Looks nice to me as for your ?? don't know LOL

James, it would seem to me that you would have to make a transparent area of the pic where the box+ship is outside of PD then bring it back into PD.

I haven't tried this myself but will soon be looking to do exactly the same type menu.

Hi Wnuk,
No I know how to do them...what I want is similar to monopoly template after intro thingy. Also similar to template2.
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Tony made a post on how to make a video play in the transparent part of a image.

http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/20559.page#108948

Maybe it will help.
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Hi Carl312,
I know how to do that,but my design was to design a template so that whatever production I use it with the chapter 1 title shows in the Box-ship area. I can do it as the post you sent does but it is not quite what I want.
Thanks for the link tho'!
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James et al -

Yes, James - you're right. The post that Carl referenced only works for a one-off menu & doesn't help you do exactly what you're after. That was just my layman's way of tricking the thing.

I'm afraid I've never really worked out how the menu template is structured so that the video thumbnail plays in exactly the right part of the screen... so I don't have an answer to your question. I'm certainly interested in any light that can be shed upon it by other members.

The answer probably lies somewhere in the depths of the menu template folders, hidden in the code of an .xml file.

To find the Menu Templates location check this post http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/20486.page#108488

If we take Petal (Template 2) as an example, it contains a background image with a transparent section, which also makes use of a mask. If you select the Petal template, the video thumnail on the main page displays in a frame.

Looking at the template files in C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\templates\PowerDirector Content Pack 10\PowerDirector 10 Content Pack I\Menus\Petal - there are subfolders containing various graphics, videos, xml files & other stuff I don't have a clue about.

The background image is called BKGD01.png (in the background folder) would be the equivalent of James' map/cruiseship image.

OK - that's where I find myself in a dark place with not much of an idea how to interpret the data. Obviously - somewhere in those folders, there's an instruction to place the thumnail in a certain position on the screen... just like the mask (heart_alpha.png in the frame sub-folder).

I reckon there's a slim chance that SOMEONE reading this thread might have a clue about where to look to find the answer to James' question.

I know - fat lot of help that was!

Cheers - Tony
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Isn't this all a bit ridiculous and way over the top complicated that SHOULD be a easy step in PD it's self at least in my OP there is way to much of this type a thing in creating menus and titles in PD

There are other ways different software as I am sure you have read here from me

Hi all,
Well I guess I will have to re-think my idea..I took Ynotfish's advice and hunted down the xml files an had a peek and it is beyond my capabilities to create this type of menu from scratch...so I will have to design using another method. The xml file refers to other tbl(?) and they are encrypted.
A great Thanks to all for the input.
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