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PRV-LX1 DVD Menu Maker • A Disc Title label placed within the background must anticipate all button locations including the Previous menu page and Next menu page buttons for multi-page menus. Multi-page menus would require Previous menu page and Next menu page buttons. However, not all projects will have multiple menu pages. To build a layout usable for multiple projects, create a Disc Title layer in a separate file then 'duplicate' the layer over the Background layer before the layout is flattened. Other file guidelines are as follows: File dimension must be 720 pixels (W) x 480 pixels (H) Black (RGB: 0,0,0) is equivalent to hiding material on a particular layer White (RGB: 255,255,255) indicates a transparent area that allows another layer's data to show through Layers not used for a particular menu must still be present for the conversion Per DVD specifications, button and thumbnail areas must be squares or rectangles (however, button/thumbnail shapes may be any polygon, see sample layout for example) Button and Thumbnail Areas must be a particular color as this delineates the button order (more information on these colors is available later in this document) Custom menu name (folder name) may include dashes or underscores between characters but spaces in the name cause the PRV-LX1 import function to fail PRV-LX1 DVD Menu Maker is compatible with operating systems Microsoft® Windows® 2000 and XP® and with Photoshop 6.0 or newer This document details what elements are required in each layer. To further assist with menu layout design, please download LX1_Sample-Layout.psd from the Pioneer website before beginning to build a menu. The file is located under Service & Support / Business Products Support / DVD Players & Recorders / PRV-LX1. 2.0 BACKGROUND LAYER The Background layer is your creative canvas. The disc title, button labels, and graphic designs can be designed as part of this layer but are not required. Once the design is established, merge the graphic and text layers in to a single Background layer. In the example below, the Disc Title, Sample Layout, has been merged on to the background layer. However, button text will be provided by the PRV-LX1 for this layout. Page 3 of 24

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PRV-LX1 DVD Menu Maker
•
A Disc Title label placed within the background must anticipate all button locations
including the Previous menu page and Next menu page buttons for multi-page menus.
Multi-page menus would require Previous menu page and Next menu page buttons.
However, not all projects will have multiple menu pages.
To build a layout usable for
multiple projects, create a Disc Title layer in a separate file then ‘duplicate’ the layer over
the Background layer before the layout is flattened.
Other file guidelines are as follows:
9
File dimension must be 720 pixels (W) x 480 pixels (H)
9
Black (RGB: 0,0,0) is equivalent to hiding material on a particular layer
9
White (RGB: 255,255,255) indicates a transparent area that allows another layer’s data
to show through
9
Layers not used for a particular menu must still be present for the conversion
9
Per DVD specifications, button and thumbnail areas must be squares or rectangles
(however, button/thumbnail shapes may be any polygon, see sample layout for example)
9
Button and Thumbnail Areas must be a particular color as this delineates the button
order
(more information on these colors is available later in this document)
9
Custom menu name (folder name) may include dashes or underscores between
characters but spaces in the name cause the PRV-LX1 import function to fail
9
PRV-LX1 DVD Menu Maker is compatible with operating systems Microsoft
®
Windows
®
2000 and XP
®
and with Photoshop 6.0 or newer
This document details what elements are required in each layer. To further assist with menu
layout design, please download
LX1_Sample-Layout.psd
from the Pioneer website before
beginning to build a menu.
The file is located under
Service & Support
/
Business Products
Support
/
DVD Players & Recorders
/
PRV-LX1
.
2.0
B
ACKGROUND
L
AYER
The Background layer is your creative canvas.
The disc title, button labels, and graphic designs
can be designed as part of this layer but are not required.
Once the design is established,
merge the graphic and text layers in to a single Background layer.
In the example below, the Disc Title, Sample Layout, has been merged on to the background
layer.
However, button text will be provided by the PRV-LX1 for this layout.
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