can you get titles/ buttons to fade into view

s k r o o t a y p wrote on 2/10/2008, 10:44 PM
~i noticed that you can make the menu titles/ buttons appear part way into the duration of your menu with the loop point slider -- which is very cool. is there a way though to make them fade in rather than just the abrupt "popping" in (suddenly blinking on). that would be the icing on the cake.

t h a n k s !

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MPM wrote on 2/11/2008, 5:38 AM
No...

Look at retail movie DVDs & you'll find that many of them (the best designed?) have a lot of motion &/or other things going on so that the viewer doesn't notice the highlights popping into view -- in fact, on some DVDs you really have to concentrate, force your eyes to keep looking at the button so you can see the highlight activate.

That said, you might fake it by adding an image of the default highlight to your intro video, and if you search/browse the forum you'll see several posts on this. It is possible to fade sub titles and such in a title video, so if you wanted you could try using a regular video with BOV instead of a menu, but AFAIK specifying the transparency or position of a sub picture (highlight) on a frame by frame basis isn't possible in the menu domain (i.e. on menus).
s k r o o t a y p wrote on 2/11/2008, 6:54 PM
~tis a shame. even a one size fits all generic fade would be nice. thanks for the reply!
Harrie_G wrote on 2/12/2008, 2:48 PM
Yes, you can fade in DVDA.

In DVDA Pro 4.5 you can fade in and out any insterted graphic, including buttons etc., you want. Right click the button/graphic and click "Crop and adjust"
Select "Alpha" en use the slider and keyframing (just as in Vegas) tot fade in and out ...

For more instructions: Open the help file and search for "fade" .
You will find items on "animated buttons and keyframes" and "crop and video effect keyframes". (or page 104 of the user manual).

In older versions you'll have to be creative:
Make a clip in Vegas and render it. Use all the effects you want.
In DVDA insert it as graphic or as background media.

Success!

Harrie
Harrie_G wrote on 2/12/2008, 3:16 PM
I forgot to mention - and the help files and manual don't mention it either:
In the upprer right corner of the crop and adjust window you can select frame, media mask of media to apply effects to. I think you want to fade in/out all of them to get a neat fade.

Harrie
MPM wrote on 2/13/2008, 2:42 PM
With apologies, I should have explained more clearly...

On a DVD buttons and highlights (sub-pictures) are there or not. The video itself is separate and can show whatever you like; you can have whatever you fit inside of your buttons do whatever as long as you can create the video. In DVDA or many other DVD authoring apps, you can create the menu background video instead of importing it from an NLE like Vegas -- that's where the fade, fx etc. in DVDA come in. Or you can use your graphics &/or video software (where you might have a few more options) to get the same result. Unfortunately the actual button, which is more of a hotspot type link actually, will abruptly turn on with your default button's highlight. Masking or hiding the highlight's sudden appearance has been discussed quite a bit.
Harrie_G wrote on 2/15/2008, 10:33 AM
Yes, with TEXT buttons you're right.
I thought you referred to graphic buttons. Graphics (and graphic buttons) can be faded in and out (keyframed) in DVDA 4.5 Pro.

Harrie.