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Some examples for the
settings
in 'specials' for buttons.
Most times it is convenient to
scale buttons automatically with the text length. That is exactly what
'dynamic size' does. But if you have a bunch of different texts it is
sometimes nicer to have an identical size for all buttons. Example
(Arial 16, dynamic size)
As you see, all buttons have a different size. In order to get them in
line, select the widest ('Testfilm'), right-click, set alignment to
left, and the size to 'Fixed size'. To have it easy to set the other
buttons to the same size, click on 'Set Default' as well.
and
Select the other buttons, set alignment to
left, and the size to 'Fixed size'. Now click on 'Use Default' to set
the size to exactly the value of the 'Testfilm'-Button.
The result should look like this:
Remark: If you set the fixed size to small, you will be warned.
With a similar approach you may
create purely graphical buttons. Add the image first and scale it
properly (if necessary with a custom size). Then set the button to
exactly the same (fixed) size as the image and delete the text. Drag
the button over the image to set the same position for both the button
and the image. Example (with a 5 pixel frame):
If you use the buttontype
"Fill" or "Both" (but not frame alone - as it would have no effect
then), you may clear the tag "Normal visible" in the
button
specials properties. In this case a button without text (empty string)
is fully filled with the (transparent) fill color. This way you may
create buttons similar as with TMPGEnc DVDAuthor:
You may of cause use another color for the highlight than the "ugly
yellow"... :-)
Another effect which can be achieved with the "Normal visible"
tag switched off are "sprites". Choose a font with some graphical
characters like wingdings, symbol... (you can use the dynamic size
option again as the size of the button isn't important for this kind of
buttons) and select the character you would like to use as "sprite"
like normal text (star, arrow...). To set a proper position for the
button it may be necessary to switch off the "use raster" option.
Example:
Set the transparency to zero for this kind of highlight.
Gifmasks may be used for more 'fancy' effects.
See also: Buttons & Masks and Short description for creating GifMasks