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Creating Menus - The Gimp
Using The Gimp:
- Create a new image sized to the video you are capturing. For me that is 704x480. You want the dpi to be 81x72 (for 720x480 images).
- right click, select Image->Alpha->Add Alpha Channel.
- right click, select Layers->Layers, Channels & Paths create a layer called 'buttonmask' which is transparent.
- select the Background layer (default layer) and draw the menu background. This can be as colorful as you like. You want to stay around 10% in from the edges so everything shows up on your tv.