Text style properties, Drop zone style properties – Apple DVD Studio Pro 4 User Manual

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Asset: The asset file assigned to the button and the timecode setting below the

thumbnail. When a button style is applied to an existing button, this asset only appears
if the existing button does not already have an asset assigned.

Motion: Whether or not motion has been enabled for the asset

Shape: The shape file assigned to the button

Shadow: Whether or not the menu’s drop shadow has been enabled for the shape

Color Set: Which of the three highlight sets the button uses

Auto Action: Whether or not Auto Action has been enabled for the button

Invisible: Whether or not the button has been set to be invisible

Default Text: The actual text that the button uses. When a button style is applied to an

existing button, this text only appears if the existing button does not already have text.

Font: The font’s name and size used for the button text

Text Color: The text’s color

Text Position: The text’s position on the button (top, left, right, center, or bottom)

Text Offset: The offset values for the text’s position

Text Shadow: Whether or not the menu’s drop shadow has been enabled for the text

Text in Highlight: Whether or not the text is included in the button’s highlight

Text Style Properties

Text styles and all text objects in a template contain the following properties. Templates
also contain the following properties as the default text style, used when you double-click
the menu background to create a text object. See

Setting Default Styles

for information

on setting a default text style.

Default Text: The actual text that the text object uses. This text does not appear when

a text style is applied to an existing text object.

Font: The font’s name and size used for the text object

Text Color: The text’s color

Rotation: The rotation setting used for the text object

Drop Zone Style Properties

Drop zone styles contain the following properties. Templates contain the following
properties for each of their drop zones.

Size: The width and height of the drop zone’s active area

Asset: The asset file assigned to the drop zone and the timecode setting below the

thumbnail. When a drop zone style is applied to an existing drop zone, this asset only
appears if the existing drop zone does not already have an asset assigned.

Shape: The shape file assigned to the drop zone

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Using Templates, Styles, and Shapes to Create Your Menus

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