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PRV-LX1 DVD Menu Maker 11.1 Create The Import Folder/Files Follow the steps below to create your import folder/file. 1. Create a new folder to receive the custom menu files. The folder name becomes the menu name when imported in to the PRV-LX1. This name cannot have spaces and should have fewer than 12 characters. 2. Launch the Pioneer PRV-LX1 DVD Menu Maker. 3. Locate your custom Photoshop file on the hard drive. 4. Click on the Open button to select your .psd file. A new window entitled Browse for Folder replaces the existing folder/file window. 5. Locate and select the new folder you created to hold the import files. PRV-LX1 DVD Menu Maker window replaces the Browse for Folder window. 6. Click on the drop-down menu to check each layer of your custom menu layout. Clicking on the OK button saves the file but also closes the application. Once the application is closed, no further modifications are allowed. Return to your Photoshop file to make corrections listed as Preview-Only layers. 11.2 Inspect the Custom Menu PRV-LX1 DVD Menu Maker provides seven preview screens. If any of the seven previews are missing or fail to display properly, there are probably layer or placement errors in your Photoshop file. The screens and what they represent are listed below. • Background - graphic that appears behind your custom menu (preview only, no changes are available) • Subpicture -locations of all button highlighting (preview only, no changes are available) • Color Table - allows the menu highlight (roll-over Select and Active) colors to be changed or the transparency levels to be modified • Button Area - physical location and order of each button (preview only, no changes are available) • Button Mask -active dimensions and order of each button (preview only, no changes are available) • Thumbnail Area - physical location and order of each thumbnail (preview only, no changes are available) • Thumbnail Mask -active dimensions and order of each thumbnail (preview only, no changes are available) • Button Action - provides ability to reassign menu advancement and flow • Text - allows the menu text color and font size to be changed. Button and disc title text is NOT entered though this window (refer to the operating instructions, DVD Menu section, for instructions on how to add a disc title or button labels/text) Page 14 of 24

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PRV-LX1 DVD Menu Maker
11.1
Create The Import Folder/Files
Follow the steps below to create your import folder/file.
1.
Create a new folder to receive the custom menu files.
The folder name becomes the menu name when imported in to the PRV-LX1.
This name cannot have spaces and should have fewer than 12 characters.
2.
Launch the Pioneer PRV-LX1 DVD Menu Maker.
3.
Locate your custom Photoshop file on the hard drive.
4. Click on the
Open
button to select your .psd file.
A new window entitled Browse for Folder
replaces the existing folder/file window.
5.
Locate and select the new folder you created to hold the import files.
PRV-LX1 DVD Menu Maker window replaces the Browse for Folder
window.
6.
Click on the drop-down menu to check each layer of your custom menu layout.
Clicking on the
OK
button saves the file but also closes the application. Once the
application is closed, no further modifications are allowed.
Return to your
Photoshop file to make corrections listed as Preview-Only layers.
11.2
Inspect the Custom Menu
PRV-LX1 DVD Menu Maker provides seven preview screens.
If any of the seven
previews are missing or fail to display properly, there are probably layer or placement
errors in your Photoshop file. The screens and what they represent are listed below.
•
Background
– graphic that appears behind your custom menu
(
preview only, no changes are available
)
•
Subpicture
–locations of all button highlighting
(
preview only, no changes are available
)
•
Color Table
– allows the menu highlight (roll-over Select and Active) colors to be
changed or the transparency levels to be modified
•
Button Area
– physical location and order of each button
(
preview only, no changes are available
)
•
Button Mask
–active dimensions and order of each button
(
preview only, no changes are available
)
•
Thumbnail Area
– physical location and order of each thumbnail
(
preview only, no changes are available
)
•
Thumbnail Mask
–active dimensions and order of each thumbnail
(
preview only, no changes are available
)
•
Button Action
– provides ability to reassign menu advancement and flow
•
Text
– allows the menu text color and font size to be changed. Button and
disc title text is NOT entered though this window (refer to the operating
instructions, DVD Menu
section, for instructions on how to add a disc title or
button labels/text)
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