Menu text

[bode]

I created a menu background in Photoshop and added some text in the trial version of Adobe Encore.

After viewing this in my standalone DVD player, the text was shaky.

Should I be using smooth or crisp fonts when creating the menus. Or was this caused by something else?

Thanks

[Atamido]

Smooth the fonts. Crisp horizontal lines will appear shaky on an interlaced display.

[bode]

I was looking at my template and I think I'd left one of the fonts crisp, so that should sort it out now.

I noticed that television broadcasts often have shaky logos.

[mpucoder]

Originally posted by bode
I noticed that television broadcasts often have shaky logos.
Not the ones that use either Chyron CG (Computer Graphics) or GVG (Grass Valley Group) DSK (DownStream Keyer) - they have anti-aliasing built in.

[bode]

excuse my ignorance on the subject, but which software is used for this?

[mpucoder]

These are (expensive) hardware devices used by broadcasters and production houses. You mentioned that some television broadcasts have shaky logos, they probably do not use either of these.