Specifications

Video Area

The

Video Area shows the videos currently loaded to your DVD.

Note: if you load several videos to your DVD, every new video will be marked automatically as a new chapter

with a marker placed to the beginning of the new video.

Timeline Bottom Bar

The

Timeline Bottom Bar lets the user change the DVD preset used to create the current video (selecting the necessary preset

from the drop-down list). See the Starting a New Project section for more detail on that.

Properties Area

The Properties Area looks different for each selected element of the Navigation Panel

and Editing Area as they all possess various properties. The main available properties for

main menu elements include:

Actions - lets the user change the actions for the buttons of the menu when you press the

buttons of the remote control of the DVD player (software or hardware) used to playback

the created DVD. This option is available to be changed on the Button tab of the properties

of different buttons - chapters, Prev, Main and Next buttons. See the Adding and

Editing DVD Menu Buttons section to find out how to change the Actions button

properties.

Advanced Text Settings - lets the user change the additional text settings, mainly the

Shadow property. This option is available to be changed for the Text in the Layers and

for the Design tab of the Prev, Main and Next buttons. See the Adding and Editing

DVD Menu Buttons and Adding and Editing Text sections to find out how to change

the Advanced Text Settings properties.

Background Style - lets the user change the style of the background used in Main Page

or Chapters pages. You can select among Brush, Image and Video from File types of

background. See the Changing the Page Background section to find out how to change

the Background Style properties.

Brush - lets the user change the Brush type used in filling the background of the page,

text color of the buttons and the color of the simple graphics filling. See the Adding and

Editing DVD Menu Buttons, Adding and Editing Simple Graphics, Filling

Background using Brush and Adding and Editing Text sections to find out how to

change the Brush properties.

Button Style - lets the user change the style of the buttons used. This option is available

for the Designer tab of the Buttons elements. See the Adding and Editing DVD Menu

Buttons to find out how to change the Button Style properties.

File - lets the user select a video or music file that will be used as a background for either

the menu buttons or for the menu pages. See the Adding and Editing DVD Menu

Buttons, Adding Background Music and Adding Video from File as Background

sections for more detail.

File Information - lets the user view the information for the video file loaded into AVS

DVD Authoring. This option is available for the Video Files element of the Navigation Panel. See the Starting a New

Project chapter of the Working with Projects section for more information on this option.

Fragment - lets the user select a fragment of the video used as background to the page or a button. See the Adding Video

from File as Background and Adding and Editing DVD Menu Buttons sections for more detail.

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