User guide

General (Tab 2)
Default Slide Length• - sets the default time that each slide in a slideshow is displayed.
Background Color• - sets the color that is visible behind the slides.
SD DVD Menus, Tracks, and Subtitles• -setsthedefaultdisplaymodeforallStandardDenition
(SD) assets in the project. See the section on Aspect Ratios for more information.
Thumbnail Size• - dicates the size of the element previes in the palette and slideshow windows.
Subtitle Settings• - controls the default length of fade-in/out, and onscreen times for subtitles
Menu (Tab 3)
Motion Duration• - sets the default length of menus which contain moving assets such a video back-
grounds.
Auto Assign Button Navigation• -dictateshowDVDSPconguresthedefaultnavigationcontrolsof
the buttons on your menus.
Final Rendering• - determines how the menus and transitions of your DVD project are rendered
once the DVD is complete. While Hardware based rendering will provide faster results, those
results will be based on your computer’s video card capabilities, and thus might not be as excellent
that of a better card, and the results will vary from computer to computer. For guaranteed good
rendering quality, choose Software based. Rendering will take longer, but the results will be con-
sistent.
Drop Palette Delay• - sets the amount of time before the Drop Palette menu appears
when dragging assets from other windows onto the main design area.
Video Background Color• - sets the default color for the background of menus.
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