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Mike Moncrief · December 15th, 2003, 09:01 AM

Hello all,

Well I finally burned my first DVD, yipee!!

Everything is good with it, except one thing.. I have two buttons on the main menu, but when I use my DVD players remote to try and highlight either one of the buttons, I do not see any kind of indication that either one is selected ?? I am sure I missed something, but have not figured it out yet.. Any suggestions?/

Thanks
mike m.

Rob Lohman · December 15th, 2003, 09:13 AM

I'm not familair with Architect, but normally with authoring you
need to tell the application how it needs to highlight the button
(give it another picture etc.). Perhaps you need to do something
similar within Architect?

Joe Sacher · December 15th, 2003, 09:18 AM

There is an option for highlight color, when building the menu. I'm guessing here, but... If you used the text highlight option and white text, with a white highlight, you won't see much.

Mike Moncrief · December 15th, 2003, 03:47 PM

Hello,

Ok I found the Highlights thing, and have set it to various types, image rectangle, text rectangel etc.. and played with different colors on the pallette swatch, but when I go to preview, I never see the button get highlighted either on mouse rollover or even on a mouse click..
Any suggestions ??

Thanks all,
Mike

Edward Troxel · December 15th, 2003, 11:08 PM

Can you post the DAR file somewhere so we can look at it? (Media is not necessary)

Mike Moncrief · December 16th, 2003, 03:44 PM

Hello,

i have no place to post the Dar file, I can email it ??
I went back and played with the highlight settings, and went back into preview, and cannot see any highlighting going on?/ Should i see it on mouseover the button?? or on a mouse click??
Not sure what i am supposed to see..

Thanks for the responses
mike

Edward Troxel · December 16th, 2003, 04:38 PM

I see it on mouseover. e-mail is fine.

Mike Moncrief · December 16th, 2003, 04:50 PM

Hello,

My email is vidiot57@yahoo.com

Can you send your email to me, so I can send you the file?

Thanks for the help..

mike M.

Ross Weinshenker · December 16th, 2003, 05:40 PM

Personally I like Encore DVD...never used Architect before. But, like Rob said, you have to specify a second image, and possibly a third to indicate what the player is supposed to show.

Mike Moncrief · December 16th, 2003, 06:25 PM

Hello,

OK I believe I have got it figured out.. seems that I had the alpha channel on the little color swatch turned down all the way, and there fore no color was showing up as a highlight..

Thanks Edward and all that helped.

mike

Edward Troxel · December 16th, 2003, 10:10 PM

Glad to hear you found a solution. I've already sent the e-mail so just ignore it.

December 15th, 2003, 09:01 AM	#1
Mike Moncrief Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: orlando florida Posts: 426	One more on Architect Hello all, Well I finally burned my first DVD, yipee!! Everything is good with it, except one thing.. I have two buttons on the main menu, but when I use my DVD players remote to try and highlight either one of the buttons, I do not see any kind of indication that either one is selected ?? I am sure I missed something, but have not figured it out yet.. Any suggestions?/ Thanks mike m. __________________ Mike Moncrief mikemoncrief@gmail.com www.themikemoncrief.com

December 15th, 2003, 09:13 AM	#2
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	I'm not familair with Architect, but normally with authoring you need to tell the application how it needs to highlight the button (give it another picture etc.). Perhaps you need to do something similar within Architect? __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

December 15th, 2003, 03:47 PM	#4
Mike Moncrief Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: orlando florida Posts: 426	Hello, Ok I found the Highlights thing, and have set it to various types, image rectangle, text rectangel etc.. and played with different colors on the pallette swatch, but when I go to preview, I never see the button get highlighted either on mouse rollover or even on a mouse click.. Any suggestions ?? Thanks all, Mike __________________ Mike Moncrief mikemoncrief@gmail.com www.themikemoncrief.com

December 16th, 2003, 03:44 PM	#6
Mike Moncrief Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: orlando florida Posts: 426	Hello, i have no place to post the Dar file, I can email it ?? I went back and played with the highlight settings, and went back into preview, and cannot see any highlighting going on?/ Should i see it on mouseover the button?? or on a mouse click?? Not sure what i am supposed to see.. Thanks for the responses mike __________________ Mike Moncrief mikemoncrief@gmail.com www.themikemoncrief.com

December 16th, 2003, 04:50 PM	#8
Mike Moncrief Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: orlando florida Posts: 426	Hello, My email is vidiot57@yahoo.com Can you send your email to me, so I can send you the file? Thanks for the help.. mike M. __________________ Mike Moncrief mikemoncrief@gmail.com www.themikemoncrief.com

December 15th, 2003, 09:18 AM	#3
Joe Sacher Regular Crew Join Date: May 2003 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 177	There is an option for highlight color, when building the menu. I'm guessing here, but... If you used the text highlight option and white text, with a white highlight, you won't see much.

December 15th, 2003, 11:08 PM	#5
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Can you post the DAR file somewhere so we can look at it? (Media is not necessary)

December 16th, 2003, 04:38 PM	#7
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	I see it on mouseover. e-mail is fine.

December 16th, 2003, 05:40 PM	#9
Ross Weinshenker Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Any, Where Posts: 54	Personally I like Encore DVD...never used Architect before. But, like Rob said, you have to specify a second image, and possibly a third to indicate what the player is supposed to show.

December 16th, 2003, 06:25 PM	#10
Mike Moncrief Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: orlando florida Posts: 426	Hello, OK I believe I have got it figured out.. seems that I had the alpha channel on the little color swatch turned down all the way, and there fore no color was showing up as a highlight.. Thanks Edward and all that helped. mike __________________ Mike Moncrief mikemoncrief@gmail.com www.themikemoncrief.com

December 16th, 2003, 10:10 PM	#11
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Glad to hear you found a solution. I've already sent the e-mail so just ignore it.