User guide

pa L e t t e Wi n D o W
The Palette prives easy access to
the templates, styles, and shapes used to
create menus. Additionally, the Palette
includes three media tabs that connect to
the Audio, Still Image, and Video folders
in your User Folder of Macintosh HD.
While these shortcuts are convenient, it
is recommended that any media that you
wish to use from these folders be copied
into your project folder and imported from
there.
The Palette also allows you to save
your own templates, buttons, text settings,
etc.Byselectingthe“Create”buttonat
the bottom of the window, you can save
your custom creation for use later on in
the current or a future project. Unless
you’re creating your own DVD menus
from scratch, the Palette is the place to
begin when designing your DVD.
Templates
Tab
Styles
Tab
Shapes
Tab
Menu
Templates
Video
Tab
Stills
Tab
Audio
Tab
Play Stop
Step
Backward
Title Safe
Guide
Viewer
Settings
Action
Safe Guide
Step
Forward
Vi e W e r Wi n D o W
The viewer window, although
not as complex as the viewer and can-
vas windows in Final Cut Pro, serves the
same general purpose: allowing you to see
what’s on your track. The viewer window
is a live preview of whatever elements
are on your track, video, audio, subtitles,
etc. The viewer window is automatically
brought to the front (if it is open) when-
ever a track is opened in the timeline.
Not only does the viewer window show
the video from the track, it also has some
built-in features that assist in the DVD
designprocess.TherstisitsTitleand
Action Safe Area guides. These guides,
which are visible in the picture to the
right,provideanalchecktoensurethat
all elements of the picture are within
their respective boundaries. These can be
turned on and off using the settings drop-
down menu from the viewer window.
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