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Creating buttons and menus in Adobe Photoshop
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Buttons and frames generated from the DVDit Pro HD palette are sized proportionally to
the compositor size and menu background. If you create buttons or frames that are sized for
1080i/p menus, you can use the naming convention _1080 (myimage_1080.jpg) and DVDit
Pro HD will automatically size the button properly for any menu that you drag those assets
onto.
Buttons that are generated when you drag a menu, slideshow, movie or playlist onto a menu
background in the Preview window, are sized according to the Default Button Size setting in
the Preferences dialog box. See
“Author tab preferences” on page 164 for details.
Slideshow images
DVDit Pro HD supports images larger than 50 x 50 pixels. The image size and aspect ratio
do not matter. However, if you create an OpenDVD disc containing slideshows, the original
image files are archived on the disc; you can also choose to archive these images even if you
don’t create an OpenDVD disc. These files can consume large amounts of disc space if you
use many high-resolution or uncompressed images. We recommend using compressed file
formats such as JPEG or PNG.
Image colors in NTSC projects
NTSC TVs cannot display certain colors, such as bright reds. Most image-editing
applications can make your artwork “NTSC-safe” by adjusting the colors automatically; see
your application’s user guide for instructions. This problem does not occur on PC monitors
or PAL TVs.
Creating buttons and menus in Adobe Photoshop
The following describes how to create button images and complete menus using layers in
Photoshop (or Photoshop Elements). This method may also work with other graphics
programs that support layers and can create Photoshop (.
psd ) files. See the following for
details:
• “Creating buttons” on page 56
• “Creating menus” on page 61
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