DVD menu and highlighted item

[HerronScott]

hi,

I'm trying to replicate the VideoStudio Clas01 4x3 menu template (Classic from VideoStudio 8.0) in 16x9 format using Photoimpact X3 and it's been pretty easy to copy the objects over and modify them for the 16x9 format.

I do have a problem that when the show is selected, the scene and frame get highlighed instead of just the frame as was the case with the original 4x3 template. Can somone point me in the right direction on how to fix this? In opening the original template I can't see where this is set.

Thanks!

Scott

[sjj1805]

Please view:
Tutorial: PhotoImpact: Creating DVD Menu from scratch

[HerronScott]

Please view:
Tutorial: PhotoImpact: Creating DVD Menu from scratch

Steve,

Actually I had already found that post and your document but I must be missing the part on how to configure what should be highlighted when you navigate to an object.

I'm assuming what I need to configure is the Highlight Image? Unfortunately, nothing like that is copied over from the 4x3 Classic menu template and I'm not sure how you either create that object or point it to an existing object to hightlight.

Any further guidance would be appreciated.

Scott

[sjj1805]

The easiest may is to use the DVD Menu Plug-in which should help you name everything from navigation buttons to thumbnails, from Titles to highlight buttons.

If you are using highlight buttons you have two objects.
Object 1 = the button and you use the DVD Menu Plug in to name it
These will be in the form
SCENE_1
SCENE_2
SCENE_3
etc.

A second object used as a highlight image will get named
HLI_1
HLI_2
HLI_3
etc

Everything to do with button "1" will be named with a "1"
SCENE_1
HLI_1
FRAME_1
NUMBER_1
TEXT_1

Everything to do with button "2" will be named with a "2"
SCENE_2
HLI_2
FRAME_2
NUMBER_2
TEXT_2

and so on.