Menu help

thebrain900 wrote on 3/12/2012, 12:02 PM

I have DVD Architect Studio 4.5 and I am making a Menu bassed DVD.

I have 3. video files on the Menu screen as Thumbnails.
And I have them placed on the left side starting at the top and going down one under the other.

It worked when I put it in my player but it all was Off the screen on the left hand side.

But when I make it it all is on screen and even has a little space between the video thumbnail and the outside of the scren.

Is there a way ware after I resize the video files to the side I want to just have them Auto arange on screen so I know they will be in the screen or do you have to do it by Draging them?

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thebrain900 wrote on 3/20/2012, 11:11 PM

Thank you the Safe Area Gride Lines are now working.

One thing I see you can move the Text under the thumbnail at place it on top of the thumbnail or next to it or anywere.

Say you want all the thumbnails and text to be Lined up from top to bottum.

I know I can Drag them but they never match up perfactly.

Can I select eatch thumbnail and pick a menu option that says Arange or something like that?

vkmast wrote on 3/21/2012, 4:57 AM

See buttons to the left of the screen for adjusting. You'll see you can Align left, right etc. or Make same width/height and other controls.
See Help, Arranging and Moving Menu Objects.

thebrain900 wrote on 3/21/2012, 2:31 PM

Thanks again everything is now coming along.

But when my DVD plays it has the word real big in the center of the screen MENU.
Can this be made smaller or can I Delette it?

vkmast wrote on 3/21/2012, 3:03 PM

Click and delete it in your DVDA project and see what happens. Edit > Undo if it does not do what you want.
Good luck :)

thebrain900 wrote on 3/27/2012, 9:47 PM

Everything is working good and I know how to ad shadow to the text on the menus and give it an Off Set.

But can you just give text a OutLine of black?

MSmart wrote on 3/28/2012, 12:23 AM

No.

However, take a look at Steve Mann's tutorial in this thread:

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?ForumID=22&MessageID=771096

Added: Unfortunately, Architect Studio doesn't handle Photoshop layers so you won't be able to use any of that in your menu. However, you can use it as a starting point to help you create text in Photoshop, or your favorite photo editor, with any sort of effect you want.