Roxio DVDit Pro HD, User Manual

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Chapter 7 Creating and editing menus
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Using audio in menus
Any menu can have an audio track that plays while the menu is displayed.
This section includes:
• “Adding audio to menus” on page 122
• “Fading the audio” on page 122
• “Removing menu audio” on page 122
Adding audio to menus
To add a background audio track to a menu:
1. Click the Media tab in the Palette window to display video and audio assets.
2. Drag an audio asset onto the menu in the Project window.
Adding audio to a menu with a still background turns it into a timed still menu with the same
duration as the audio track. To trim the audio track, see
“Setting menu durations” on
page 123 .
To replace an existing audio track:
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Drag a different audio asset onto the menu in the Project window.
Fading the audio
To fade the audio at the beginning or end of a menu:
1. Select the menu in the Project window. The Attributes window displays the menu’s
attributes.
2. On the General tab of the Attributes window, select the Fade In option to fade in the
audio at the start of the menu. Select the Fade Out option to fade out the audio when the
menu ends.
Removing menu audio
To remove the audio track from a menu:
1. Select the menu in the Project window. The Attributes window displays the menu’s
attributes.
2. On the General tab of the Attributes window, in the Audio section, set the File pop-up
menu to None Selected.
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Removing the audio from a timed still menu turns it back into an infinite still menu.
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