Is this illusion worth annoying the viewer? This is probably why I very, very rarely see DVD menus with full-color graphics. If I were the viewer, I'd find this a bit annoying. The problem with using this method (at least with DVD Architect) is that since navigating between buttons takes the viewer to a completely different menu, they have to wait for the player to make this change before it will "move" from one button to the next. This copy is similar to the first - this time, the first item has an invisible button leading back to the first copy, the second item has a real button leading to its media, and the third (if it exists) has an invisible button set to auto-activate and lead to the third copy of the menu. When the viewer navigates to the second button (again, which has no graphic), they're taken to the second copy of the menu. The second button has no graphic, leads to the second copy of the menu, and is set to auto-activate as soon as the user navigates to it. The first button has a graphic and leads to the media item it's supposed to. Difference is that there are only two or three actual buttons on each copy. The other method of doing this is called "switched menus." Essentially, it uses several almost-identical copies of the same menu. I would be real happy if someone could explain how to make icons appear on a gradient colored background only when the item is selected. Oh well, I'm not too concerned about that today. For example, (of course now I can't remember for sure what DVD I saw this on) I think it was on Jack Black's School Of Rock, the menu was bigger than the screen, and going to the edges of it pushed it so you could see more of it and access the "hidden" buttons. I have sene some other interesting things on menus that have given me some ideas for my own, if I could figure out how to do it. So, what am I doing wrong? Surely this isn't a DVDA limitation, is it? If push comes to shove, I'm pretty sure I can "fix" the menu background to make this work with Rob's strategy, still it would be nicer to learn how to do it so I don't have to rely on having solid colors. Yet, I know it can be done on a DVD because I have one right here that works that way. Basically I can't find a way to either have an icon appear for a button when it is selected, nor can I figure out a way to make different colored "highlights" to cover or hided them when they are aren't selected. I tried using PhotoShop layering to make this work, but ran into the same problem. It leaves little color boxes over the icons except for the one I use to select the color. Because the background is not a solid color, Rob's wedding bell strategy doesn't work. The icon disappears when the button is inactive, and when it is activated. A little icon appears to the left of the selected chapter or scene. The menu is a varied colored background on which there are chapter headings (scenes) and a logo. I realize this whole area is pretty limited, however the DVD I have to copy has it working this way, so even with the limitations there has to be a way. The wedding bell icon strategy Rob laid out would have been perfect, except I don't have a solid color background to put the buttons on. I thought I had this figured out in the last button thread.
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