Apple DVD Studio Pro 4 - Manual (Page 287)

• Shadow: Select this checkbox to apply the menu’s drop shadow setting to this drop
zone.
• Coordinates & Size: This area lets you set the location of each edge of the drop zone,
plus the drop zone’s height and width. The upper-left corner of the menu is at pixel 0,
line 0. You can enter values for each edge, allowing you to precisely position and size
the drop zone. (You can also drag the drop zone and each of its edges with the pointer.)
• Rotation: Rotate the knob or enter a value to rotate the drop zone. The values can go
from 0.0 to 359.9, with a value of 0.0 as normal.
About Using Drop Zones
Any drop zones you add to your menu will become part of the menu’s background when
the project is built.
Overlapping Drop Zones
While you should avoid overlapping buttons, you can feel free to overlap drop zones,
because they are not involved in navigation. Because drop zones can be overlapped, you
should use care when adding them to the menu—those added later have a higher priority
and will cover up those added earlier.
To change a drop zone’s priority
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Control-click it, then choose an option from the shortcut menu. See About Button Numbers
for more information.
Note: Drop zones, text objects, and buttons are included in the same priority list; a drop
zone can have a higher priority, and thus cover up a button.
Shapes in Drop Zones
While shapes are primarily intended to be applied to buttons, they can be useful when
applied to drop zones, too.
Without a shape, a drop zone usually has a rectangular outline, because that is the shape
of the still images and video clips you can add to the drop zones. Shapes, however, can
have an irregular outline, and when applied to a drop zone, the irregular outline is
maintained. This makes it possible to have heart- or star-shaped drop zones—or any
shape you want to create and import. Using a shape in a drop zone, you could add your
corporate logo to your menus without having to composite it externally.
Shapes with patches can also be used with drop zones. See Adding Shapes to a Menu
for more information.
Note: A drop zone can also have an irregular edge if the asset assigned to it has an alpha
channel. See
Creating Graphics for Drop Zones and Buttons for more information.
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