User manual ULEAD PHOTOIMPACT MENU PLUG-IN

[. . . ] It is recommended that you do not create your own template thumbnail. If you want a custom template, have the DVD Menu Plug-in create the template thumbnail first (Preview and Export tab) before customizing it. When you finish creating the menu template, save the template first as as a UFO file then select Effect: DVD Menu - DVD Menu Plug-in to open the DVD Menu Plug-in. When DVD Menu Plug-in opens, you will see three tabs. These 3 tabs are the steps that you need to take to customize and then export the menu template to Ulead DVD authoring software. [. . . ] It also displays the original and assigned object names of your objects in the template. Click an Object list heading to sort the list according to that particular heading. Object Displays an image of the object. Click to arrange the objects according to their Zorder. The Z-order determines which objects lie on top of other objects. Displays whether the object is a path, text or image object. Displays the associated media file linked, if any, to the object. Name of the object when it was created in PhotoImpact or after you have clicked Apply in the Preview and Export tab. Click Assign to designate the specified properties to the object. Type Media files used Original object name Assigned object name 6 Ulead DVD Menu Plug-in User Guide · Current object Displays a preview of the selected object. · Object name and properties Displays the Object name as well as the settings assigned to the selected object. · Display object properties Select to display the current settings of the selected object. · Object class Select how you want the selected object to be used in the template. (For instance, in a DVD Workshop menu template, an object can be used as a navigation, background image, or scene. ) · Item Specify the template element type of the selected object. (For instance, if the Object class is Navigation, you can specify the selected object as a Navigation button or Navigation highlight image. ) · Assign Designates the specified properties to the selected object. · Clear Removes the selected object's Object name. · Clear All Removes all Object names from the template. · Reset All Reverts all assigned object names back to the names under the Original object name column in the Object list. Object class and items Object class: Background Items: · Background image Indicates that the selected object is used as a background image for the menu template. This is also where you specify the 3 color pairs (color mapping) for the menu template. Color mapping indicates that a button in the menu is either selected or activated. Click a color box to open Ulead Color Picker and specify a color. You can also adjust each color's transparency by entering a value beside the color box. Ulead DVD Menu Plug-in User Guide 7 Also, a menu template can use a video file as its background with background music. To use a video file, select Background video and/or Background audio then browse for the file to use. Note: Make sure that the background object does not contain any masks. DVD Menu Plug-in disregards any mask applied on the image. [. . . ] Click Export in the Preview and Export tab. In the Export dialog box, specify where the menu template will be saved in Destination folder. Tip: Select Copy associated media files to export all media files used, such as video, audio, and animated images, to the destination folder. 3. Click OK to export the menu template. Ulead DVD Menu Plug-in User Guide 11 Note: If you do not have an object in your template set as a template thumbnail and you click Apply or Export, DVD Menu Plug-in automatically creates a template thumbnail. This template thumbnail is a visual representation of your template. [. . . ]