CyberLink PowerDirector Help
You can add additional menu text buttons to your disc menu. You can also set the properties for all of the menu and navigation buttons used in the menu.
Setting the Title/Scene Menu Button Type
You can set which type of title/scene menu buttons are used in the disc menu. From the menu button type drop-down, select one of the following types:
•Text Only: select this type if you only want clickable menu button text displayed in your disc menu.
•Thumbnails & Text: select this type if you want each title/scene to display both a clickable video thumbnail and text.
•Single Thumbnail: select this type to only display a video thumbnail for the first title/scene on the page, which is not clickable. All the titles/scenes will have clickable menu button text on the menu page.
Adding Menu Buttons
Menu buttons are the buttons that provide access to your disc's content, chapters, and subtitles. They may consist of just text or text and an accompanying thumbnail, depending on the menu button type set above and the design of the disc menu template.
Note: you can add up to 14 menu buttons on each menu page. |
To add a menu button, click the 
button. Depending on the page in your disc menu you add the button to, the new button might just be text or button text and a scene/chapter thumbnail.
Note: click the |
button at the top of the Menu Designer to align all of the current menu buttons in the disc menu window. If you want all newly added menu button to auto align, click 
next to this button and then select Setting Button Properties
Click on the 
tab and to set the properties of all the buttons in your disc menu.
Note: the menu button properties that are available depend on which menu page you are currently editing. |
Changing Navigation Buttons
To change the menu navigation buttons that are used in your disc menu, select the Navigation Buttons option. Select a set of navigation button (each set contains four navigation buttons) from the list, or click on Import Custom if you want to use your own buttons you custom created. If you imported custom buttons, or modified an existing set, click the Save as button to save the current buttons as a new set of navigation buttons.
Setting Button Highlight Style
Select the Button Highlight Style option to set the highlight icon used on a menu button thumbnail for scenes and chapter buttons. Click on Import Custom if you want to use your own custom highlight icon.
If your disc menu is using text buttons, select the Enable text highlight option if you want it to be highlighted on the menu when it is active on the screen. Select Highlight color and then click the colored square to open the color palette to select the desired highlight color used.
Setting Button Frame and Mask
If using Thumbnails & Text menu button type, select the Button Frame and Mask option to set the frame or mask used on a menu button thumbnail. Click on Import Custom if you want to use your own custom button frame or mask.
Setting Button Layout
Select the Button Layout to select the desired layout of the thumbnail buttons on the selected page. The number of layouts available is dependent on the template you are editing.
