Chapter 4. Creating Menus Within DVD Studio Pro

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Lesson Files

Lessons > Lesson04 > 04_Swiss_start (or the My_Projects > Swiss_DVD project file you created in Lesson 3)

Media

Media > Swiss > Swiss_Assets > Menus folder

Time

This lesson takes approximately 60 minutes to complete.

Goals

Understand and create basic menus

 

Learn how to create buttons

 

Create an intro menu using media from a track

 

Create a button style

 

Create a text style

 

Use transitions

 

Change font properties

 

Link buttons to assets

 

Use a drop zone

DVD menus are the gateway to a world of possibilities. The purpose of menus is to allow the DVD viewer to make choices: what to see, what to hear, and what to play, to name a few. But menus can also be as visually and aurally interesting as the content ...

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