X6

Edit disc menu 225
Import menu back into MAGIX Video Pro X6
After editing, a PSD file is created, which is imported into MAGIX Video Pro X6 again
and must then be assigned to a menu page as a template.
If access takes place through "Edit externally" see "Export menu" (view page
219), this is done automatically during saving and closing of the graphics
program. Othe
rwise, use the button "Import PSD" to do this.
This imports and converts the PSD (saved to an automatically generated folder in the
folder Content\DVD\Layouts, with TPL files and the generated bitmap files).
Create DVD menus without a template
It is recommended that an existing menu template is adjusted first with a graphics
program. This exercise will help you learn about the functions and structure of a DVD
menu as a PSD file to create menus without using any templates.
You can create PSD files without templates if the following is observed.
• MAGIX Video Pro X6 can only use bitmap layers from the menu PSD file. Text
layers are read as a bitmap (graphic) so that MAGIX Video Pro X6 cannot make
any changes to the text. Layer effects, etc. cannot be read by MAGIX Video Pro
X6. For this reason, all layers featuring additional features in the graphics
program need to be reduced/combined to bitmap level.
• The correct naming of layers is very important! MAGIX Video Pro X6 assigns the
layers and layer groups to the menu items via their names, which makes their
correctness important. The characters added in front (view page 219) of the layer
nam
es should therefore be observed.
A correct menu PSD contains the following elements:
• background
• menu title
• x movie buttons with preview image, frame bitmap, text for menu, text for
numbering, highlight
• one chapter menu button per movie button with bitmap and highlight
• 3 navigation buttons: in front, in the back, and the root menu
Background: The background utilizes all layers from the PSD file from the very back to
the foremost "usable" layer groups. All of the layers up until this are combined via
alpha layering. If the appearance of the background in the graphics and in MAGIX
Video Pro X6 is different, then this step may also be made in the graphics program. In
Photoshop, all associated layers would be combined with the background layer.
Menu titles: In the next step, the layers of the menu title are added and combined into
a single layer group. This must feature a name that begins with "(+*)". Besides the
text layer, additional layers such as text background, shadows, etc. may be present.
All layers are unified as a single layer via alpha layering.