Menu Maker Helper
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1.0 I
NTRODUCTION
The
Menu Maker
Helper
(MMH) application is a Microsoft
®
Windows
®
-based, companion-
program to the original
PRV-LX1 DVD Menu Maker
. MMH acts as a wizard for managing
repetitive actions within Photoshop such as duplicating buttons and creating mask layers. The
program includes several background images and button templates; however, your custom
backgrounds and button designs can also be pulled into MMH. Once a background graphic or a
button template is added to MMH, the design is available for future projects.
After the Photoshop file (.psd) is built, use the original
Pioneer PRV-LX1 DVD Menu Maker
program (
LX1 Menu.exe
) to convert the file into a custom menu for the PRV-LX1. A menu
layout usually consists of a background for the menu, a disc title, buttons and/or thumbnails to
view video clips, and Previous/Next Menu buttons if there are multiple pages to a menu. DVD
Menu Maker creates this series of files that become a custom layout menu when imported in to
the Pioneer PRV-LX1 professional recorder.
This document describes how to create a Photoshop file using MMH (and the original DVD
Menu Maker application) that can be converted into a custom menu layout for the PRV-LX1.
You must be familiar with Photoshop layer creation and manipulation to build this file.
1.1 Operation
Requirements
When using MMH to build custom DVD menus, both Pioneer applications as well as a
version of Adobe
®
Photoshop
®
with the Scripting plug-in and Apple’s Quick Time player
must be installed on your computer. MMH needs Photoshop to build the PSD file and
the DVD Menu Maker program requires Quick Time to preview your custom menu for
the Pioneer PRV-LX1 professional recorder. The application versions are as follows:
•
Adobe Photoshop version 7.0 or later
•
Adobe Photoshop Scripting plug-in for version 7.0
(Photoshop version CS does not require this plug-in)
•
Apple Quick Time version 6.0 player or later
•
Pioneer DVD Menu Maker version 1.0 or later
•
Pioneer Menu Maker Helper version 1.0 or later
When creating PSD files with the MMH program, the application depends heavily on the
History information maintained by Photoshop during the building process. Because
History information is lost once a Photoshop file is saved or closed, the final PSD file
must be built in a single menu-development session.
1.2 Additional
Requirements
Before beginning to build your custom menu, consider the following features:
•
How many buttons are needed
•
If your layout will have buttons on a single screen or there will be multiple pages
representing a single menu thus requiring Previous/Next buttons
