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Menu w/ Interactive images, not simple number selection?
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mikecornett
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Post Posted: Jul 19, 2001 05:03 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Hello,
My question to you all is can I create a menu that has interactive images (like on actual dvds), and not simple Number selection (like in most menu tutorials for CD Creator)? I have Adobe Premiere,Photoshop, After Effects, as well as CD Creator. If it were computer programming, it'd be a bit more simple...I could just have animated Gifs w/ transparent backgrounds, although I know this won't work since I'm dealing with movie files, such as .avi, and .mpeg. Any help would be much appreciated..

THank you

vitualis
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Post Posted: Jul 20, 2001 14:13 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Firstly, read "What Is VCD" on the top left hand corner.

VCDs don't support GIFs or JPEGs or BMP or any other type of format. They ONLY support MPEG -- either, a video sequence or a still (or audio only).

Secondly, the interactivity available to a VCD is a lot more limited compared to that on a DVD. Although you can have "selection areas" defined, these really only work on CD-i players and some software players.

The buttons that can be referenced in a VCD are: NEXT, PREV, DEAFAULT, RETURN and the numerical key presses only.

However, you can have an animated background for a menu (i.e., a video clip) and if you are clever with authoring, you can translate most of the interactivity on a DVD to a VCD with good effects.

Regards.

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mikecornett
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Post Posted: Jul 20, 2001 17:14 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
obviously.... i said all that crap u told me about gifs and jpegs already...i said IT WONT WORK. I also mentioned I would be doing an animated video in the background anyway...your reply was no help to my post whatsoever, sorry.

vitualis
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Post Posted: Jul 20, 2001 23:18 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
If you already knew the answer is obviously "NO" then why ask in the first place?

Regards.

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