Creating shapes to highlight active button

Hi everyone!

This is hopefully something simple to explain,

I am trying to set up a basic menu with 4 buttons. What I need to do is have a small shape that will move down and point at whichever button is in a highlighted state..

So a shape that only shows against the one button that is highlighted.

Can anyone tell me how and if I can do this..
Any advice will be very very much appreciated!!

Cheers

Matt

Are you trying to create the shape AS the button. Because if so, you'll need to first build that in Photoshop.

It needs to be four layers: top layer is the shape, second layer is a white highlight of the shape, third layer is the shape again and fourth or bottom layer is a transparent layer. Then you import the whole thing into DVD studio and set the shape under the style tab of the button window.

Then I like to make the selected highlight white and set the opacity at about four. Then when the shape is selected, it turns lighter, sort of ghosty looking.

Hey I'm stuck. I need to make 15 buttons for a menu made from a jpeg that are invisible in the normal state but as the cursor passes over the button the button's image, made from a jpeg, will appear. I want the image for the button to be the original--no color or shading. I have made the buttons from photos in Photoshop but I must be getting the layers wrong or the settings in DVDSP are not right. Thanks Jim

When you say cursor, are you referring to a computer cursor or the selection with the remote? And why do you want them to be invisible?

I'm making this for a computer so it's the computer cursor. The background will be a photo of a rainforest and I want 15 buttons on this that are invisible in the normal stage. So as you pass the cursor over a button area, a photo of some animal will appear (out of the of forest-oh cool says the kid, maybe). So the button needs to be the photo of the animal. 15 animals 15 buttons. I can make a shape of it in any color but I need the photo image. I can make them in Photoshop and they work fine when I import them into DVDSP as a shape but they are just a an outline then, not the photo. Thanks, Jim

Oh of course !
but you didn't mentioned what type of device you are using.....
1 st you have to inform what you are using , than i can give you a suggestion...

i am waiting for your reply.
Thanks.
Sarabon