Copying buttons in a subtitle clip, Copying buttons by dragging, Using copy, cut, and paste – Apple DVD Studio Pro 4 User Manual
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The biggest difference is that you don’t have the option of using a simple overlay. You
can accomplish a similar effect by setting the color and opacity settings for the three
nonwhite overlay colors to the same values, and setting the white overlay opacity to 0,
making it completely transparent.
Another difference is that the overlay colors have pre-assigned functions if you are typing
subtitle text. See
for more information.
See
Using Advanced Overlay Color Mapping
and
Colors Tab in the Menu Inspector with
for more information.
Copying Buttons in a Subtitle Clip
You are able to copy buttons within a subtitle clip or to a different subtitle clip. The
buttons retain all of their settings, including their target setting.
You are not allowed to copy buttons to a subtitle clip if it causes that clip to exceed the
maximum number of buttons allowed. See
Creating the Buttons for Button over Video
for details on the maximum number of buttons allowed.
Copying Buttons by Dragging
You can copy one or more buttons within a subtitle clip by selecting them, then dragging
them to a new location.
To copy one or more buttons within a subtitle clip by dragging
1
Select the buttons to be copied.
2
Press the Option key, then drag the buttons to their new position.
If multiple buttons are selected, they all move as a group, maintaining their relationships
to each other.
Using Copy, Cut, and Paste
You can use the Copy and Paste commands to copy buttons within a subtitle clip and
between subtitle clips. You can even copy buttons from a menu to a subtitle clip. However,
any shapes, button styles, button text, and button assets that the menu’s button might
have are not copied to the subtitle.
Important:
If you copy a button to a subtitle clip that is not configured for buttons over
video, DVD Studio Pro automatically converts the subtitle clip to support buttons by
adding a button highlight marker (named “Button Marker _,” where “_” is the button
marker number on that track) to the timeline at the clip’s beginning, and a cell marker
(named “Marker _,” where “_” is the cell marker number on that track) at its end.
To copy one or more buttons using copy and paste
1
Select the buttons to be copied.
2
Choose Edit > Copy (or press Command-C).
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Chapter 19
Creating Subtitles