Layered Menu Button Question...

Using layered menus throughout my project as it is fitting with our concept, but have never used them before. I have a question:
I have several images on a flattened layer of a PSD file that I want to use for buttons on any given screen. Can I use an overlay to give an outer glow effect to a given button image? (Don't really want to go back and add extra layers in the psd for each button state if I can show selections some other way.)
My limited experience has shown me that each time you add layers to the PSD file, it changes the layer selections settings on the menus where that PSD is used, as if DVDSP simply counted the depths of the layers and wasn't using the layer name as its reference.
In short, what is the best way to show the user he has selected a button on a layered menu without adding more layers to the original PSD, if possible?

James Roller1 wrote:
So let me get this straight about layered menus... especially in my case: the final background document needs to be complete before I begin adding buttons or building the project, and any additional layers added will throw off any work done. Correct?
Unsure of that, been awhile since I played with layered menus, due to their limitations on some players, slower speed etc. so I stay away from them (and so many others) for the most part when creating a "real" DVD (as oppossed to just some one off type fun things for my friends, family and myself.)
I do not recall having the issue that you seem to have when renaming - having things switched up - but it has been awhile and I think I probably had everything laid out ahead when I did it. But if you are seeing that happen then have the menu set as close as possible before using it.

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Don't forget that a layered menu will normally need two presses to get anything to happen, one to select the button and the second to activate it.
That said, are you sure that you have got the psd file set up correctly? I would recommend using a background layer with everything on it that you want to appear when not selected, then only adding layers with the changes necessary to show the button selection/activation.

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As Silal said - the 'roll over' effect is not guaranteed on a layer based menu. The reason is that DVDSP actually creates a separate sub menu for each layer in your menu file, and to select and activate a button you are actually moving from menu to menu each time. The buttons are not set to 'auto-activate' and thus you may need to 'click' to get to the different states each time.
Wherever possible, you should use a standard overlay style menu, or at least a series of linked overlays with auto-activating buttons. Layer based menus have their place, but they have a lot of imitations and really don't help give you as slick a playback experience as you want them to.

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I just made an SD DVD with several layered menus. The backgrounds for the menus come from photoshop files with different layers for normal, selected, and active states. Navigating the main menu works fine in the simulator and when I play the disc in my computer, however, I can not arrow to another button on dvd players. I have made several discs this way and this is the first time I have had this problem. My burn process is to make an image and then burn the image in toast. Any thought?
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Hi Brian - welcome.
Layered menus are particularly tricky... they almost always require two actions from the user to get them working in a player. One click to land on the button and another to select it. This is really frustrating at times, but is down to the way the layered menus work.
You can convert them to standard menus pretty easily though, and unless you absolutely need to have different layers I'd strongly advise that you do convert them. Standard overlay type menus work with a rollover type of effect, allow you to have an audio bed and work far faster on DVD players.
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Each button in menu 1 is linked to a different menu, which is identical except for the highlight for that button position. The "up/down" (any navigation action that movies the position into the button) results in the button activating (i.e. not the "select behavior, but the activate behavior of that button in that menu). The link is its other menu, where it looks "selected." On that menu it is linked to its movie, so that hitting enter plays the movie.
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You're welcome, k chen, but be careful. Some clients are very picky about fonts.
The layered menu method lets you basically use any graphic element you want, which can then be replaced with any other graphical element, of the same relative size, for the selected and activated states. So, for example a blue frowny face can be replaced with a multicolored happy face. Or, more specifically to your project, a nonstandard font can change colors. But, you lose reliability, player compatibility, and responsiveness, not to mention audio and video motion background capability.
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How do you apply a Motion Video Asset as a button on a layered Menu?

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Paul.
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There was no problem with Prev/Next buttons though.
I tried burning a disc too, just to check if it would burn true & just played up in preview - but no dice. What happened was the player froze up solid after pressing the menu remote.
I did create another project where the chapter playlists numbered around 28 from a single timeline, and this actually worked as it should do, so I suspect an issue in Encore's internal stacks where this is all addressed.
I had to use a different application in the end.
I believe the reason yours is still failing is simply because despite having 5 timelines, you are still well over the number of chapter playlists that seem to be available.
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There are a couple of issues I have noticed - although this is so far the only one I cannot work around in my projects.
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Instead iof using a chapter playlist to reference each clip, save these for multiple clips that need to be accessed, and from your chapter menu, just point directly to the clip in question.
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This will greatly reduce the number of chapter playlists you are running - and should do the job for you.

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'''What is your support question?''' This? CANT EVEN COPY A URL IN MY ADDRESS BAR OR REFRESH IT ?
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There is no error message, the program just disappears. I am able to run Adobe Pro just fine on the console, with all of the buttons working normally. But when accessed through the MetaFrame Presentation Server, it seems like the connection isn't functioning at 100%. Sometimes even right-clicking on a certain box will close the program.
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frstrsystemI make a fix, here it is:
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