User manual ULEAD PHOTOIMPACT MENU PLUG-IN

[. . . ] Select also the type and style of your template. · Create template for Select the Ulead DVD software where you want to export the template to. · Template type Select the type of template you want to create. · Template style Select the style for the template type you selected. Thumbnail menu A template style that contains both thumbnail placeholders and text. [. . . ] It also displays the original and assigned object names of your objects in the template. Click an Object list heading to sort the list according to that particular heading. Object Displays an image of the object. Name of the object when it was created in PhotoImpact or after you have clicked Apply in the Preview and Export tab. Click Assign to designate the specified properties to the object. Type Media files used Original object name Assigned object name 6 Ulead DVD Menu Plug-in User Guide · Current object Displays a preview of the selected object. · Object name and properties Displays the Object name as well as the settings assigned to the selected object. · Display object properties Select to display the current settings of the selected object. · Object class Select how you want the selected object to be used in the template. (For instance, in a DVD Workshop menu template, an object can be used as a navigation, background image, or scene. ) · Item Specify the template element type of the selected object. (For instance, if the Object class is Navigation, you can specify the selected object as a Navigation button or Navigation highlight image. ) · Assign Designates the specified properties to the selected object. · Reset All Reverts all assigned object names back to the names under the Original object name column in the Object list. Object class and items Object class: Background Items: · Background image Indicates that the selected object is used as a background image for the menu template. This is also where you specify the 3 color pairs (color mapping) for the menu template. Color mapping indicates that a button in the menu is either selected or activated. You can also adjust each color's transparency by entering a value beside the color box. Ulead DVD Menu Plug-in User Guide 7 Also, a menu template can use a video file as its background with background music. To use a video file, select Background video and/or Background audio then browse for the file to use. Note: Make sure that the background object does not contain any masks. Also the background image size must be the same as the canvas size. · Global settings Specifies the template's name and the default color mapping settings for the navigation buttons, scene selection buttons, text buttons, numbers, and frames. Note: Color mapping settings of template objects can still be changed in their respective object properties. · Menu overlay Indicates that the selected object will be used as a frame for the menu template. Object class: Scene Items: · Scene button Indicates that the selected object will be used as a scene placeholder. You can specify the scene button's button number as well as the default color mapping settings. If you have a placeholder that is rotated to a certain degree, use Rotation angle to correct the orientation of the video or image link to make it conform to the angle of the placeholder. Rotation angle does not rotate the placeholder. 8 Ulead DVD Menu Plug-in User Guide · Scene highlight image Indicates that the selected object will be used instead of color mapping to show that an object is selected. [. . . ] If you see an object that is not properly defined in Template details check, click the Assign Object Name tab and set up the missing template objects. When the template objects are all properly defined, you can then export the template to the contents folder of the Ulead DVD authoring software you specified in the Set Up Template Properties tab. 10 Ulead DVD Menu Plug-in User Guide To export a menu template: 1. In the Export dialog box, specify where the menu template will be saved in Destination folder. Tip: Select Copy associated media files to export all media files used, such as video, audio, and animated images, to the destination folder. 3. Click OK to export the menu template. Ulead DVD Menu Plug-in User Guide 11 Note: If you do not have an object in your template set as a template thumbnail and you click Apply or Export, DVD Menu Plug-in automatically creates a template thumbnail. [. . . ]