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DVD MENU MAKER HELPER OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS (A COMPANION PROGRAM FOR THE PRV-LX1 DVD MENU MAKER APPLICATION) Table of Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION ..

Menu Maker Helper Page 10 of 38 To revert to the original background, follow the directions below. 4. Click on the Undo button at the lower left

Menu Maker Helper Page 11 of 38 The chart below provides a guideline for identifying which cell reflects which value. Photoshop Color 1 (BLACK) Ph

Menu Maker Helper Page 12 of 38 Examples of buttons with Color 2 and Color 3 applied according to the previous chart: (A Menu Layout) (Normal Vie

Menu Maker Helper Page 13 of 38 The shade of gray defines the opacity level within Menu Maker Helper. MMH matches the selected gray to the closes

Menu Maker Helper Page 14 of 38 4. Click on a Select or Active color cell from the MMH Color Table Set area. The selected cell changes to teal on

Menu Maker Helper Page 15 of 38 7. Practice selecting one or more color and/or contrast cells still avoiding the Photoshop and Normal color cells

Menu Maker Helper Page 16 of 38 5.0 CLONE BUTTON TEMPLATE The second menu development stage is to duplicate the appropriate number of buttons for

Menu Maker Helper Page 17 of 38 Some possible button layouts: If the buttons do not fit the menu, take the following steps to resize the buttons

Menu Maker Helper Page 18 of 38 5.2 Additional Settings Available After Button Creation There are two additional settings that become available o

Menu Maker Helper Page 19 of 38 6.0 BUILD COMPOSITE LAYERS The Build Composite Layers command creates a significant number of layers on top of the

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Menu Maker Helper Page 20 of 38 The next step is to convert this PSD file into a form recognizable by the PRV-LX1. Follow the directions below to

Menu Maker Helper Page 21 of 38 8.1 Create The Import Folder/Files Follow the steps below to create your import folder/file. 1. Create a new fol

Menu Maker Helper Page 22 of 38 Background is for preview only, no changes are available Subpicture (Highlight Area) is for preview only, no chan

Menu Maker Helper Page 23 of 38 Button Area is for preview only, no changes are available (this view integrates the Button Image layer) Button Ma

Menu Maker Helper Page 24 of 38 Thumbnail Mask is for preview only, no changes are available Button Action allows directional and button advancem

Menu Maker Helper Page 25 of 38 8.2.1 Change Highlight Colors from within DVD Menu Maker The third preview screen provides a method to change th

Menu Maker Helper Page 26 of 38 8.2.2 Change Button Actions from within DVD Menu Maker The Pioneer application presets directional arrows for the

Menu Maker Helper Page 27 of 38 8.3 Prepare The Custom Menu For Transfer to the PRV-LX1 Once all modifications have been applied to the preview s

Menu Maker Helper Page 28 of 38 3) Access the Cpy/Impt/Bkup option from the App menu section. 4) Select Menu Import from the menu options. 5) Set

Menu Maker Helper Page 29 of 38 APPENDIX A HELPFUL HINTS This final section deals with common issues you may experience when creating custom menu

Menu Maker Helper Page 3 of 38 1.0 INTRODUCTION The Menu Maker Helper (MMH) application is a Microsoft® Windows®-based, companion-program to the

Menu Maker Helper Page 30 of 38 • Highlights are not showing on the Previous/Next buttons 1 – Verify that Previous/Next buttons are part of the Hi

Menu Maker Helper Page 31 of 38 APPENDIX B BUILDING A BUTTON TEMPLATE Although the MMH application provides a selection of button templates, users

Menu Maker Helper Page 32 of 38 Btn Tmpl The mandatory layers within a Btn Tmpl layer set are as follows:  Text Area – block indicates where tex

Menu Maker Helper Page 33 of 38 Try the following manipulation: 1. Expand the Btn Tmpl layer set. 2. Click on the Thumbnail Mask layer. 3. Move

Menu Maker Helper Page 34 of 38 Prev Tmpl The mandatory layer sets within a Prev Tmpl layer are as follows:  Button Image – graphic of the butto

Menu Maker Helper Page 35 of 38 Note: “Remove Hilite from Button Image Area” The optional layer, Notes, provides any mandatory Option settings inf

Menu Maker Helper Page 36 of 38 4. Flatten all layers into the Background layer. 5. Access the Image Size dialog box. 6. Set the dimensions to

Menu Maker Helper Page 37 of 38 There are certain colors that assign button sequence. Using these colors on the Color Table can cause MMH to crea

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Menu Maker Helper Page 4 of 38 • If your disc includes Title menus with Chapter menus under each which would require a Top Menu button as well as

Menu Maker Helper Page 5 of 38  Button and Thumbnail Areas must be a particular color as this delineates the button order (more information on th

Menu Maker Helper Page 6 of 38 The MMH application window is comprised of five sections; (1) menu bar, (2) color table, (3) Settings, (4) primary

Menu Maker Helper Page 7 of 38 4.0 CREATE NEW MENU Click on the Create New Menu button to begin building your custom menu. For learning purposes,

Menu Maker Helper Page 8 of 38 A series of multi-layer files are created in Photoshop. These individual files eventually merge in to a single PSD

Menu Maker Helper Page 9 of 38 Our selected button template includes a note about deactivating an Option from the Menu Bar. Un-checking the Remov