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Creating Discs
Setting Menu Opening and
Background
You can import a video that plays in the background while the menu is loading.
Usually called a menu opening, it is seen on most commercial discs before the
menu options display.
You can also add or replace the background of your disc menu with an image or a
video file, or set a video effect that is applied to the background of your disc menu.
Including a Menu Opening
To include a video as the menu opening, click the button, select the Import
User Video For Menu Opening option, and then the video you want to use.
Setting Menu Background
To set or replace the background image of your menu, with either an image or a
video file. To do this, click the button and then select the Set Background
Image or Video option. Once selected, set how the background media is displayed
in the Background Media Adjustment Settings window.
Note: to remove the imported background image or video, just click the
button.
Adjusting Menu Background's Media Settings
When you import video clips and images to use as a background for your disc
menu, the Background Media Adjustment Settings window displays. In the window
you can set the following:
Stretch Setting: on this tab, select what you want CyberLink PowerDirector to
do if the video clip or image you selected as the background has a different
aspect ratio than your disc menu template. Select Apply to all menu pages to
use this setting on all menu pages.
3D-BD Setting: if you are outputting a 3D video production as a 3D-BD* disc,
click on this tab to set the 3D source format of the background video you