Art Gallery Suggestions (Help)

StarNugget · Post by **StarNugget** » Mon Aug 24, 2026 4:19 pm

I'm trying to make a menu which displays concept art in the middle, with a click of a button the next image would appear. Does anyone know how to accomplish this? I'm aware slideshow could potentially do this, but I rather the viewer have the choice of when to move onto the next image rather than a timer.

Alexey Kolesnikov · Post by **Alexey Kolesnikov** » Mon Aug 24, 2026 5:48 pm

There are 2 types of slideshow: timebased and browsable. In browsable it stays on the image until you press next/pref chapter button.

StarNugget · Post by **StarNugget** » Tue Aug 25, 2026 11:37 am

When encoding for instance when the 1920x1080 resolution is selected the OG PNG files will be stretched to fit that. Is there a way to keep the OG dimensions?

Alexey Kolesnikov · Post by **Alexey Kolesnikov** » Tue Aug 25, 2026 2:59 pm

If you need black borders - you should add them manually in the graphic editor.

StarNugget · Post by **StarNugget** » Tue Aug 25, 2026 4:21 pm

I'm a bit confused, how does black borders help?

Alexey Kolesnikov · Post by **Alexey Kolesnikov** » Tue Aug 25, 2026 4:23 pm

BD has resolution 1920x1080 and aspect ratio 1:1. Thus, your images should be the same.

StarNugget · Post by **StarNugget** » Tue Aug 25, 2026 7:13 pm

I've encoded the images with a border, added the browsable file as a movie. The big thing I'm confused about is how to implement it. I have arrows PNG for the viewer to click to browse different menus. Is there a way to code the buttons to move the chapters *Left and right arrows*. Then when on the first chapter/image, selecting the left arrow sends them back to the designated menu. Otherwise it will show the previous chapter/image.

Alexey Kolesnikov · Post by **Alexey Kolesnikov** » Tue Aug 25, 2026 7:48 pm

Yes, you can use exclusive SWITCH on the left arrow:

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if Chapter in Slideshow = 0,1 -> Jump MENU ...
[prev chapter]

"Slideshow" - your slideshow movie
"prev chapter" - you can find in the Play MOVIE actions

StarNugget · Post by **StarNugget** » Wed Aug 26, 2026 12:36 am

I guess my confusion is, for the slideshow would it be placed in the menu's streams video. Also, how can I make it so the chapters button is assigned to the Normal/Selected/Activated Buttons>

Alexey Kolesnikov · Post by **Alexey Kolesnikov** » Wed Aug 26, 2026 4:54 am

StarNugget wrote: Wed Aug 26, 2026 12:36 am I guess my confusion is, for the slideshow would it be placed in the menu's streams video.

Button images? If they are static - you can merge them into the background. BDS itself does not do that.

StarNugget wrote: Wed Aug 26, 2026 12:36 am how can I make it so the chapters button is assigned to the Normal/Selected/Activated Buttons>

Normal/Selected/Activated are button states - not buttons. If you want to assign the image to the state - enable it on the toolbar, select in the object list and assign in the properties window.