Apple DVD Studio Pro 4 - Manual (Page 329)

Managing Shapes
The Palette contains a Shapes tab. You can use this tab to view thumbnails of the shapes,
drag the shapes to the Menu Editor to use them as buttons or drop zones, and import
shapes that you have created.
You can choose either small or large as the size for the thumbnails in the Palette in the
General pane in DVD Studio Pro Preferences. See
General Preferences for more information
on the preferences.
Two Types of Shapes
There are two types of shapes that are available: normal and patches. You can create your
own normal shapes; however, patches only come with DVD Studio Pro, and you cannot
create your own.
What’s a Patch?
Patches are shapes that are able to modify the assigned asset. For example, a shape may
add a tint or a blur filter to the assigned asset. Some patches have a motion element
although most are static. Patches can be positioned and sized just like normal shapes,
and have still or video assets assigned to them.
Unlike normal shapes, you are not able to create custom patches.
Patches appear in the Apple group of the Shapes tab along with the normal shapes. You
can tell which shapes are patches by choosing Patch Shapes in the Button Inspector’s
Style tab.
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