DVD Studio Pro - Activated State

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Activated State

The activated state, like the selected state, must appear clearly to the user. However, the
activated state generally appears for only a short time—the amount of time it takes the
DVD to process the button’s action.

The following is an example of an advanced overlay, showing only one button and using
the grayscale mode.

Play Movie

OK!

Light gray

checkmark

Dark gray

name

Black

“OK!”

White

background

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This overlay uses a white background, main text that is dark gray, a light gray checkmark,
and a black “OK!”

Using color mapping, you can control how each of these elements appears in each of
the three states.

Activated state

Selected state

Normal state

Overlay color

Yellow, opaque

Transparent

Transparent

Black

Brown, opaque

Yellow, opaque

Yellow, opaque

Dark gray

Transparent

Green, opaque

Transparent

Light gray

Transparent

Transparent

Transparent

White

In the above example, for the normal state only the main text (using the dark gray overlay
color settings) is visible, with its color set to yellow. When the button is selected, a green
checkmark (using the light gray overlay color settings) appears. When activated, the
checkmark disappears, the text turns brown, and a yellow “OK!” (using the black overlay
color settings) appears.