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Adding button transitions

Transitions smooth the jump that occurs when a viewer clicks a button to access a submenu or play a movie or slideshow. You can add a transition to any button, and each button in a project can use a different transition.

To add transitions to buttons:

Step 1

Select a button (click it once) on the menu to which you want to add a transition.

To select more than one button, press the Shift key as you select buttons. To select all buttons, first select one button, and then choose Edit > Select All Buttons. The transition you choose applies to all selected buttons.

Step 2

Press Command-I to open the Button Info window.

Step 3

Choose a transition from the Transition pop-up menu.

If the second pop-up menu changes to say “Right to Left” (shown below), you can choose the direction the transition plays. To choose a different direction, make a new selection from the pop-up menu.

Image of pop-up menus to set button transitions
Step 4

To see what the transition looks like, click the Preview button (shown below).

This opens the iDVD remote control. Using your pointer to work the arrow buttons on the remote control, click the button or buttons on the menu to which you added a transition. Click Exit on the remote control to return to the menu.

Image of the Preview button

Transitions play only when the DVD is moving from a menu to a movie, slideshow, or other menu, but not when it is returning to the menu from the slideshow, movie, or other menu.

Related Topics

Changing the appearance of buttons

Changing the label (name) of a button

About drop zones

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