November 12th, 2008 by Rob Strobbe | 15 Comments |
Okay, so you want your DVD menu to have an icon that moves as the viewer navigates between items. You’ve looked and looked in the DVD Architect manual, and all you can find is stuff about color sets, subpictures, and highlights — nothing about how to move an image around the screen. I’ve got good news and bad news for you.
Bad news first: That ain’t how DVD menus work.
Good news: You can fake it.
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Tags: DVD Architect, highlight, menu
September 24th, 2008 by Rob Strobbe | 7 Comments |
The latest version of Sony DVD Architect comes installed with over 50 themes, giving you many options for menu designs. But suppose none of them suit the project you’re working on? Fortunately, DVD Architect also gives you a few options for creating your own menu designs. Since v2.0, one of those options has been custom highlight masks.
A menu designed in this way only needs two files: a background video or image, which contains everything your menu will show, and a mask indicating all highlights. This tutorial will walk you through creating these files in a graphics application and using them in Sony DVD Architect.
Ready? Then let’s get started!
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Tags: DVD Architect, highlight, mask, menu
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