Editing a menu template
To edit a menu template, choose options in the Edit tab or click menu objects in the Preview Window. You can also add new texts, decorations and note menus. Customized templates can then be saved as new menu templates.
If you are authoring Blu-ray discs, you can create advanced menus that can be used without interrupting playback. This means that viewers can navigate the contents of your disc while watching the movie.
To edit text style in menus
1 Right-click a text object in the Preview Window and select Font Attributes.
2 Modify text attributes in the Font dialog box.
Clicking Font Settings in the Edit tab also opens the Font dialog box.
To resize, rotate, and distort menu objects
• Click the menu object in the Preview Window and drag the handles or nodes.
To revert objects to its previous state, right-click on the Preview Window and select Set to 0 Degree Angle or Remove Object Distortion
To align a single menu object
• Click the menu object in the Preview Window and drag it to the desired position.
To use the grid lines as reference when dragging the menu objects, right-click the Preview Window and select Show Grid Line. To automatically align your object to the nearest grid line as you drag it, select Snap to Grid Line.
Make sure that the objects are within the TV safe area (defined by a border with dotted lines).
To align multiple menu objects
1 Select the objects in the Preview Window by pressing [Ctrl].
2 Right-click, select Align, and choose from the following options:
• Left/Top/Right/Bottom — Moves all selected objects (except model object) horizontally to align left/top/right/bottom side with the left/top/right/bottom side of model object.
• Center Vertically — Moves all selected objects vertically to the center of top/bottommost objects.
• Center Horizontally — Moves all selected objects horizontally to the center of left/rightmost objects.
• Center Both — Moves all selected objects to the center of top/bottom/left/rightmost objects.
• Space Evenly Vertically — Moves all selected objects (except top/bottom most objects) vertically to even vertical space. This menu item is only available when more than three objects are selected.
• Space Evenly Horizontally — Moves all selected objects (except left/right most objects) horizontally to even horizontal space. This menu item is only available when more than three objects are selected.
• Equal Width/Height — Resizes all selected objects (except model object) to the same width/height as model object.
• Equal Width and Height — Resizes all selected objects (except model object) to the same width and height as model object.
To arrange the Z-order of menu objects
• Right-click the menu object in the Preview Window, select Align, and choose from the following alignment options:
• Bring Forward — Brings selected object one layer forward.
• Send Backward — Sends selected object one layer backward.
• Bring to Front — Brings selected object to front.
• Send to Back — Sends selected object to the layer just above the background object.
To copy and paste shape menu object attributes
• Right-click the menu object in the Preview Window and select Copy Shape Attributes or Paste Shape Attributes.
Note: You can copy and paste attributes such as width, height, rotation degree, distortion, transparency, shadows and highlights. Text boundary, however, cannot be copied.
To add menu filters and transition effects
1 Click a menu object in the Preview Window.
2 Choose the filter or effects to apply in the Edit tab.
• Moving Path — Applies a predefined motion path to menu objects such as titles, thumbnail buttons, and navigation buttons.
• Menu In/Menu Out — Opens selection filters and transition effects. If a menu template has a Menu In effect, its default duration is 20 seconds.
Some template menus have sound effects for Menu In and Menu Out transitions. These sound effects, however, cannot be modified nor deleted.
