MacroSystem Digital Video DVD-Arabesk 2 manual Menu layout with PIP-Studio

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Use the button “Activation Color” to select a nice blue. This defines the momentary frame color when the frame is selected. These settings also apply to all of the stamp icons.

Now you can begin to specify the layout of the shadows cast by the icons. Make the settings for a black “Color”, for “Size” 10, “Border” 8 and any desired “Direction”, e.g. decreasing below right.

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If you are satisfied with the result, then you can go to the menu item “Settings” in which you specify the write speed for burning the DVD (please read Chapter 3.3, item (9)).

Finally, click on the button “Write DVD”, open the front panel of your Casablanca system and press the button on the drive to slide out the drawer.

After you have inserted a DVD, the system will calculate the settings made (if needed) and begin writing your DVD.

The writing process is finished only when the read/write diode of the writer turns off. Only then should you remove the DVD.

After you have made these setting under the program item “Edit Menu”, exit this menu by clicking on “Ok” and go to the menu “All”.

In the “All” menu, a window opens in which you can see information on the virtual DVD (on the hard disk) you have just designated.

Click on the button “Create” so the virtual DVD is calculated. The duration of the calculation depends on the background layout. After the calculation is finished, click on the Play button to begin playback of your DVD.

In this example, you first see your leader because you have set the option “Trailer only” under the menu item “Control”. When the trailer ends, your DVD menu is displayed.

The operating panel can be displayed by clicking on the right trackball key. In order to start a film from the menu, activate first the desired film by selecting it with the arrow keys in the operating panel (as you would with a DVD remote), and then clicking on the left trackball key. Then click on the Play button.

If you are not satisfied with the virtual DVD, then you can make further changes under “Edit Menu”. And you check the changes again under the menu item “All”.

Your DVD is now ready so that you can play it either with the DVD player integrated into the Casablanca system or with an external DVD player.

4.2 Menu layout with PIP-Studio

In this example you will learn how to create the entire DVD menu with the help of the supplementary program PIP-Studio(available separately).

PIP-Studiooffers you the possibility of creating animated reference images.

Go to DVD-Arabesk 2”, click on “Add Film” and choose the desired film in the window “Select Project”. Repeat this procedure until you have inserted all desired projects.

Now exit DVD-Arabesk 2” and go to the

Edit” menu. There you create a Still Scene of 20 seconds duration that will serve as the background of the DVD menu. It should be appropriate to the content of your films.

In our example we have used the background

South Sea”, that you can find in the image pool under “Product: DVD-Arabesk”,Type: Images”.

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Contents For Casablanca Legal notices Contents Page General Installing and Starting the ProgramArabesk Reduced, Normal, High and Maximum DVD-Arabesk 2 MenuCreation Creation Add FilmPage Creation Edit Menu Page Stamp Page Info / Play Creation Write DVDInfo / Play Film Info / Play All Miscellaneous Info / Play DVDMiscellaneous Read DVD Miscellaneous Erase DVD-RW Miscellaneous SettingsMenu layout with DVD-Arabesk Practice Example for Layout of a DVD MenuUncompressed audio Page Page Menu layout with PIP-Studio Page Page Animated DVD title text Moving background with Liquid Images Border Moving background with Particle MagicEnter Drawmode Moving background with Akaba New ConceptSuggestions for layout