Return-Path: Received: from mta11.charter.net ([216.33.127.80] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4862256 for ae-list@media-motion.tv; Wed, 03 Oct 2012 18:26:01 +0200 Received: from imp10 ([10.20.200.15]) by mta11.charter.net (InterMail vM.8.01.05.02 201-2260-151-103-20110920) with ESMTP id <20121003162757.URSW10966.mta11.charter.net@imp10> for ; Wed, 3 Oct 2012 12:27:57 -0400 Received: from [192.168.2.3] ([71.94.133.66]) by imp10 with smtp.charter.net id 6gTx1k0041S6qBK05gTx7S; Wed, 03 Oct 2012 12:27:57 -0400 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=qU9vTENroOq2s6i9/sTxZt9WOCoWX/XGfIT3Tj8F8dQ= c=1 sm=1 a=yUnIBFQkZM0A:10 a=Vx6aIzdhH7H4BIXK4xUDUQ==:17 a=hOpmn2quAAAA:8 a=C3yxqAB6IzwLtgsPHU8A:9 a=pILNOxqGKmIA:10 a=RFaxJ1YKWH0A:10 a=p3b_eOXHgIUA:10 a=hUswqBWy9Q8A:10 a=_W_S_7VecoQA:10 a=N9QwkrjgG2BAb8C5:21 a=Vx6aIzdhH7H4BIXK4xUDUQ==:117 From: Jonathan Penzner Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-1--540194092 Subject: OT Mac DVD Question Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 09:27:56 -0700 In-Reply-To: To: "After Effects Mail List" References: Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) --Apple-Mail-1--540194092 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Apologies for the off-topic, and for a Mac specific question as well, = but perhaps the brain trust can help me out. Working in DVDSPRO, ver 4 OS 10.6.8 Quicktime 7.6.6 MacPro Tower 3,1 and a MacBook Pro 8,3 DVD Player 5.4.2 Step 1 - I Create a menu in Photoshop. The text layers become buttons. = Load the selections for the text layers. Save as an alpha channel. = Reverse the alpha. Step 2 - Save the flattened menu without the alpha in a 720 X 480 file. = Save a separate flattened file of just the alpha. Also 720 X 480. Step 3 - In DVDSPRO, import both files. Set the menu as the background. = Set the file with the alpha channel as the overlay. Drag to create the = buttons in order, covering the areas of the text and the corresponding = alpha channel. There is no overlap on the areas covered by the buttons. Step 4 - Import an M2V and audio file, drag to a track. Set the buttons = to go to the track. Set the track to go back to the menu. Step 5 - Test in Simulator and everything works perfectly. I can step = through the buttons, they all highlight correctly, displaying all the = states of all the buttons: normal, selected, activated. Very simple stuff, and something I've been doing for ages. I don't think = that I've anything different lately. The problem is, when I test the build in the DVD player, or, if I burn a = disk and put it in a player, the buttons don't show up correctly. Some = buttons do not highlight in the active or selected state, but play if = you hit enter on the keyboard if you can figure out which button you're = on. You can't select the unhighlighting buttons with a mouse. This has = been happening on two computers =96 a tower and a laptop. On top of that =96 this is a side issue and not as crucial =96 the DVD = Player on the tower sometimes forgets to put up the dialog box that asks = whether I want to start the DVD from Last Time Played or the Beginning = of the Disk and jumps into where I was when I quit the Disk, in other = words, opting for Last Time Played. I've trashed Prefs for DVDSPRO and the Player, run AppleJack a few dozen = times, repaired Disk Permissions for the Boot Drive, verified the disk =96= nothing changes the behavior. If anyone has any experience with this, I would be thrilled to hear = about it, and, hopefully, what can be done to fix it. This is seriously = killing my productivity. Many thanks in advance. Jonathan JONATHAN PENZNER SUNDANCE/REALTIME VIDEO EDITING =95 MOTION GRAPHICS =95 DESIGN | STUDIO 626 345-0285 | | CELL 818 321-2890 | SUREAL@CHARTER.NET --Apple-Mail-1--540194092 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252

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