Button Image Transparency Problem

fockerdvds wrote on 5/30/2005, 9:21 PM

I am stuck so hopefully someone here can assist. I am working on a DVD menu and I have a custom image for a button that I created. I went into Photoshop and also created a "highlighted" version so when the button is highlighted and selected it will change to the image I created. The only problem is I can not seem to get this to work.

Say the image I have is of a coke can. What I am wanting to do is have a red coke can as the button image but when the coke can button is highlighted/selected I want the coke can to turn black. What is the best way to do this?

I tried creating the graphics on the page before importing it into DVD A but have not had much luck. I have also imported the media, changed the display to image only (under button properties) , and then selected my button image but that does not seem to give me the results I need either.

What am I not doing?

Thanks For Your Time!

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fockerdvds wrote on 5/31/2005, 4:11 PM

Anyone?

bStro wrote on 5/31/2005, 5:29 PM

If you're trying to do a rollover image like one sees on web pages, you're probably going to be a bit disappointed. A lot of people think they've seen these on commercial DVDs "all the time," but usually realize they were mistaken. ;-) To this on a DVD (at least in DVDA) requires having two duplicate menus -- one where the button uses your "red" can image that links to the second menu, and the second menu where the button uses your "black" can image that links to the item you're eventually triying to get to. Besides the fact that you have to be sure the two menus look exactly alike otherwise (thereby keeping your viewer in the dark that they've moved to a new menu), most DVD players will pause for a bit as they switch menus (thereby leaving your viewer to wonder what's taking so long just for the button to "highlight"). If you do use this method, though, set the "red" button to auto-activate.

Personally, since you're just changing the colors, I'd skip the whole two-image thing and simply use a grayscale image for the can, and then apply red highlighting for inactive buttons and black highlight for active buttons (click a blank area of the menu, go to the General tab of the Properties window). I would also create / use a highligh mask to hide the background of the image (the area around the can) and maybe even the logo itself so that the logo doesn't change color but the can does. Also adjust the color sets' alpha value so that the highlight color lets some of the can's detail through.

(If a lot of this makes you say, "Huh??"...the manual is a very good thing.)

Rob

fockerdvds wrote on 5/31/2005, 6:53 PM

Thanks for the response...I greatly appreciate it!!!

I have both images EXACTLY the same...down to the last pixel. Here's the strange thing....when I create a scene selection menu the button works the way it is supposed to. So I matched all the settings up EXACTLY with both of the other buttons and they still don't work properly. The problem I am having is on the main menu the buttons I created don't/won't highlight so you have no idea which button you are currently on. Now once the button is clicked the image changes to the correct color but the highlight does not work. I have tried everything to no avail.

Thanks!!!!

Thanks!!!!

nataq wrote on 6/2/2005, 8:46 AM

Well, I am no true expert, but did you set the "selected button colors" in the menu page properties of the special menu to a different color than your created button?

Let´s say your button would be white. The default for color set 1 is also white (Alpha 50%). You won´t see anything, because there will be a white transparent can over a white can.