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Chapter 7 Creating and editing menus
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Applying Drop Shadow and glow effects to menus
DVDit Pro HD provides a Drop Shadow effect (which can also be used to create a glow
effect) for menu objects.
Every project has a global style for drop shadows in menus. By default, all the menus you
create in a project use the same Drop Shadow settings, and changes to the settings in one
menu affect every other menu. You can take individual objects out of the Global Style, so
you can change their Drop Shadow settings without affecting other objects and menus.
To change the global Drop Shadow:
1. Double-click any menu in the Project window. The menu appears in the Preview
window. The Attributes window displays the menu’s attributes.
2. Click the Effects tab in the Attributes window.
3. Make sure the Global Style option in the Drop Shadow section is selected.
4. Adjust the Drop Shadow controls as desired:
- Drop Shadow On: Select this option to apply the shadow to every menu that
belongs to the global style. Deselect this option to turn off the shadow effect.
- Opacity: Drag the slider or enter a value to change the shadow opacity.
- Angle: Drag the control or enter a value to set the angle of the apparent light source.
- Color: To change the shadow color, click the swatch button and choose from the
pop-up menu or click Custom to define your own colors. Light colors create a glow
effect instead of a shadow.
- Distance: Drag the slider or enter a value to increase or decrease the apparent
distance of the button from the menu background. For a glow effect, set the
Distance to zero.
- Size: Drag the slider or enter a value to blur or sharpen the shadow.
To change the Drop Shadow effect for the selected menu only:
1. Double-click the menu in the Project window. The menu appears in the Preview
window. The Attributes window displays the menu’s attributes.
2. Click the Effects tab in the Attributes window.
3. In the Drop Shadow section, deselect the Global Style option. This takes the selected
objects out of the global style.
4. Adjust the Drop Shadow controls as desired.
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