For a demo on the mask and animation you can install the 'BabyBlue' template [ Tools -> Install Templates ... -> (Connect) -> Animated Backgrounds ->BabyBlue -> (Next >>>) ]
Or for anmation check out my tutorial http://qdvdauthor.sf.net/guide/anim_template/e_main.html Varol :) On 12/18/2010 09:37 AM, Varol Okan wrote: > Actually different sizes are very easy to do in many ways. > > Through drag,n drop: > Change the settings under [ Tools->Setup->Drag,n Dop -> Button Size ] > > Through context menu: > Right click in the menu [Add Image] or [Add Movie] and then creating the > size you want > > Through Mouse: > Click on the preview on the lower right corner ( make sure you get the > exact yellow point ) and move the mouse > > Different shapes are available for images, and movies. > 1) Unbutton you button if needed. > 2) Add Mask > 3) Play around with the settings, like shape, frames, colors, > transparency, rotation, position etc. > 4) click [Okay] > 5) Define as Button > > I think what you'll find is that you have a ton of creative > possibilities with QDVDAuthor. You can even animate most of the > settings, like color, positions, transparency, size etc. for image/movie > objects, or mask objects alike. > > Let me know if you have further questions. > > Varol :) > > > On 12/17/2010 04:58 PM, Gary Dale wrote: > >> Thanks. It worked. There's still a discrepancy between the time mplayer >> reports for a frame and the thumbnail preview qdvdauthor shows for that >> time, but it's minor. The actual movie is the correct length and I can >> fiddle with the preveiew thumbnails to get them to work. >> >> On my copy of qdvdauthor the setting is changed in Tools | Setup on the >> General tab where there is a pulldown for the media engine. Selecting >> the QMPlayerWidget seems to have done the trick. >> >> On another topic, I'd like to have movie buttons of different sizes and >> shapes but that doesn't seem to be supported (yet). In fact, movie >> thumbnails don't even necessarily correspond to the size/shape I >> selected (as displayed by the frames when a button is selected). Is this >> on the enhancement list? >> >> >> On 17/12/10 07:16 AM, Varol Okan wrote: >> >> >>> Gary, >>> >>> this is due to xine not being able to determine the proper length of a >>> mpeg2 video stream ( unfortunately ). >>> >>> You can mitigate this by choosing [ Tools -> MedaiBackend -> >>> QMplayerWidget ] which will then use mplayer to determine the >>> length.MPlayer is much more accurate in this regard. >>> >>> Please note that if this option is unavailable to you you will have to >>> re-compile QDVDAuthor ( I can help ) >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Varol :) >>> >>> On 12/14/2010 06:10 PM, Gary Dale wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> I've experienced a problem with several movies I've tried to convert to >>>> NTSC DVD format. The problem is that movie buttons don't show anything. >>>> They (usually) simply display the first frame of the movie no matter >>>> what the start time shows. A couple have problems with h264 recoding so >>>> they display garbage. >>>> >>>> No problem, I naively thought. I'll simply recode them using avidemux2 >>>> so that qdvdauthor doesn't have to. >>>> >>>> Avidemux2 has no problem recoding them but when I create a new project >>>> with qdvdauthor using the recoded file, I run into problems. For some >>>> reason qdvdauthor thinks they are much shorter than the actual movie >>>> (e.g. 26 minutes for a 90 minute movie). >>>> >>>> I note that mplayer and vlc both show the correct length, while dragon >>>> player and kaffeine end at the right time (they don't show the total >>>> playing time, just the current time). For some reason vlc reports the >>>> frame rate at double the actual, but all players play the recoded movie >>>> correctly. >>>> >>>> The internal player in the video properties dialogue uses the same time >>>> codes as the media info dialogue so it is internally consistent in that >>>> respect. However, if I try to make a DVD, I run into problems. If I take >>>> the chapter start times from qdvdauthor, they end up pointing to the >>>> wrong times (i.e. the compressed time scale, not the actual movie time >>>> codes) so that all the buttons jump to points in the first 26 minutes of >>>> the 90 minute movie. >>>> >>>> On the other hand, if I use the actual times (I usually use mplayer for >>>> this) for the chapters, the thumbnail movies don't go beyond what >>>> qdvdauthor thinks is the end of the movie (26 minutes less the length of >>>> the thumbnail - 0:25:48 for a 12 second thumbnail). >>>> >>>> Note that manually setting the video to the correct length in the media >>>> info dialogue doesn't affect this behaviour. Qdvdauthor ignores the >>>> actual length and sticks with its original figure when determining if my >>>> thumbnail start times are OK. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> Lotusphere 2011 >>>> Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how >>>> to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment >>>> to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. >>>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> QDVDAuthor-users mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qdvdauthor-users >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Lotusphere 2011 >> Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how >> to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment >> to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d >> _______________________________________________ >> QDVDAuthor-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qdvdauthor-users >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Lotusphere 2011 > Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how > to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment > to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d > _______________________________________________ > QDVDAuthor-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qdvdauthor-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d _______________________________________________ QDVDAuthor-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qdvdauthor-users
