Roxio DVDit Pro HD, User Manual

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Chapter 7 Creating and editing menus
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To create a menu using a single background color:
1. If necessary, click the Menu tab in the Preview window.
2. Choose DVD Menus > Add Menu. A new menu appears in the Project window’s Menus
group, and the Preview window shows a block of color.
3. To change the color, select the Background Color option in the Preview window’s
toolbar, then select one of the colors from the pop-up menu.
For more choices, click the Custom option to open the Color dialog box, then choose or
define the color you want.
To replace a menu’s background:
1. Double-click the menu in the Project window. The menu appears in the Preview
window.
2. Do one of the following:
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Drag a new image or video asset onto the menu in the Project window.
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Drag a new image or video asset onto the menu displayed in the Preview window.
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Select the Background Color option in the Preview window’s toolbar (to replace an
image or video asset with simple color).
Scaling of non-4:3 images and video
Menus in DVDit Pro HD can have either a 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratio. If you use an image or
video clip with a different aspect ratio or different pixel dimensions, you can control how
DVDit Pro HD scales it:
To change the menu background scaling:
1. Double-click the menu in the Project window. The menu appears in the Preview
window and the Attributes window displays the menu’s attributes.
2. On the General tab of the Attributes window, in the Display section, choose one of the
Scaling options:
- Center: (Available for 4:3 menu compositor only.) Places the image or video at its
original size in the center of the menu. If the image or video is larger than
720 x 480/576, its edges are cropped. If the image or video is smaller, black
letterbox bars fill in the gap to the edge of the menu.
- Stretch: Stretches or shrinks the image or video to fill the menu. If the original
image or video does not have a 4:3 aspect ratio, it is distorted.
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