Operation Manual

164 Pinnacle Studio 9
create links to each scene after the menu”, click Yes
(see “Using menus from the Album” on page 165). A
new track appears at the top of the Timeline, and a
small “flag” appears over each of your clips. These
represent links from the menu you just added. And
that’s it – sit back and watch the show.
Instant slideshow: This time, start in the Still Images
section of the Album. Drag as many images as you like
onto the video track of an empty project, then drag in
any disc menu as the first clip on the Timeline, and
again click Yes when asked if you want links
automatically created. Turn next to the Transitions
section of the Album, pick any transition, and drag it
between the menu and the first of your still images.
Finally, select all of the still images (click the first,
then shift-click the last), click with the right mouse
button, and choose Ripple Transition from the pop-up
menu. Instant slideshow!
Menus and titles
The similarity noted on page 163 between titles and
disc menus is not just on the surface: a menu is
essentially “a title with buttons”. In fact, any still image
type can be used as the basis for creating a menu within
the Title Editor.
Like titles, menus can be used either in full-screen
mode on the video track or as overlays on the title track.
When a menu is used as an overlay, its background
image is suppressed: only buttons, captions and
graphics are displayed. This allows the menu to have a
moving video background.