Now that you've seen all the possibilities for both layered and standard menus, we thought we'd recap their features. Table 4-3 contains a few pros and cons to keep in mind when you're planning your project.
Table 4-3. Pros and cons of the menu types in DVDSP
|
Layered Menus |
Standard Menus | ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Pros |
Cons |
Pros |
Cons |
|
Fine-grained control over background and buttons. |
Requires extra planning; "new" buttons mean editing original graphic elements. |
Buttons and menu structure are very dynamic; "new" buttons can be created on-the-fly, often without penalty. |
Static background (even if it's video). All information required for the menu must be present in that one background element. |
|
Completely custom buttons with control over normal, selected, and activated states. |
Slower response to user input. |
Buttons are overlays which are managed by the player hardware—very good button response times. |
Limited to (effectively) three colors per button. |
|
Great integration of dynamic graphic elements. |
No video or audio elements. |
Allows video and audio elements. |
Takes up more space on the disc. |
|
Works great with Photoshop. |
Requires Photoshop. |
Works with Photoshop as well as other graphics editing programs. |
Did you read that three-color limit on buttons? |
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