Scenarist menu question

[lutinor]

Hi all,

I always author my BD with 'old style dvd menu', if you click on a button you have another things loading (a full new menu or a movie).

How can you load new button like this ?

http://imageshack.us/f/402/587a.jpg

[rik1138]

Do you want to change the background video as well? If so, just jump to different titles with the menu graphics you want. Build a different IG for each background, and the 'return' buttons title jump back to the previous title.

If you want to keep the same background, just jump to different Pages. The different Pages of an IG don't have to look anything alike if you don't want them to...

So, Page#1 would have Button #1, and it would link to Page 2, button 1 (Button#2 in your image)
Page#2 would have 3 buttons (#2-4 in your image), and #4 would link back to Page 1, button 1.

Is that what you are trying to do?

[perquin]

Hi,

The other solution can be the use of EnableBitton, but this way you have to manage link between button with dummy button. Normally i use that for chapter page to show the chapter is reading with a different aspect.

In your case the rik one seem more easy

[lutinor]

Do you want to change the background video as well? If so, just jump to different titles with the menu graphics you want. Build a different IG for each background, and the 'return' buttons title jump back to the previous title.

If you want to keep the same background, just jump to different Pages. The different Pages of an IG don't have to look anything alike if you don't want them to...

So, Page#1 would have Button #1, and it would link to Page 2, button 1 (Button#2 in your image)
Page#2 would have 3 buttons (#2-4 in your image), and #4 would link back to Page 1, button 1.

Is that what you are trying to do?
I want to keep the same background. Basically the only thing i want to see changing on the screen is buttons.

My question : How do you make multiple page in photoshop plug in?

perquin: can you explain a bit more your way ?

[mp3dom]

You design every page exporting a PNG set for every button state (act, sel, nor). Then in Photoshop you use the scripts to 'Import folder to layers', sections the buttons, save as web with Designer template, and then again Script->Slice to Designer. You'll end with a full IG page formatted in a way Designer understand. At this point you don't export anything. Do this procedure for every other page. At the end you have (let's say) 5-6 photoshop files and each contains a single page. Now drag all the single pages (that starts with layer P:<pagename>) into one. For example keep the MainMenu psd and drag all the single pages of Audio.psd, Chapters.psd, Extra.psd and so on. You will end with a single psd with lots of pages. At this point you can export to Designer.

The perquin ways is to have multiple buttons on the same BOG. With EnableButton/DisableButton you can show only one button at time. This is the used procedure for the audio menus that shows which track is currently in use. It's harder since you can't directly navigate through the buttons. You need to use virtual buttons that check every time which 'state' of the button needs to be displayed.

[lutinor]

You design every page exporting a PNG set for every button state (act, sel, nor). Then in Photoshop you use the scripts to 'Import folder to layers', sections the buttons, save as web with Designer template, and then again Script->Slice to Designer. You'll end with a full IG page formatted in a way Designer understand. At this point you don't export anything. Do this procedure for every other page. At the end you have (let's say) 5-6 photoshop files and each contains a single page. Now drag all the single pages (that starts with layer P:<pagename>) into one. For example keep the MainMenu psd and drag all the single pages of Audio.psd, Chapters.psd, Extra.psd and so on. You will end with a single psd with lots of pages. At this point you can export to Designer.

The perquin ways is to have multiple buttons on the same BOG. With EnableButton/DisableButton you can show only one button at time. This is the used procedure for the audio menus that shows which track is currently in use. It's harder since you can't directly navigate through the buttons. You need to use virtual buttons that check every time which 'state' of the button needs to be displayed.
I think i have done the 'photoshop part' : (correct me if i am wrong by checking the pictures)

http://imageshack.us/f/543/pic1vh.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/f/856/pic2bzx.jpg

Now the author part, what i want is something like this :

http://imageshack.us/f/69/goalk.jpg

Tbh i don't know what to do now. Usually i link a button to a menu or a movie but this time i need to link a button to a new button...How can i do that in Scenarist ?

Last question : When you load some new buttons, what about the previous set of button ? The stay on the screen or you have 2 option (keep on the screen / not keep on the scren when load a new set?)

I hope i'm not too dumb in my questions :)

[mp3dom]

To change the first page and go to the second page, with second button (with focus) the command is (on button2)
SetButtonPage Page=down, Button=downbutton2

[lutinor]

To change the first page and go to the second page, with second button (with focus) the command is (on button2)
SetButtonPage Page=down, Button=downbutton2

Like this ? :

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/263/78643930.jpg/

I see some option: button data type can be :

not set = ?
button entried = ?
button immediate = ?
gpr entried = ?
gpr immediate = ?

Thx in adv guys :)

[mp3dom]

If you leave the Button datatype to 'NotSet' the focus will be on the default selected button on that page (in general is the first buttonid of that page).
Button Entried focus a specific button label (menudown1, menudown2 and so on)
Immediate focus a specific button id (Button ID = 1)
gpr entried a specific gpr lable (for example the value of a gpr called 'ButtonNo')
gpr immediate a specific gpr id (for example the value of GPR1)

[lutinor]

If you leave the Button datatype to 'NotSet' the focus will be on the default selected button on that page (in general is the first buttonid of that page).
Button Entried focus a specific button label (menudown1, menudown2 and so on)
Immediate focus a specific button id (Button ID = 1)
gpr entried a specific gpr lable (for example the value of a gpr called 'ButtonNo')
gpr immediate a specific gpr id (for example the value of GPR1)
thx a lot it works perfectly :):thanks: