User guide

The Menu Editor window is the primary design area for creating the connections of your DVD. In
this window you can add buttons, drop zones, overlays, text, and more. The Menu Editor also contains use-
ful guides and rulers to help organize your DVD Menu creations. Finally, the Menu Editor allows you to see
exactly how your menu will look when it’s in motion on your DVD.
Another useful feature of the Menu Editor is the Drop Palette.
The Drop Palette appears in the Menu Editor when you drag an asset
or project element to it. Once you stop moving the pointer, the Drop
Palette appears, allowing you to choose how to use the asset within
the menu. The contents of the Drop Palette vary, depending on the
asset or element type, how many assets you drag, and whether you
have dragged to an existing button. For example, to the right, a video
asset has been dragged to the Menu Editor, and without depressing the
mouse, the Drop Palette appears. It allows you to set the video as the
background, create a new track and a button that links to it, just create
a new button, create a new drop zone, or if the video has
multiple chapters, create a chapter index and a button that
links to it.
Menu
Selection
Video
Asset in
Drop Zone
Text
Send to
Back
Send to
Front
Send
Backward
Send
Forward
Rulers
Action
Safe Guide
Title Safe
Guide
Create New
Submenu
Create New
Slideshow
Normal
Button State
Selected
Button State
Activated
Button State
Show/Hide-
Button
Outlines
Show/Hide
Guides
Menu
Window
Settings
Selected
Button
Status
Normal
Button
Status
Button
Outlines
Empty
Dropzone
Start/Stop
Motion
Menu
Create New
Track
Guides
me n u eD i t o r Wi n D o W
Drop Palette
Menu
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