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Style Tab in the Button Inspector
The Style tab of the Button Inspector contains the most commonly used settings.
• Asset: Use this pop-up menu to assign an asset to the thumbnail of the shape (if present)
or, when there is no shape, to the button’s active area. You can choose any existing
applicable assets.
• Start Frame: When the asset assigned to this button is a video clip, this area displays
the video. Use the slider or timecode entry to choose the start point for motion playback
(if motion is enabled) or to choose the frame to use in the button’s thumbnail if motion
is not enabled.
• Motion: Select this checkbox to enable motion in the button when the button’s asset
is a video clip. See Configuring Motion Menu Settings for looping details with motion
buttons.
• Shape: Use this pop-up menu to choose a shape to assign to the selected button. A
thumbnail image of the selected shape appears next to the pop-up menu. The pop-up
menu lists the existing shapes by their names, grouped as Apple Shapes (supplied with
DVD Studio Pro), Custom Shapes (added shapes available to all projects), Project Shapes
(added shapes available to this project only), and Patch Shapes. Use the Palette’s Shapes
tab to manage the shapes and as another way to select a shape.
• Shadow: Select this checkbox to apply the menu’s drop shadow setting to this shape.
• Selected Highlight: Choose the button’s selected state highlight color from the 16-color
palette.
Note: This does not affect the button’s normal or activated states. Use the settings in
the Colors tab for those highlights.
• Highlight Set: Select the color mapping set (1, 2, or 3) to use for this button.
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