DVD-Lab Pro Menu Question....

[main.dvd]

Hi there!! Got a question about menu creation in DVD-Lab Pro.

I would like to do a menu where the background would be a black and white picture of a bunch of people (i do have the original picture but in color).
I want each person on the picture to represent a menu button. When a button would be highlited, I would like to have that person only highlited in color, based on the original colors of the picture...

My background and buttons in DVD-Lab pro are already setup, but when I select a button, there's always the basic highlight overlay color (like purple) that comes in, and if I put full transparency for the overlay highlight, then I don't see the button at all...

Can somebody help me with this please?

Keep up the good work guys!

Thanks

[byteguy]

you are going to have to use invisible buttons with switched menus. Take a look at the tutorials.

You can't do it with just one menu.

[guns1inger]

Switched menus is the only way. Overlays are restricted to 4 colours.

At the Mediachance site there is a tutorial for switched menus in DLP. Basicially, you have to create a menu page for each button state (black and white, then each person in turn in colour), auto activate on invisible buttons to move to the next state. You will get a slight pause between states, and you cannot have continuous background music as you switch.

All of these are limitations of the DVD specification, not the authoring software.

[GeorgeW]

On a related topic. DVD Lab PRO 2.0 allows for multiple menu cells. I have noticed that the "Switched Menu" approach is more responsive using menu cells rather than separate menus.

Regards,
George

[guns1inger]

I just had a play with multiple menu cells, and I like. Very quick to set up a switched menu, very responsive in action. There is a caveat in the help files that this may not work as expected on all players - something to be aware of. The original switched menu method should work in all players however.