Menu preferences – Apple DVD Studio Pro 4 User Manual

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Display Mode: Choose the default aspect ratio to use when creating menus, tracks, and

slideshows in HD projects. You can choose from 4:3, 16:9 Pan-Scan, 16:9 Letterbox, and
16:9 Pan-Scan & Letterbox.

Note: The 4:3 setting is not available if you choose a Resolution setting that does not
support it (720 x 480p, 720 x 576p, 1280 x 720p, and 1920 x 1080i).

Thumbnail Size

Palette: Select a thumbnail size.

Small: Select this to use small thumbnails in the Palette.

Large: Select this to use large thumbnails in the Palette.

Slideshow: Select a thumbnail size to use in slideshows.

Small: Select this to use small thumbnails in the Slideshow Editor.

Large: Select this to use large thumbnails in the Slideshow Editor.

Subtitle

Fade In: Enter a value, in frames, that controls whether a subtitle, by default, appears

instantly (0 frames) or fades on over a number of frames.

Length: Enter a value, in seconds, that controls the default length of new subtitles you

create.

Fade Out: Enter a value, in frames, that controls whether a subtitle, by default, disappears

instantly (0 frames) or fades off over a number of frames.

Menu Preferences

The Menu preferences allow you to set a variety of defaults used when creating menus.

Motion Duration: Enter a default duration, in seconds, to use when you create a motion

menu. See

Configuring Motion Menu Settings

for more information.

Auto Assign Button Navigation: See

Right-to-Left Reading Mode

for more information.

Left to right: Set the Auto Assign feature to wrap button navigation for left-to-right

reading.

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