[Olaf Steel]

just to make things a little clearer: im trying to map the three triangular video boxes over hand drawn triangles that i have previously created.
the intro to the dvd menu will be me drawing the menu on paper, which i have already filmed. the last thing i will draw is the three triangels. once i have finished, a video should appear in each triangle and play on a loop.
none of the triangles are buttons.
there are three buttons elsewhere on the menu which i have also hand drawn. they will be simply slected by moving a small indicator up or down.

hope that helps a little.

thanks,

olaf

[Olaf Steel]

hi, thanks for your help.

i have tried what you suggested before, and it wont work for me as the triangles are all slightly different in size and shape, hence the reason i wanted to create them in photoshop.

when desinging menus in photoshop for encore, there are certain names that have to be given to things i have created (ie. (+) denotes a button in encore and (=1) denotes a highlight). i have found that a similar system works for dvd architect, obvioulsy using different names, but i cant find the name to use for video boxes.

thank you for your continued help. greatly appreciated.

olaf

[Olaf Steel]

hi, thanks for your help

i think its sony dvd architect pro 4.5… however i dont actually have it on my computer, i have to wait till tomorrow to use it. im pretty sure it is that version though.

i dont quite understand what you said though, would you be able to simplify what you said a little as i really have no idae how to use dvd architect, never used it before… i only know encore.

thanks a lot,

olaf

[Olaf Steel]

since i dont know any of the vegas programs at all, id rather use photoshop along with dvd architect, if thats possible for what i want to know. that way i only have to learn one program rather than two in the short time i have left.

thanks again for your continued help,

olaf

[Olaf Steel]

hi.

i dont have either.

im attending a film college and they have the vegas studio, aswell as premiere and other adobi products. however we are encouraged to use avid for our editing and have not been introduced to any of the sony software at all yet.

i have this project im trying to complete which cant be done with the help of teachers and am trying to use DVD Architect for the first time.

olaf

[Olaf Steel]

thanks for your reply.

i dont have vegas. i use avid…
its important for me to use photoshop for this as i will be making buttons and highlights also. the three looping videos will not be the onl thing on the menu.

i’ll give you a basic desrciption of the full menu. perhaps it will makie it easier to understand what im doing and find out how to do it.

i have filmed myself painting the menu that i will use, kind of like the menu on the ‘fear and loathing in las vegas’ criterion special edition menu where the title of the film can be seen being written in ink.

the intro video to the menu is the title of the film being written and some images being drawn. then i draw three triangles in the centre of what will be the menu and that is where i hope to put the three looping video segments, each sgement playing a few seconds from the film.
usually i would use encore to build my menus, but encore wont allow three video clips to be played at once, and it wont let three video boxes lie so close to eachother. i have experimented a little with sony dvd architect and it allows for all these things, i just cant create the triangular boxes i need.

i hope this helps…

thanks a lot. once again any help would be greatly appreciated.

olaf

[Olaf Steel]

is there any way i can bring everything from my old 4:3 project into a new project without loosing anything?
olaf