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1. Re: Limitations of DVD Menus.
Joe Bowden Aug 12, 2008 8:13 AM (in response to (Jonathan_Sampson))The limitation is with menu button highlight overlay in the DVD-Video format itself.
You can work around the limitations by using multiple menus and auto-activating buttons, but the workaround doesn't work with software DVD players, and doesn't work well with motion menus. But if you really need to have what DVD-Video doesn't offer, check here for one tutorial outlining the workaround:
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.2ccedd3c
And another:
http://www.adobeevangelists.com/movies/colorsandbuttons.wmv
Personally, I work within the limitations of the format. You'll find most commercial (Hollywood) DVDs do, too. -
2. Re: Limitations of DVD Menus.
Ruud Blauw Aug 12, 2008 10:34 AM (in response to (Jonathan_Sampson))Jonathan,
For some additional info see Must subpictures always be on top?
A possible workaround for your "glow" could be to create it with a single color using dithering. With the glow part of the button you would have to space the buttons wider. The hit area of a DVD-Video is always rectangular. These rectangles are not allowed to overlap, not even by a single pixel.


