Roxio DVDit Pro HD, User Manual

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Chapter 7 Creating and editing menus
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Tools to help create menus
DVDit Pro HD provides several tools to help you lay out menus, including:
• “Safe Area guides” on page 104
• “Gridlines” on page 104
• “Layer display controls” on page 105
Safe Area guides
Most TVs display an image that is larger than the physical screen. This helps to hide
distortion at the edges of the image, but it also means that the edges of the image are
cropped. The Safe Area is the part of the image that can be seen. DVDit Pro HD’s Safe Area
guides help you keep your buttons and text within the visible area of the menu.
To display the Safe Area guides:
t
Select View > View Safe Area. The Safe Area guides appear on the Menu tab of the
Preview window.
The Picture Safe guide shows the point beyond which you should not place any buttons. The
Title Safe guide shows the point beyond which you should not place any text.
Gridlines
DVDit Pro HD provides gridlines to help when aligning buttons and text. You can also force
objects to snap to the gridlines.
To display the gridlines:
t
Select View > Show Grid. The gridlines appear on the Menu tab of the Preview
window.
To force objects to snap to the gridlines:
t
Select View > Snap.
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