User manual ULEAD CD & DVD PICTURESHOW 4

[. . . ] May 2005 English edition for Ulead CD & DVD PictureShow 4, May 2005. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or storing in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form without the express written permission of Ulead Systems, Inc. Software license The software described in this document is furnished under a License Agreement, which is included with the product. This Agreement specifies the permitted and prohibited uses of the product. Licenses and trademarks ICI Library © 1991­ 2004 C-Cube Microsystems. Ulead and the Ulead Systems logo are registered trademarks and Ulead CD & DVD PictureShow is a trademark of Ulead Systems, Inc. [. . . ] Click and then select whether to replace or remove the default background audio of the current menu page or all the pages. Click Open. Specifying a menu background image Personalize your project menu by replacing the theme's background image with your preferred image. Click to display its options. Specify whether to use the background image for the current page only, or for all pages. Locate the file to use as your background image and then click Open to apply it to your menu. Some menu templates from the Gallery tab have decorations over the background image. These decorations are kept even if you change background image. CD & DVD PICTURESHOW USER GUIDE 31 Motion Menu on DVD slideshows Animate your DVD menu to make it more interesting to your audience. By selecting Motion menu in the Menu tab, each slideshow thumbnail in your menu will play a quick preview of the slides. You can also apply Pan & Zoom and Motion filter to your menu if this option is selected. Using Pan & Zoom and Motion filter to your menu Apart from using a still image for your menu background, you can choose to liven up your project menu by animating its background image. You can use the Pan & Zoom effect, which animates your background image by moving your image from one fixed point to another and by changing the viewing distance, or you can also use the Motion filter, which contains several different types of animations to apply to your image. Select the effect you want to use from the list. Original theme To use Motion filter: 1. Select the effect you want to use from the list. Note: Duration determines how long the motion menu will play before it loops back to the start. The effects continuously play back as long as the disc menu is on display. 32 CD & DVD PICTURESHOW USER GUIDE Using a video as a menu background You can also use videos as your menu background besides images. Click the button and then specify whether to use a background video for the current page only, or for all pages. Locate the file to use as background video and then click Open. Note: Duration determines how long a video will play before it loops back to the start. The video continuously plays back as long as the disc menu is on display. Customizing your slideshows In addition to selecting and applying a theme to your project, you can also customize the theme's slideshow settings. This allows you more control over the general look and feel of each of the slideshows in your project. Note: Properties of previously customized slideshows are kept intact even if you change the theme of your slideshow album. To apply the properties of the selected theme, click Reset in the Slideshow tab, and then corresponding theme properties will take effect on customized slideshows. CD & DVD PICTURESHOW USER GUIDE 33 To customize a slideshow: 1. Click Browse in the Preview Panel and select which slideshow to customize. Begin modifying each option in the Control Panel. Tip: Click to reset the duration of the photos back to the time entered in Photo duration. All settings in the Slideshow tab applies to all photos in the slideshow. To customize the settings of a single photo in your slideshow, click Audio & Effect. To learn about Audio & effect, see "Using Audio & Effect" on page 38. 34 CD & DVD PICTURESHOW USER GUIDE Adding and editing background audio Set the mood for your slideshow by using your own music as background. Click Browse in the Preview Panel and select the slideshow to customize. [. . . ] Click to show/hide the outline of the disc for better alignment of images or text. Click to show/hide gridlines for laying out images and text symmetrically. Adjust the transparency of the shadow by entering a value or using the slider. Fit to Window Shadow Shadow color X-offset Y-offset Transparency Add Image Add Text Options Load Disc Label Save Disc Label Show/Hide Disc Show/Hide Grid 62 CD & DVD PICTURESHOW USER GUIDE Print CD Label Clear Content Click to remove all objects and background from the disc layout. This is useful when starting over with your design. Output Options Drive Information Drive About Recording speed Files to include on disc Photo files Video/Audio files Project file Specify the settings for your burning device. [. . . ]