I found this post somewhere online, seems pretty well written; I followed the instructions, but my burned DVD isn't showing highlights - maybe I need to pay more attention the the black boxes inside the overlay (Photoshop) file? The part about ensure the button edges are strictly contained inside the block box field - is that correct?
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1. Create a background. This image should contain everything you want on the menu EXCEPT for the actual highlights.
2. Save the background as a .tif, or .pict file (other formats will probably work too).
3. Create another file with a black where you want your highlights to be. For example, if you were using a rectangle as a highlight, make a pure black rectangle in the correct spot such that it lines up with where ever it needs to go (this is where Photoshop becomes useful, because of layers, but it's not strictly necessary).
4. Save this file as a .pict file (TIF, and PNG might work too).
5. Import both picture files into DVD SP.
6. Create a new menu in DVD SP.
7. Drag the background picture from the assets window on to the menu in the graphical outline window.
8. Click on the menu in either the graphical tab or outline tab.
9. In the menu inspector, at the bottom where it asks for the overlay file, click the drop down box and select the picture file with the black overlays for highlights.
10. On the colors tab in the menu inspector, select simple mode. Next, choose the colors for normal, selected and activated states for the buttons on this menu.
11. The final step is to actually create the buttons. With the menu selected, make sure the menu tab/window is visible. Inside this, you should see the menu background. Click and drag to create buttons where they need to go. You need to make sure you completely contain each highlight within the boxes. Also, you CAN'T have overlapping buttons, so be careful not to let them overlap.
You've not got your buttons. You can set them up to link to other elements in either the button inspector or in the connections window.
Hope this helps, if you have any questions, let me know. Also, the Discussions forums on
http://www.apple.com can be very helpful. You don't need Photoshop to do this, but I can tell you from personal experience that it's very nice to have. For one thing, you can use separate layers in the same Photoshop file to do the background(s) and overlays, and in fact if you want, you can make ALL the menus in an entire DVD with one PSD file, with different layers containing different elements.
The image file with black where the overlays goes is never actually visible to the end user. It's only used to tell DVD SP where the highlights appear. You have to select the color and opacity for each button state (normal/unselected, selected, activated) within DVD SP. I'm going to switch over to my video editing machine and take some screenshots to give you an idea of what I'm talking about. I'll post them here when I'm done.
By the way, the procedure for a video background and an image background is exactly the same as far as highlights go. You still need a highlights overlay file with black where the highlights are supposed to appear.
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