Operation Manual

168 Pinnacle Studio 9
Button selection: The four arrow
controls in this cluster move the on-
screen cursor within a disc menu to
select one of its buttons. The oval
button in the middle of the cluster activates the
currently-selected on-screen button, which is indicated
by highlighting.
Activating menu buttons directly
One feature of the Player that set-top DVDs don’t have
is the ability to click the buttons directly on the screen.
Whenever a button is visible in the Player preview area
in DVD mode, you can click it to follow the button link.
Editing menus on the Timeline
Menus can be trimmed on the Timeline just like any
other still image clip (see “Trimming on the Timeline
using handles” on page 78).
Setting the clip duration is generally less crucial for
menu clips than for other types, since menus cycle
during playback while waiting for user input. If you
want a looping video background or looping audio with
your menus, though, you will want to match the menu’s
duration to that of the clips involved.
The menu track
Menu buttons link to particular points within your
movie. Those points are marked by flags on the menu