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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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