User manual ADS TECH BUTTON BUILDER

Button Builder Button Builder Screen Format Button builder is a software utility you can use to create custom buttons for images you have create. Features of Button Builder: · · · Create random form buttons Create shadows for buttons Indicate thumbnails position, display size of button and titles (including movies and still image slides) Button format: To create a button, you need at least 3 images. Create each image with a pixel size of 200 x 200. 1. Button image The images of the button itself. 2. Mask of button shape A mask image that specify the form or shape of the button itself. The part inside the shape is black, the deleted outside part is white. Create this image in gray scale. 3. Thumbnail mask This is the image which specifies the display portion of the thumbnail picture in relation to the button shape. A thumbnail is a miniature image of the movie frames and still pictures within a folder that are registered in the Capty DVD/VCD menu. Create this image in gray scale. 4. Mask of button shadow. This mask indicates the form of the shadow for a particular button. The black area becomes the shadow portion and the white area is deleted. Create this image in gray scale. 5. Mask of selected button. This mask specifies that the title in the DVD video menu is being selected. Create this image in gray scale. 6. Listed Thumbnail This thumbnail image can be used as a custom button in the list of thumbnails that are displayed in the Capty DVD/VCD button style settings panel. Indicating thumbnail display You can indicate the position and display size of all the button thumbnails. If you click the "Display thumbnail setup frame" button, a bounding box (for adjusting position and size) will appear in the button preview window. Drag any of the four corners to change the display size. Press the mouse within the box and drag to adjust the position. Setting button names. Type button name in the "Edit Box". In the recent version, this function cannot be used. Saving buttons Click "Save" and create a button from the setting. Indicate the destination folder and name in the save folder dialog box and save. Re-editing button Click "Open", load the saved button and re-edit. Creating Buttons Let's explain how to create a button with button builder using a simple example. Let's create a simple button as seen on the right. 1. Create the button image. Use a graphic software to create a button images of 200 x 200 pixel. Use a graphic software to create the round shaped image. Copy the whole image you have created. Click within the frame of the (button image) in button builder. From the edit menu, choose paste. Create the (button shape mask) as you did with the graphic software in step 1. The white area becomes the cut out or deleted portion. A mask image that specify the form or shape of the button (picture 2). 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Likewise, create the (Thumbnail mask). A mask image that specify the position of the button, and the form of the displayed thumbnail image. The white area will be where the thumbnail will be displayed. The white oval shaped becomes this portion (picture 3). Create the (button shadow mask), if necessary. Use the (button shape mask) (Picture 2) as a base and add blur to create a shadowy effect (picture 4). You can even use the (button shape mask) (picture 2) and convert it to bring about a sharper shadow. Create the (button select mask). You can convert the normal (button shape mask) (picture 2). This specifies the highlighted area when the button is selected for DVD Video playback. Confirm that the button formation is the same as it should be in the preview window button and then click "Save" to save it. 7. 8. 9. When you save button image file in the place stated below, you will be able to choose it from the list in Capty DVD/VCD. For MacOS 8.6-9 Save in the folder below found within the Capty DVD application folder. MenuResources/Style/TitleButton(Title button folder) Menu navigate button MenuResources/Style/NaviButton/NextNavi/ MenuResources/Style/NaviButton/PrevNavi/ For MacOS X Open the CaptyDVD application package and save it in the folder stated below. To open the CaptyDVD application package, click on the CaptyDVD icon while pressing the command key. Then select "Show package contents" from the menu. Title Button CaptyDVD.app/contents/MacOS/MenuResources/Style/TitleButton Menu navigate button CaptyDVD.app/contents/MacOS/MenuResources/Style/NaviButton/NextNav/ CaptyDVD.app/contents/MacOS/MenuResources/Style/NaviButton/PrevNavi/ Thumbnail display frame setting On the button's thumbnail display portion, set the frame where the image of the movie title or still image title registered in the CaptyDVD will be displayed. Since a thumbnail can be displayed from any random position, it is possible to create a button as the one below . If you click the "Display thumbnail setup frame" button, a bounding box (for adjusting position and size) will appear in the button preview window. Drag any of the four corners to change the display size. Press the mouse within the box and drag to adjust the position. Special Effects You can create the mask image in black and white, but if you use the gray scale color, you can be able to create special effects like semi-transparent buttons. In the picture below, the thumbnail mask is fitted with the shape of the book, a gray scale graduation is used, and the shadow re-shaped.