Disappearing Buttons

[Dwain]

Well I'll be working on the buttons on a particular motion menu and wham! They not only disappear completely, but globally across the entire project. They navigate fine but they're just not visible anymore.

 

In the menu I select DVD Menu>View Selected Subpictures... and there they are. I see them just fine with all my opacity and color settings. But when I go into Simulation Mode they are nowhere to be seen. Even after writing a Volume they don't appear. Anyone know the deal with this?

[SS Scott]

Are you outputting a DVD or BD disc? how are you creating the disc...Photoshop file and highlight layer or linking text or thumbnail from a menu to a movie?

[Dwain]

Are you outputting a DVD or BD disc? how are you creating the disc...Photoshop file and highlight layer or linking text or thumbnail from a menu to a movie?

 

I'm outputting to a DVD-5. All still menus are a single layer photoshop files. All subpictures are .bmp files. All my motion menus have .bmp files as the subpicture.

[Dwain]

Well, this strikes me as a bug in the system. Here's how I got my buttons to reappear for the time being. And I'm writing a new Volume just in cast I lose everything again.

 

I went into Edit Subpicture Colors. I punched Normal from 0% to 100% and hit OK. And of course all buttons light up. Since I don't want it looking like this in the final DVD I go back to editing subpic colors and knock Normal from 100% back to 0% again. Hit OK. All my buttons are now visible in Simulation Mode.

 

Now, to me, this is kind of crazy, yes?

[SS Scott]

zero would be no subpicture. if you want an invisible subpicture you go into the "Button Attributes" window and you set the highlight attribute for that button to "none" rather than outlined or buttons subpicture or filled.