Choosing a Menu’s Background from a Layered Photoshop File
You can choose a layer (or several) from an Adobe Photoshop format (PSD) file to use as
the menu background. One PSD file can supply backgrounds and overlays for several
menus.
To choose a menu background from a PSD file
1
Either create a new menu or select an existing one.
2
Click the Menu tab in the Menu Inspector.
3
Assign the PSD as the menu’s background by doing one of the following:
• Choose it from the Background Asset pop-up menu in the Menu Inspector.
• Drag it to the Menu Editor and choose Set Background from the Drop Palette.
The PSD file’s layer names appear in the Background area of the General tab.
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4
Select the checkboxes next to the layers that make up the background.
Select these checkboxes
to make the layers part
of the background.