard menus are listed first, followed by the details for the layered
menus.

For those Drop Palette options that appear when you drag a motion video asset, a
matching audio asset is also added (if applicable), as long as:

• The “Find matching audio when dragging” setting in the Track pane of DVD Studio Pro

Preferences is selected.

• An audio file with the same base name as the video file is located in the same folder

as the video asset.

The following details assume the “Find matching audio when dragging” preference is
selected and a suitable audio file is found.

Drop Palette for Standard Menus—Dragging Assets

The following sections list the choices in the Drop Palette that appear when you drag
assets to an empty area, button, or drop zone on a standard menu.

Dragging a Motion Video Asset to an Empty Area

The following options appear in the Drop Palette:

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Creating Menus Using the Standard Method

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