DVD Architect

[Edward Troxel]

[blimpmedia] “Is it possible to have these buttons appear on the main menu at a given time eg: 4sec?”

DVDA 3 allows delayed buttons so, yes, button appearance can be delayed 4 seconds.

[blimpmedia] “The second thing I would like to do is not have all the buttons appear at once https://www.blimpmedia.com.au/dvdimage02.html

I want only the intro button appearing ” target=”_blank”>https://www.blimpmedia.com.au/dvdimage03.html”

In this case, you may need to put the button as part of the background video. It would appear immediately but would not be selectable until the delayed time was finished.

[blimpmedia] “Then when I press the right arrow key on the remote, I want the intro button to disappear and the Groom

[Tony Sarafoski]

Edward thanks for your quick reply.

(jeditdv) DVDA 3 allows delayed buttons so, yes, button appearance can be delayed 4 seconds.

Please correct me if I

[Gary Kleiner]

The way you delay the appearance of the buttons is through the menu loop settings: Menu Page Properties>General>Loop point (menu length must be set first).

You can use highlight masking to have buttons appear only when active as long as the whole button uses only one color.

You create a highlight mask in a paint program (e.g Photoshop) by placing the button shapes in their proper relative positions to the menu page. Make them black on a transparent background and save as .png to preserve the alpha channel.

Place the highlight mask in Menu Page Properties>Background media>Highlight mask.

Place your media on the menu page and make the buttons invisible by making them image only and then delete the thumbnail, both in Button Properties.

Resize and position the boundaries of the now invisible buttons to correspond with the highlight mask buttons.

Change Button Properties>Highlight>Style to one of the overlay modes.

When you preview, you should now see the highlight shapes only when you have navigated to the button that covers that part of the highlight mask.

Gary Kleiner

Learn Vegas and DVD Architect

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