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Now you can continue to specify the DVD menu 

layout as described in Chapter 3 of this manual 

(frame color, title, etc.)

5. Practice Excercises for 

Specifying the Background Menu 

Using Supplementary Software

“DVD-Arabesk 2” offers you the possibility 

of creating the DVD background menu with 

other Casablanca programs. You can use all 

the supplementary programs available for 

Casablanca

Each of the following examples is an extension 

of increased complexity over the previous 

example. We therefore recommend that you 

work through the examples in the order given.

It is assumed that you are familiar with the 

basic operation of Casablanca, e.g. using the 

text-entry menu, creating a scene, setting 

effect duration, etc., and the operation of the 

supplementary programs.

For these practice examples it is not necessary 

to actually burn a DVD. The virtual DVD you 

have created is on the hard disk and can be 

played with the built-in player.

5.1 Animated DVD title text

In this example you will learn to create an 

animated heading for the DVD menu without 

having to use a supplementary program.

Create a fixed image or a moving scene with a 

nice motif from your video material representing 

the contents of the films on the DVD. This scene 

should be 15 seconds long.

Alternatively, you can use a 15-second pattern 

scene from the image pool.

Insert this scene into the storyboard and go to 

the menu “Titling”.

Select “Horizontal Scroller”, insert this effect 

into the storyboard and set the effect length to 

15 seconds (function “complete scene”). 

Then click on “Enter/edit text” to enter the text-

entry menu and delete the existing text panel.

For your DVD menu enter a heading 

representing the films on the DVD, e.g. “Trip to 

Malta 2003” and specify the font (e.g. Manuel) 

and the font size (80 in our example).

Position the new text panel to an appropriate 

position with the help of the function “Move 

box”. It should neither cover up video material 

of the background picture nor be at a spot where 

the stamp icons will later be placed.