Operation Manual

194 Pinnacle Studio 9
The button art supplied with Studio includes several
examples of each type. Each button is an image file in
Targa (tga) format. Examination of the files in an art
program like Adobe PhotoShop or Paint Shop Pro will
show that the transparent portion of the button image,
and the special area for the display of thumbnails
(where applicable), are defined by an alpha channel
included with the image.
As usual, a folder button lets you select the disk
directory from which the displayed images are obtained.
To use a supplied button, simply drag it from the
Album into the Edit Window, where it becomes a
button object – essentially an identical twin of the
picture object.
The default action of the supplied
buttons is determined by their file
names, but a new action can be
assigned to the currently-selected
button object from the dropdown
list in the Buttons section of the Title Editor Album.
The first choice on this list, “Not a button”, removes
the action from the object – now it is merely a graphic.
The other choices correspond to the button types listed
above.
Tip: Remember, it’s not the button’s appearance that
determines its behavior, but the button type you select
from the menu.
In fact, you can make any non-group object – whether
text, rectangle, ellipse, picture or button – function as a
button just by selecting it in the Edit Window and
choosing a new button type from the dropdown list.