Preparing menu assets, Introduction to preparing menu sources – Apple DVD Studio Pro 4 User Manual
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Before you can begin building a DVD project, you must have correctly prepared menu
source material.
This chapter covers the following:
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Introduction to Preparing Menu Sources
(p. 95)
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(p. 96)
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(p. 96)
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Creating Graphics to Use in Menus
(p. 97)
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(p. 101)
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(p. 106)
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Creating Video for Motion Menus
(p. 106)
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(p. 107)
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(p. 108)
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Creating Graphics for Drop Zones and Buttons
(p. 112)
Introduction to Preparing Menu Sources
This chapter describes the various components, such as backgrounds, overlays, buttons,
and drop zones, and strategies you can use to create menus in DVD Studio Pro.
The types of menu sources you need for your DVD project depend on the types of menus
you want to use:
• Will the backgrounds be still images or contain full-motion videos?
• Will you use the provided shapes for your buttons or create your own?
• Will you use the standard method of creating menus or the layered method?
Before you can know how to prepare your menu sources, you need to understand how
DVD Studio Pro uses them. Following is an overview of what makes up a menu and how
menus are used.
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