Apple DVD Studio Pro 4 User Manual

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Actions

Drop Palette options

This option does not create any menus or link the buttons to
anything.

• Creates a button for each picture, and assigns each picture as its

thumbnail.

Create Buttons

• Creates a button for each picture.
• Assigns each picture as its button’s asset.
• Creates new menus with each picture as their backgrounds.
• Adds a link from the new buttons to the new menus.

Create Submenus

Dragging Multiple Still Pictures (or a Folder) to a Button

The following options appear in the Drop Palette:

Actions

Drop Palette options

• Sets the button’s thumbnail to the first picture.
• Creates a new slideshow.
• Adds a link from the button to the new slideshow.
• Sets the slideshow’s End Jump setting to this menu.

Set Asset and Create Slideshow
(default option)

The button’s thumbnail image does not change.

• Creates a new slideshow.
• Adds a link from the button to the new slideshow.
• Sets the slideshow’s End Jump setting to this menu.

Create Slideshow

Dragging a Multiple-Layer Still Picture to an Empty Area

The following options appear in the Drop Palette:

Actions

Drop Palette options

Once set, you can disable layers in the Menu Inspector.

• Uses the picture as this menu’s background, with all layers visible.

Set Background—All Layers
Visible (default option)

Once set, you can enable layers in the Menu Inspector.

• Uses the picture as this menu’s background, with no layers visible.

Set Background—No Layers
Visible

Once set, you can select the layer to use as the overlay in the Menu
Inspector.

• Uses the picture as this menu’s overlay, with no layers assigned

to the overlay.

Set Overlay

This option does not create a new menu or link the button to
anything. You cannot select the layers to show—because they are
composited together.

• Creates a button at this menu location and assigns this picture

to its thumbnail, using the layers left visible by the graphics
application.

Create Button

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Chapter 13

Creating Menus Using the Standard Method

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