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Using menu templates to create menus
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Layer display controls
A DVD menu has three layers:
• Background layer: Contains the full-color images and video.
• Subpicture layer: Contains the subpicture images for each button.
• Highlight layer: Contains the highlight rectangles that identify the buttons to the DVD
player.
All three layers are displayed by default. You can hide layers to make menu creation easier.
For example, while defining or editing buttons in a menu created from a layered Photoshop
file (see
“Using layered Photoshop files to create menus” on page 119 ), you may prefer to
hide the Background layer so you can see the button subpictures and highlight rectangles
more clearly.
To hide a layer:
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Select View > View Background Layer, View Subpicture Layer, or View Highlight
Layer, depending on which layer you want to hide.
Using menu templates to create menus
The fastest way to create menus is to use the templates that are provided with DVDit Pro
HD. A menu template is a complete menu design, including background, buttons, text
blocks, and optional audio track. It also includes attributes such as drop shadow settings.
To create a menu using a template:
1. Click the Templates tab in the Palette window.
2. Drag a template onto the Drag Media Here icon in the Project window’s Menus group.
DVDit Pro HD builds the menu on the Menu tab of the Preview window. Every element
in this menu can be edited as described in
“Using individual elements to create menus”
on page 106 .
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DVDit Pro HD ships with 5 HD templates for use in Blu-ray projects. These templates use a
1920 x 1080 background and specially sized button objects that assure high-quality high-
definition output. While you can use any of DVDit Pro HD's templates in a Blu-ray project,
those which are not referenced with HD in their name will be stretched for high definition
output resulting in degradation of quality.
To replace an existing menu with a template:
1. Click the Templates tab in the Palette window.
2. Do one of the following:
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