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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Adobe Certiﬁcation ........
Page 4 Creating buttons in Photoshop ......69 Importing a menu into Adobe Encore DVD ....75 Editing a menu in Photoshop .
Page 5 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book Assembling a DVD Quickly Lesson 05 Getting started ......... . . 116 Dragging items into the Library palette .
Page 6 Using the ripple edit tool in Premiere Pro ....201 Updating an AVI ﬁle in Adobe Encore DVD ....202 Creating links and behaviors .
Page 7 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book Creating a Slideshow from Still Images Lesson 10 Getting started ......... . 240 Assembling components for a slideshow .
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Page 9: Getting Started
Adobe Encore DVD software. About Classroom in a Book Adobe Encore DVD Classroom in a Book® is part of the ofﬁcial training series for Adobe graphics and publishing software developed with the help of experts at Adobe Systems.
Page 10: Installing The Adobe Encore Dvd Program
Installing the fonts you’ll use in Classroom in a Book projects The fonts used in the lessons in this book are included on the Adobe Encore DVD application DVD. Ensure that the fonts are available before you begin working with the lessons.
Page 11: Additional Resources
For comprehensive information about program features, refer to these resources: • The Adobe Encore DVD User Guide, which is included with the Adobe Encore DVD software, contains a complete description of all features in the software.
Page 12 ﬁles, and menus. With Adobe Encore DVD, you can easily put the pieces together to create a simple DVD. In this lesson, you’ll learn about the core tools in Adobe Encore DVD as you create a project from start to ﬁnish. Peachpit Press/Scott Design...
Page 13: Lesson
• Burn a DVD. Getting started In this lesson, you’ll create an Adobe Encore DVD project from start to ﬁnish. You’ll create a new project, import the assets and menu for the project, create links and behaviors, preview the DVD, and burn the DVD. Make sure you know the location of the ﬁle you need for Lesson 1.
Page 14 The Project window contains the source ﬁles used in the ﬁnished DVD project. Notice that there are several different types of ﬁles in the project. In Adobe Encore DVD, you can work with many types of audio, video, and still image ﬁles.
Page 15: Creating A Simple Dvd
LESSON 1 Creating a Simple DVD The Project Preview window opens, and a video plays for a few seconds. Then a DVD menu appears. You can use the Project Preview window to preview a viewer’s experience of a DVD project—including navigation, links, and other behaviors—before you burn a disc.
Page 16: Planning Your Dvd
ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 8 Close the Project Preview window and the Lesson_01_end Project window. Planning your DVD Now you’ll create the same DVD project you just previewed. You will import video and audio ﬁles as assets, and a layered Photoshop ﬁle as a menu. Following the organization shown in the diagram below, you will create links from buttons to chapter points in the video timeline, and then set behaviors for those links.
Page 17: Importing Files As Assets
Creating a Simple DVD Importing ﬁles as assets You can use a variety of video, audio, and still image ﬁles in Adobe Encore DVD. You can import ﬁles into an Adobe Encore DVD project as either assets or menus. Assets are the ﬁles that make up the content of the DVD;...
Page 18 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 1 Choose Timeline > New Timeline. An untitled Timeline window appears, and the Monitor window opens. Notice that the untitled timeline is also listed in the Project window. The Timeline window A. Current-time indicator B. I-Frames C. Chapter point D. Timeline tabs E. Timeline F. Source G.
Page 19 LESSON 1 Creating a Simple DVD 3 Select the Intro.m2v ﬁle in the Project window, and drag it onto the video track in the Timeline window. 4 Select the Intro.wav ﬁle in the Project window, and drag it onto the Audio 1 track in the Timeline window.
Page 20: Adding Chapter Points
1 In the Project window, select the Video_01.avi ﬁle, and then click the Create a New Timeline button ( ) at the bottom of the Project window. Adobe Encore DVD creates a new timeline named Video_01, and places the Video_01.avi ﬁle in the video and audio tracks. Peachpit Press/Scott Design...
Page 21 LESSON 1 Creating a Simple DVD A tab appears at the upper-left side of the Timeline window for each timeline in the project. Click a tab to view the corresponding timeline. For example, if you click the Introduction tab, the Introduction timeline appears. 2 Click the Video_01 tab to make sure the Video_01 timeline is active.
Page 22: Importing A Layered Photoshop File As A Menu
Timeline window.) Importing a layered Photoshop ﬁle as a menu One of the most powerful features of Adobe Encore DVD is its ability to import menus created in Photoshop. If you use Adobe Encore DVD naming conventions for layers in a Photoshop image, those layers remain intact when you import the ﬁle as a menu.
Page 23 LESSON 1 Creating a Simple DVD The Menu Editor window opens, displaying the Main menu you imported. The Photoshop layers are intact. To see them in the Layers palette, choose Window > Layers. 3 Select the selection tool ( ) in the toolbox. Then select Part 1 in the Menu Editor window.
Page 24: Setting Start And End Behaviors
ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book When the viewer clicks the Part 1 button on the DVD, Video_01 will play, beginning with the ﬁrst chapter point, which was automatically created at the beginning of the timeline. 6 With the selection tool, select Part 2 in the Menu Editor window. In the Properties palette, choose Video_01 >...
Page 25: Setting Behaviors For Remote Control Buttons
LESSON 1 Creating a Simple DVD When the Introduction timeline has ﬁnished playing, the Main menu will appear. The Part 1 button will be selected by default. 3 In the Project window, select the Video_01 timeline. Note: Make sure you select the Video_01 timeline, and not Video_01.avi. 4 In the Properties palette, choose Main >...
Page 26: Previewing The Project
ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book If the viewer clicks the Title button on the DVD player’s remote control, the Introduction timeline will play. This setting is for the entire disc, no matter what is showing when the Title button is pressed.
Page 27: Burning The Dvd
LESSON 1 Creating a Simple DVD If the project is conﬁgured correctly, the Introduction timeline plays in the Project Preview window. When it has ﬁnished playing, the Main menu appears, and the Part 1 button is highlighted. 2 Click a button in the Main menu. The video should play from the appropriate chapter point, and then the Main menu should reappear, with the Part 1 button selected.
Page 28: Review Questions
ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book The Disc tab lists the disc name, the space available on the disc, the type of media, and other information. 2 From the pop-up menu beneath the disc name, choose the data size of the disc you’ll be burning.
Page 29: Lesson
LESSON 1 Creating a Simple DVD 4 How does the Monitor window differ from the Project Preview window? Review answers 1 The Project window shows information about the assets, menus, timelines, and other objects included in the project. 2 An imported asset is used as content on the DVD. An imported menu is used as a menu from which viewers can navigate to content.
Page 30: Creating Menus In Adobe Encore Dvd
Creating Menus in Adobe Encore DVD Menus are the key to most DVD projects. Adobe Encore DVD provides all the tools you need to create menus without ever leaving the application. In this lesson, you'll type directly onto menus, import backgrounds, add buttons, and more.
Page 31: Getting Started
In this lesson, you’ll create a new Adobe Encore DVD project, using graphic and video ﬁles included on the Adobe Encore DVD Classroom in a Book DVD. Make sure you know the location of the ﬁles you need for Lesson 2. For help, see “Copying the Classroom in a Book ﬁles”...
Page 32: About Menus
ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book The Project Preview window opens, and a DVD menu appears. There are three simple buttons. 5 Click the Valves button. A short video plays. When the video has ﬁnished playing, the menu reappears.
Page 33: Creating A New Menu
Menus can be as simple or as complex as you want them to be. You can create a menu entirely in Adobe Encore DVD, as you will in this lesson, or you can design a menu in Adobe Photoshop and import it into your DVD project. (You’ll use Photoshop to create a menu in Lesson 3.)
Page 34 4. For this project, we’ll use the menu that is the default when you ﬁrst start Adobe Encore DVD. You’ll need to name the menu, using the Properties palette. If the Properties palette isn’t open, choose Window >...
Page 35: Adding Text To A Menu
Adobe Encore DVD provides two text tools: one creates horizontal text and one creates vertical text. In this project, you’ll type horizontal text directly into the menu, and then move it to the appropriate position.
Page 36 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book As you specify options in the Character palette, the selected text changes. 6 Click the Color box and select white (in the upper-left corner). Select NTSC Colors Only. Click OK to close the Color Picker.
Page 37 LESSON 2 Creating Menus in Adobe Encore DVD 8 Drag the text block to the top center of the menu. 9 Click in the Menu Editor window to deselect the text block. Changes you make in the Character palette affect only the selected text. If no text is selected when you make the changes, the settings become the default settings for new text.
Page 38: Adding Assets To Menus
ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book The Character attributes you set as defaults were automatically applied to the text. 13 Select the text tool again, and click an insertion point in the menu. Type Slides, and select the selection tool again.
Page 39 Gradients.psd ﬁle over the menu, it retains its transparency, so you can see the default menu and the text you created behind it. Adobe Encore DVD honors transparency in Photoshop ﬁles because Adobe Encore DVD and Photoshop use the same graphics engine.
Page 40 The Layers palette contains several layers. Each text block you created is on its own layer, as is the Gradients.psd ﬁle. The Layers palette in Adobe Encore DVD is similar to the Layers palette in Photoshop. You can use it to organize and edit your menu in Adobe Encore DVD at any time until you burn the DVD.
Page 41: Adding Drop Shadows To Text
Creating Menus in Adobe Encore DVD 10 Drag the Background.psd ﬁle from the Lesson 02 folder in Windows Explorer into the Menu Editor window in Adobe Encore DVD. Use the selection tool to position the new layer so that it ﬁlls the menu.
Page 42 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 3 Position the text blocks within the wide maroon stripe. 4 Select one text layer in the Layers palette, and then press the Ctrl key while you select the others. Note: There are four text layers. Be sure to select them all.
Page 43: Converting Text Blocks To Buttons
Creating Menus in Adobe Encore DVD Converting text blocks to buttons Now you’re ready to create buttons for the menu. In Adobe Encore DVD, you can create buttons from moving or still images you import, or text you type into a menu—or you can use predesigned buttons from the Library palette.
Page 44: Adding Subpictures To Buttons
1 With the selection tool, select a button in the Menu Editor window. 2 Choose Object > Create Subpicture. Adobe Encore DVD creates a new layer, with the same shape as the button. Its name begins with (=), which indicates that it is a subpicture layer.
Page 45 LESSON 2 Creating Menus in Adobe Encore DVD 3 Choose View > Show Selected Subpicture to see how the button will look when it’s activated. Or click the Show Selected Subpicture button ( ) on the Menu Editor window. 4 Repeat steps 1 and 2 to create subpictures for the other two buttons.
Page 46 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 2 In the Menu Color Set dialog box, click the New Color Set button. 3 In the New Color Set dialog box, type Horn Color Set, and click OK to return to the Menu Color Set dialog box.
Page 47 LESSON 2 Creating Menus in Adobe Encore DVD 6 In the Highlight Group 1 section, choose 80% from the Opacity pop-up menu next to the Color 1 swatch. Click OK. 7 In the Project window, select the Maintenance menu to make it active.
Page 48: Linking Buttons To Timelines
ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book Linking buttons to timelines Now you’ll link the buttons you’ve created to the video clips. First, you’ll create timelines for the video ﬁles you imported earlier. 1 Press the Ctrl key while you select the three AVI ﬁles in the Project window.
Page 49 LESSON 2 Creating Menus in Adobe Encore DVD 3 In the Project window, select the three timelines. Then open the Properties palette by clicking the Properties tab or choosing Window > Properties. Note: Make sure you select the timelines, and not the AVI ﬁles, in the Project window.
Page 50: Previewing The Project
ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book The button you selected is now linked to the Valves timeline. When the viewer clicks the Valves button, the Valves timeline will play. Note: The link is assigned to Chapter 1, even though you didn’t create any chapter points in the Valves timeline.
Page 51: Burning The Dvd
If you need to move a DVD project to a different computer, make sure you move the entire project folder and all its contents. Otherwise, Adobe Encore DVD will not be able to ﬁnd the ﬁles it needs to open the project.
Page 52: Review Questions
(which translates to lower quality) to squeeze it all onto the DVD. Adobe Encore DVD automatically tracks bit budgeting during the authoring process. For small projects with limited content, simply checking the amount of available space on the Disc tab during the authoring process is usually sufﬁcient to track your space usage.
Page 53: Lesson
LESSON 2 Creating Menus in Adobe Encore DVD Review answers 1 Use the text tool or the vertical text tool to type or format text. 2 Use the selection tool to move a text block, resize it, or otherwise manipulate it as an object.
Page 54: Designing Menus In Adobe Photoshop
Designing Menus in Adobe Photoshop Adobe Encore DVD is designed to work seamlessly with Adobe Photoshop. You can take advantage of the numerous layer styles and other design features in Photoshop to create exactly the menu you want, and know that it will retain its appearance and formatting when you import it into Adobe Encore DVD.
Page 55: Getting Started
In this lesson, you’ll assemble images and type in a layered Photoshop ﬁle, create buttons using layer sets, and import the ﬁle as a menu in Adobe Encore DVD. Then you’ll use tools in Adobe Encore DVD to modify the menu and link its buttons to timelines.
Page 56: Teaming Adobe Encore Dvd With Photoshop
7 Close the Project Preview window and the Lesson_03_end Project window. Teaming Adobe Encore DVD with Photoshop As you’ve seen in the ﬁrst two lessons, Adobe Encore DVD shares some features with Photoshop. For example, it includes a limited Layers palette, and you can create and edit text for menus.
Page 57: Creating A Menu Background In Photoshop
Most DVD designers create menus in Photoshop, taking advantage of its extensive tool set. You can apply layer styles in Photoshop that are not available in Adobe Encore DVD, create adjustment layers, and format text using advanced formatting features. When you import the menu into Adobe Encore DVD, it recognizes and retains layer styles, and honors adjustment layers.
Page 58 The ﬁle is named Main.psd and is saved to the folder you speciﬁed. Note where you saved the ﬁle, so you can ﬁnd it when you need to import it into Adobe Encore DVD later. 5 Choose File > Open. Navigate to the Lesson 03 folder in the Open dialog box. Then hold down the Ctrl key while you select Small_giraffe.psd, Small_gorilla.psd, and...
Page 59 LESSON 3 Designing Menus in Adobe Photoshop The three animal ﬁles you selected open in Photoshop. The Main.psd ﬁle is still open as well. 6 Arrange the windows so that both the Main.psd and Small_giraffe.psd ﬁles are visible. 7 Click the Small_giraffe.psd ﬁle to make it the active ﬁle. With the move tool ( ), drag the image of the giraffe into the Main.psd ﬁle.
Page 60: Creating Text In Photoshop
Note: In Photoshop CS, the Photoshop Format options dialog box may appear; click OK. Creating text in Photoshop Photoshop provides more text formatting tools than Adobe Encore DVD, so you can get just the effect you want. Adobe Encore DVD recognizes the formatting and displays the text correctly—and you can always return to Photoshop to edit the text or its formatting.
Page 61 LESSON 3 Designing Menus in Adobe Photoshop 2 Choose Myriad Pro for the font, Bold for the font style, and 30 for the type size. 3 Make sure that the foreground color is black. The foreground and background colors are shown in the toolbox. If the foreground color (the ﬁrst box shown) is white, click the double-arrow icon to switch the two colors.
Page 62 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book A new text layer appears in the Layers palette. Pressing Ctrl+Enter releases the horizontal type tool from the text block so that you can create a new one. 6 Select the move tool, and then drag the text block to the position shown here.
Page 63 LESSON 3 Designing Menus in Adobe Photoshop 11 Select the Jaguar text layer in the Layers palette, and move it to the position shown below. 12 Select the Gorilla text layer in the Layers palette, and move it to the position shown below.
Page 64 4 Type Animal and press Enter. Then type the word Facts, as shown here. Note: In Photoshop CS, the text may not appear smooth if Pixel Aspect Ratio Correction is enabled. The text will appear as expected in Adobe Encore DVD. Peachpit Press/Scott Design...
Page 65 LESSON 3 Designing Menus in Adobe Photoshop 5 With the horizontal type tool, double-click the word “Facts” to select it. 6 Click the Foreground color in the toolbox. The Color Picker opens. 7 Click in the upper-right corner of the color ﬁeld to select a bright red color. If you prefer, you can specify the color numerically in the Color Picker.
Page 66: Applying Layer Styles In Photoshop
Drop Shadow. The Layer Style dialog box appears. It includes more options for the drop shadow effect than the similar dialog box in Adobe Encore DVD, but the effect you apply in Photoshop will appear the same in Adobe Encore DVD.
Page 67 LESSON 3 Designing Menus in Adobe Photoshop The text appears with a drop shadow. Now you will apply a different layer style to create a glowing outline for the animal images. 3 Select the Giraffe image layer in the Layers palette.
Page 68 With the Color Picker open, move the cursor over the word “Facts” until it turns into the eyedropper tool ( ). Click on the word “Facts.” Click OK to close the Color Picker. To learn more about using the Color Picker, see “Using the Adobe Color Picker” in Photoshop Help.
Page 69 LESSON 3 Designing Menus in Adobe Photoshop 8 Click OK to close the Layer Style dialog box. A red glow appears around the giraffe. 9 Repeat steps 3–8 for the Gorilla image layer and the Jaguar image layer, so that a red glow appears around all three animals.
Page 70: Creating Buttons In Photoshop
Now you’re ready to create buttons for the menu. In Lesson 2, you converted layers into buttons in Adobe Encore DVD. When you create a button from a layer, Adobe Encore DVD converts that layer into a layer set, using a speciﬁc naming convention. Likewise, Adobe Encore DVD recognizes buttons you create in Photoshop, as long as you name and organize their layers and layer sets properly.
Page 71 4 Drag the Giraffe image layer onto the folder for the (+) Giraffe Button layer set. Because the name of the layer set begins with (+), Adobe Encore DVD will recognize any layer in that set as part of the button.
Page 72 (such as logo or menu title) Use the Adobe Encore DVD naming conventions when you create Photoshop layers and layer sets to ensure that Adobe Encore DVD recognizes buttons, subpictures, and thumbnails in the imported menu. Add subpictures to buttons In Lesson 2, you converted a layer into a subpicture, and Adobe Encore DVD changed the layer’s name to follow a speciﬁc naming convention.
Page 73 If the new layer is not inside the (+) Giraffe Button layer set, drag it onto the layer set in the Layers palette. It is important that the layer’s name begins (=1). Adobe Encore DVD recognizes layers whose names begin with (=) as subpictures.
Page 74 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book When this button is selected, only the pixels of the giraffe image—not the transparent background—can change. 5 Choose Window > Swatches to open the Swatches palette. Select a light orange or yellow swatch.
Page 75 LESSON 3 Designing Menus in Adobe Photoshop The Giraffe image layer shows through the subpicture layer. Adobe Encore DVD will use the color and transparency values of the Photoshop layer when it creates subpictures. 9 Repeat steps 1–8 to create subpictures for the Gorilla image layer and the Jaguar image layer.
Page 76: Importing A Menu Into Adobe Encore Dvd
Photoshop. You’ve created a Photoshop ﬁle to use as a menu in Adobe Encore DVD. To ensure that the buttons and their subpictures appear correctly, verify that the following is true: •...
Page 77: Editing A Menu In Photoshop
Designing Menus in Adobe Photoshop 4 Choose View > Show Safe Area. Adobe Encore DVD displays the Title Safe area guides. The title and buttons may be partially outside of the safe viewing area. 5 Using the selection tool, move the Animal Facts text block so that it is positioned completely within the safe viewing area.
Page 78 ﬁle you created in Photoshop. When you use the Edit in Photoshop command, Adobe Encore DVD creates a copy of the current menu ﬁle, gives it a unique name, and stores it in the Sources\Menus folder in the Adobe Encore DVD project folder. Changes you make to this ﬁle in Photoshop affect the menu in your Adobe Encore DVD project,...
Page 79: Linking Buttons To Timelines
OK to apply the change. The giraffe image has better contrast. 6 Save the ﬁle in Photoshop, and then close it. Return to Adobe Encore DVD. In Adobe Encore DVD, the menu has updated to reﬂect the change you made in Photoshop.
Page 80 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 1 Click the Project window to make it active. Choose File > Import as Asset. In the Import as Asset dialog box, navigate to the Lesson 03 folder. Select Giraffe.avi, Gorilla.avi, and Jaguar.avi. (Press the Ctrl key to select multiple ﬁles.) Click Open.
Page 81: Repositioning Overlapping Objects
LESSON 3 Designing Menus in Adobe Photoshop 7 With the selection tool, right-click the Giraffe button in the Menu Editor window, and choose Link To. Select the Giraffe timeline, and click OK. 8 Using the same procedure you used in step 7, link the Gorilla button to the Gorilla timeline, and the Jaguar button to the Jaguar timeline.
Page 82 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book If the bounding boxes for the buttons overlap, the subpictures may not appear as expected. An example is shown below. 3 Close the Project Preview window. 4 Press the Shift key, and click the three buttons in the Menu Editor window.
Page 83: Previewing The Project
LESSON 3 Designing Menus in Adobe Photoshop 5 Use the selection tool to move the buttons so they do not overlap. Keep them within the Title Safe area. 6 Save the ﬁle. Previewing the project Before you burn a DVD, make sure the project is conﬁgured properly. It should look and behave just like the one you previewed at the beginning of this lesson.
Page 84: Review Questions
Burning the disc may take several minutes, depending on the DVD recorder, the computer system, and the size of the media. Review questions 1 What’s the advantage of creating a menu in Photoshop rather than in Adobe Encore DVD? 2 How do you apply a layer style to text in Photoshop?
Page 85: Using Adobe Encore Dvd Templates
Templates To get your project started quickly, use one of the menu templates included with Adobe Encore DVD. You can choose the menu, buttons, and images you want to use from the Library palette, and then customize them to create a unique look.
Page 86: Getting Started
In this lesson, you’ll create a new Adobe Encore DVD project, using graphic and video ﬁles included on the Adobe Encore DVD Classroom in a Book DVD. Make sure you know the location of the ﬁles you need for Lesson 4. For help, see “Copying the Classroom in a Book ﬁles”...
Page 87 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book The Project Preview window opens, displaying a DVD menu. There are two buttons, and the ﬁrst button is highlighted. 5 Click the Message from Pete button. A new menu with four buttons appears.
Page 88: Exploring The Library Palette
LESSON 4 Using Adobe Encore DVD Templates 8 Close the Project Preview window and the Lesson_04_end Project window. Exploring the Library palette You can display the ﬁles you want to see in the Library palette, specify default menus and buttons, and perform other tasks.
Page 89 You can use these menus as templates, already laid out so that you can simply substitute your text or make any other edits you want to make. The menus are Adobe Photoshop ﬁles constructed of layers and layer sets named using Adobe Encore DVD naming conventions.
Page 90 Delete key on your keyboard. Note: Items in the default Adobe Encore DVD library are stored in the Encore DVD 1.0\Library folder on your hard drive. Items you add to the library are stored in the Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Adobe\Adobe Encore...
Page 91: Modifying A Menu Template
3. Then you could deﬁne color 3 as transparent for all but the activated state. Adobe Encore DVD includes a predeﬁned color set. You can modify the default set or create your own sets. You can save sets and use them in other projects.
Page 92 LESSON 4 Using Adobe Encore DVD Templates The menu opens. It contains four buttons. However, the menu you’re creating requires only two main buttons. You’ll delete the buttons you don’t need. 4 With the selection tool, select the Languages button and the Behind the Scenes button.
Page 93 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 7 Select the Title layer set. 8 With the text tool, select “From the Sky Up” in the Menu Editor window, and type Security Update. 9 Use the direct select tool to reposition the text so that it is positioned as shown below.
Page 94 LESSON 4 Using Adobe Encore DVD Templates 12 Expand the Special Features layer set in the Layers palette, select the text layer (named “special features”), and change the text in the Menu Editor window to Mission Statement. 13 If the Properties palette isn’t open, choose Window > Properties.
Page 95: Creating Submenus From The Same Template
ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 15 In the Properties palette, rename the second button Mission. 16 Select the menu in the Project window. In the Properties palette, rename it Security Update. The menu’s name is automatically updated in the Project window.
Page 96 LESSON 4 Using Adobe Encore DVD Templates 5 Use the direct select tool to reposition the title. 6 Replace the text for the ﬁrst three buttons with Introduction, Cardkeys, and Emergency Exits. You can select the text and replace it in the Menu Editor window without selecting the text layer in the Layers palette.
Page 97: Replacing Background Elements
ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 7 Change the text in the Behind the Scenes button to Back. 8 With the selection tool, select the ﬁrst button in the Menu Editor window. In the Properties palette rename the button Introduction.
Page 98 LESSON 4 Using Adobe Encore DVD Templates 5 Change “behind the scenes” to Back. 6 Select the Back button with the selection tool in the Menu Editor window, and rename it Back in the Properties palette. 7 Expand the Background Details layer set in the Layers palette, and then select the Background layer.
Page 99: Adding Items To The Library Palette
ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book The blue-green background image is replaced with a new image. 10 Save the project. Adding items to the Library palette You can store items you use frequently in the Library palette. Additionally, you can easily position common elements (such as a company logo) in multiple menus.
Page 100 LESSON 4 Using Adobe Encore DVD Templates 2 Select the MHQ_logo.psd and MHQ_logo_white.psd ﬁles. (Press the Ctrl key to select multiple ﬁles.) Click Open. Both logo ﬁles appear in the Library palette. 3 Click the Security Update tab in the Menu Editor window.
Page 101 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 6 With the selection tool, position the logo in the upper-right area of the menu. Keep the logo within the safe area. The logo color doesn’t work well in this menu, so you will replace the logo with a different version.
Page 102: Linking Menus To Each Other
LESSON 4 Using Adobe Encore DVD Templates 10 Click the Message tab at the top of the Menu Editor window. 11 Choose Edit > Paste. The logo is pasted into the same location it occupies in the Security Update menu.
Page 103: Linking Buttons To Timelines
ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 3 Select the Mission Statement button, and in the Properties palette, link the button to Mission Statement > Back. 4 Now click the Mission Statement tab in the Menu Editor window to open the Mission Statement menu.
Page 104 LESSON 4 Using Adobe Encore DVD Templates 2 With the text tool, drag to create a box in the bottom-left area of the menu. 3 In the Character palette, choose Myriad Pro for the font, Bold Condensed for the font style, 48 for the type size, and white for the color.
Page 105: Checking Links
ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book Use the selection tool to position the text block. 5 Save the project. Checking links This project has three linking menus and three timelines, and the number of links has grown. It is easy to miss unlinked buttons and menus. Tabs in the Project window help you organize your assets and see how they are linked.
Page 106 LESSON 4 Using Adobe Encore DVD Templates The Link ﬁeld identiﬁes the link for each button in the selected menu. Notice that no link has been set for the Back button. 3 In the lower frame of the Menus tab, select the Back button. In the Properties palette, choose Security Update >...
Page 107: Previewing The Project
ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 6 Select all three timelines. In the Properties palette, choose Message: Default from the End Action pop-up menu. 7 When you have conﬁrmed that all buttons are linked and all timelines have end actions assigned, save the project.
Page 108: Building A Dvd Image
1 If the Lesson_04 project is still open, save and close the project. 2 With no projects open in Encore DVD, choose File > Build DVD > Make DVD Disc. 3 Choose Disc Image from the Create Using pop-up menu.
Page 109 Library palette, for quick and easy access from any project. 3 The default menu is the menu that Adobe Encore DVD opens when you choose Menu > New Menu or click the New Menu button at the bottom of the Project window.
Page 110 LESSON 4 Using Adobe Encore DVD Templates 5 To replace an item, ﬁrst select it in the Menu Editor window. Then select the replacement item in the Library palette, and click the Replace button. Peachpit Press/Scott Design...
Page 111 Assembling a DVD Quickly Sometimes you just need to provide a convenient way to view rough video clips. When speed is your priority, use the shortcut features built into Adobe Encore DVD to streamline your workﬂow. Peachpit Press/Scott Design...
Page 112 In this lesson, you’ll quickly assemble an Adobe Encore DVD project, using graphic and video ﬁles included on the Adobe Encore DVD Classroom in a Book DVD. Make sure you know the location of the ﬁles you need for Lesson 5. For help, see “Copying the Classroom in a Book ﬁles”...
Page 113: Dragging Items Into The Library Palette
When you create a new menu, Adobe Encore DVD automatically uses the menu that is currently set as the default menu in the Library palette. 1 Choose File > New Project. Click OK to accept NTSC as the television standard.
Page 114 LESSON 5 Assembling a DVD Quickly If the palette is already open, click its tab to make it active. If it isn’t open, choose Window > Library to open it. 3 Deselect the Show Buttons and Show Images buttons at the bottom of the Library palette.
Page 115 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book The Capstan Main menu appears in the Menu Editor window. This menu does not contain any buttons or editable text layers. You will add those later. The ﬁle is listed in the Project window, where it is available for this project. To make this menu available for future projects, you will add it to the Library palette.
Page 116: Importing Items Into The Library Palette
Menu. Two asterisks appear in front of the menu name, changing it to **Capstan Main.psd. Now if you chose Menu > New Menu, Adobe Encore DVD would create a new menu using the Capstan Main.psd ﬁle. 8 Save the project. Name it Lesson_05.ncor.
Page 117: Creating Buttons Instantly
ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 2 Click the Add Item button at the bottom of the Library palette. 3 Navigate to the Lesson 05 folder, and select Capstan Button.psd. Then click Open. Capstan Button.psd is listed in the Library palette. The new button is selected, and a thumbnail of the button appears in the Library palette.
Page 118 The ﬁles appear in the Project window. 3 Drag the Dibble.avi ﬁle from the Project window onto the Menu Editor window. Adobe Encore DVD performed several tasks when you dragged the video asset onto the Menu Editor window: • The default button appears in the menu.
Page 119: Resizing And Positioning Buttons
ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book Adobe Encore DVD performs all of the tasks listed above for these video assets as well. This project is almost ﬁnished! 5 Save the project. Resizing and positioning buttons When you dragged the video assets to the Menu Editor window, Adobe Encore DVD created the buttons wherever you dropped the assets.
Page 120 LESSON 5 Assembling a DVD Quickly By resizing all three buttons at once, you can be sure that the ﬁnal buttons are the same size. Now reposition the buttons. 4 Click the Show Safe Area button at the bottom of the Menu Editor window to display the Title Safe area guides.
Page 121: Editing Button Text
The buttons in this project retain their sharpness as you resize them because they were created using vector masks, layer styles, and live text layers in Adobe Photoshop. A vector mask creates a sharp- edged shape on a layer, and is useful anytime you want to add a design element with clean, deﬁned edges.
Page 122 LESSON 5 Assembling a DVD Quickly 1 Open the Properties palette, if it isn’t open. 2 Using the selection tool, select the top button in the Menu Editor window. 3 Note the timeline displayed in the Link ﬁeld in the Properties palette. 4 With the text tool, select the word “Button”...
Page 123: Adding A Title To The Menu
ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 5 If necessary, use the direct select tool to select just the text block of the button, and reposition it so it is centered within the button. 6 Repeat steps 2-5 for the other two buttons, naming the buttons to refer to the linked timelines as shown in the Properties palette.
Page 124: Previewing The Project
You can add a folder of data ﬁles to a disc, in addition to the content you’ve conﬁgured using Adobe Encore DVD. For this project, you’ll include an Adobe PDF ﬁle of a map that shows the location of each of the proposed sites.
Page 125: Burning A Cd
Instead of burning this project onto a DVD, you’ll burn it onto a blank CD-ROM. CDs created in Adobe Encore DVD play only in computer-based DVD-compatible drives. The capacity of a CD is typically 650-700 MB, signiﬁcantly less than that of a DVD. However, when you’re distributing small projects that are not intended for television viewing, you...
Page 126 2 Right-click the menu in the Library palette, and choose Set as Default Menu from the context menu. 3 Adobe Encore DVD performs several tasks when you drag a video asset onto the Menu Editor window: • A timeline is created for the video asset.
Page 127: Overriding Default Actions
Overriding Default Actions Each timeline has a default end action assigned. For greater ﬂexibility, Adobe Encore DVD lets you override that default end action when the timeline is accessed in different ways. Peachpit Press/Scott Design...
Page 128: Getting Started
In this lesson, you’ll create a more complex Adobe Encore DVD project, using graphic and video ﬁles included on the Adobe Encore DVD Classroom in a Book DVD. Make sure you know the location of the ﬁles you need for Lesson 6. For help, see “Copying the Classroom in a Book ﬁles”...
Page 129 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book The Project Preview window opens, displaying a DVD menu. There are two buttons, and the default button is highlighted. 5 Click the Play All Outtakes button. Three videos play in sequence. After each video has ﬁnished playing, the next video plays automatically.
Page 130: About Overrides
Individual Outtakes menu. To make this possible, you’ll set an override for each timeline. When a button on the Individual Outtakes menu is selected, Adobe Encore DVD honors the override instead of the default end action for the timeline.
Page 131: Working With Multiple Menus
Editor window and displays the menu. When you import two menus, both are open in the Menu Editor window. Adobe Encore DVD displays a tab for each one. You can have several menus open in the Menu Editor window at once.
Page 132: Setting Default End Actions
LESSON 6 Overriding Default Actions 4 Click the Outtakes_Indiv tab in the Menu Editor window to view the second menu. This menu has four buttons. Three will link to the individual timelines, and one will link back to the main menu. 5 In the Project window, make sure that the Outtakes_main menu is set for First Play.
Page 133 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book The Timeline window opens with three tabs, one for each video ﬁle. Adobe Encore DVD has placed each video ﬁle into its own timeline, and named it to match the original AVI ﬁlename. The Monitor window opens as well.
Page 134: Setting Links For The Main Menu
All Outtakes button highlighted. Setting links for the main menu Adobe Encore DVD recognizes buttons in the Photoshop ﬁles you imported as layers, but the buttons aren’t linked to anything yet. You’ll link the buttons in the main menu ﬁrst.
Page 135 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book Notice that the Target ﬁeld in the Specify Link dialog box reads Kiss > Chapter 1. Because the Kiss timeline has only one chapter point, selecting the timeline automatically selects the ﬁrst chapter. If a timeline includes multiple chapters, click the arrow to the left of the timeline’s name to display them.
Page 136 LESSON 6 Overriding Default Actions Just as you can display a timeline’s chapters in the Specify Link dialog box, you can display a menu’s buttons. You have set the link for the Individual Outtakes button so that when it is activated, the Outtakes_Indiv menu will appear, with the The Kiss button highlighted.
Page 137: Using The Pick Whip
Specify Link dialog box, or from the pop- up menu in the Properties palette. Adobe Encore DVD also offers a more visual way to create links: the pick whip. If you’ve used the pick whip in Adobe GoLive or Adobe After Effects, the pick whip in Adobe Encore DVD will seem familiar.
Page 138: Setting Overrides
When the cursor is over a menu or timeline in the Project window, Adobe Encore DVD displays a box to identify the selected item. After you release the mouse button, the Properties palette displays the link that you created.
Page 139 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book As you drag over the items in the Project window, notice that the pick whip does not select the AVI ﬁles. Only timelines and menus may be linked to buttons. Because the Kiss timeline has only one chapter (marked by the default chapter point at the beginning of the timeline), that chapter is automatically selected.
Page 140 LESSON 6 Overriding Default Actions The two menus in the project appear in the window. 6 Select the Outtakes_Indiv menu in the Menus tab. The buttons associated with the Outtakes_Indiv menu appear in the pane below the menus. 7 Select the The Kiss button in the Menu Editor window again. Drag the Override pick whip from the Properties palette to the The Door button in the lower pane of the Menu window.
Page 141 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book The Override value in the Properties palette changes from Outtakes_Indiv: Default to Outtakes_Indiv: The Door. Now you will set the links and overrides for the other two buttons. 8 Click the Timelines tab in the Project window.
Page 142: Previewing The Project
LESSON 6 Overriding Default Actions 9 In the Menu Editor window, use the selection tool to select the The Door button. Make sure the Properties palette displays the attributes for the The Door button. 10 Drag the Link pick whip from the Properties palette to the Door timeline in the Project window.
Page 143: Making A Dvd Folder
In earlier lessons, you’ve burned DVD discs and built a DVD image. Now you’ll build a DVD folder for this project. When you build a DVD folder, Adobe Encore DVD builds a DVD directory structure on your hard drive so that you can test its quality or play it locally on a personal computer.
Page 144 LESSON 6 Overriding Default Actions 3 To set an override, select the button to which it applies, and then use the pick whip or the pop-up menu in the Properties dialog box to set the action. 4 In this and previous lessons, you’ve linked buttons using the following methods: •...
Page 145: Creating Motion Menus
In Adobe Encore DVD, you can also use thumbnails of video clips for buttons, to give viewers a glimpse of what they’ll see if they click the button.
Page 146: Getting Started
In this lesson, you’ll create an Adobe Encore DVD project that includes motion menus, using graphic and video ﬁles included on the Adobe Encore DVD Classroom in a Book DVD. Make sure you know the location of the ﬁles you need for Lesson 7. For help, see “Copying the Classroom in a Book ﬁles”...
Page 147 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 4 Choose File > Preview. The Project Preview window opens, displaying a DVD menu with a looping video background. There are two buttons, and the ﬁrst button is selected. Note: If the background of the menu isn’t moving, choose File > Render Motion Menus, and select Preview When Complete.
Page 148: Assembling Your Assets
LESSON 7 Creating Motion Menus A second menu appears. It contains four buttons with animated thumbnails representing the four sections of the video. 7 Click one or two of the buttons to play the video from that point in the sequence. After each video plays, the thumbnail menu reappears.
Page 149 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 2 Choose File > Import as Menu. Navigate to the Lesson 07 folder. Import the Cardiac_main.psd ﬁle. This menu ﬁle contains several layers and a background layer set. 3 Choose File > Import as Asset. Navigate to the Lesson 07 folder. Select the Cardiac_cycle.avi ﬁle.
Page 150 LESSON 7 Creating Motion Menus The Timeline window opens with the new Cardiac_cycle timeline active. The Monitor window also opens, displaying the Cardiac_cycle timeline. 6 Play the video in the Monitor window. Notice that there are four distinct parts of the movie. At the end of the movie, the image fades to black and remains black for about two seconds.
Page 151: Creating And Naming Chapter Points
ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book Adobe Encore DVD changes the out point of the clip. 10 Click in an empty area of the Timeline window to deselect the clip. 11 Save the ﬁle. Name it Lesson_07.ncor. Creating and naming chapter points You’ll create a chapter point for each of the four sections in the movie.
Page 152 Drag left or right over the Timeline or Source timecode value. You can scrub through values, just as you can in Adobe Premiere or Adobe After Effects. The farther you drag, the more quickly the timecode changes.
Page 153 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 4 In the Name ﬁeld, type Stage 1. Naming the chapter points makes it easier to identify them when you create links later. You can name the chapter points to reﬂect the content of each chapter in the video.
Page 154: Specifying An End Action And A Link For A Timeline
ﬁrst frame of a GOP, called a GOP header. If you attempt to insert a chapter point at a different frame, Adobe Encore DVD actually creates the chapter point at the previous GOP header. When working with an AVI ﬁle, as in this lesson, the same restrictions do not apply because the ﬁle has not yet been transcoded.
Page 155 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book When the video ﬁnishes, the default behavior will be to return to the main menu, with the Play Stages button highlighted. 3 Open the Cardiac_main menu if it isn’t already open. In the Menu Editor window, use the selection tool to select the Play Movie button.
Page 156: Adding Video To The Background Of A Menu
You can also press the Delete key on your keyboard to delete a layer or layer set. Make sure you’ve selected the appropriate layer or layer set, as Adobe Encore DVD does not prompt you to conﬁrm the deletion. If you accidentally delete the wrong layer, choose Edit > Undo Clear Objects.
Page 157 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 5 Select the new AVI ﬁle in the Project window. Press the arrow next to the thumbnail preview in the Project window. The video thumbnail plays, so that you can preview the video asset quickly. This clip is a short looping background.
Page 158: Previewing The Motion Menu Background
1 Choose File > Render Motion Menus. Click Preview When Complete in the dialog box that contains the status bar. When Adobe Encore DVD ﬁnishes rendering the motion menu, it opens in the Project Preview window. The background video plays behind the text and buttons on the menu.
Page 159 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 2 Close the Project Preview window. 3 In the Project window, select the Cardiac_main menu. 4 In the Properties palette, choose Forever from the Loop # pop-up menu. 5 Choose File > Preview.
Page 160: Transcoding An Avi File From The Project Window
You can transcode assets directly from the Project window. Upon transcoding a ﬁle, Adobe Encore DVD updates the project link so that it points to the transcoded ﬁle. So, unless you delete the original ﬁle, you can also revert transcoded assets to their original version.
Page 161 3 If necessary, stretch the Project window so that you can see the Transcode Settings column. The Project window shows that the ﬁle has been transcoded. Adobe Encore DVD uses the transcoded asset as you continue to author, preview, and build your DVD project.
Page 162: Creating Video Thumbnail Buttons
Just as you can designate Adobe Photoshop layers as buttons and subpictures, you can also designate layers as thumbnails for use in buttons. The Library palette in Adobe Encore DVD contains several buttons that include thumbnail layers. Look at the layers in Photoshop to see how thumbnails are represented.
Page 163 3 Notice that there is a red rectangle in the layer with (%) in its name. Adobe Encore DVD recognizes layers and layer sets whose names begin with (%). In this case, the thumbnail is red just to help you identify it; Adobe Encore DVD will ignore the red color.
Page 164 LESSON 7 Creating Motion Menus The rectangles that were red in Photoshop appear semitransparent gray in Adobe Encore DVD. 2 In the Project window, double-click the Cardiac_cycle timeline. 3 Move the current-time indicator to 00:00. 4 Drag the chapter point marker at 00:00 to the rectangle for the Stage 1 button in the Menu Editor window.
Page 165 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book A thumbnail version of the ﬁrst frame of the video appears in the button. 5 Drag the other three chapter point markers to their respective buttons. Peachpit Press/Scott Design...
Page 166 LESSON 7 Creating Motion Menus Each button should display a frame with a number in it. However, the frame in the Stage 1 button shows the video title, and the frame in the Stage 4 button shows the number 3. First, you’ll adjust the Stage 4 button to capture the appropriate frame.
Page 167 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 9 When the Stage 4 button displays the frame that contains the number 4, release the marker. 10 Save the project. Setting a poster frame The ﬁrst thumbnail button accurately displays the ﬁrst frame of the video. When the viewer activates that button, you want the video to play from the ﬁrst frame.
Page 168 LESSON 7 Creating Motion Menus The thumbnail button in the menu now shows the ﬁrst frame of the heart animation. However, when the viewer activates this button, the video will begin playing at the ﬁrst frame. 4 Save the project. Setting behaviors You’ve created the thumbnails.
Page 169 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book When the viewer activates the Back button, the main menu will appear, with Play Movie highlighted. 3 In the Project window, click the Menus tab. Only the menus in the project appear in the Menus tab.
Page 170: Creating Animated Thumbnail Buttons
LESSON 7 Creating Motion Menus 5 Select all the buttons except the Back button. Make sure the Properties palette is open and displays the attributes for the selected buttons. 6 From the Override pop-up menu, choose Cardiac_thumb > Stage 1. You’ve set the override behavior for all four buttons at once.
Page 171 Use After Effects to create animated buttons and motion menu backgrounds. After Effects is designed for adding special effects to video, so you can use a wider variety of tools and features to achieve the effect you want. In Lesson 9, you’ll use After Effects and Adobe Encore DVD together.
Page 172: Burning The Dvd
7 Review the information in the Make DVD Disc Summary dialog box. When you are ready to proceed, click Build. Review questions 1 How can you trim a video clip in Adobe Encore DVD? 2 What is a motion menu? 3 How does Adobe Encore DVD recognize thumbnail layers? 4 What must you do before previewing a motion menu? 5 How can you conﬁgure a button to play a video while the viewer decides which button...
Page 173 4 To preview a motion menu, you must ﬁrst render it. Choose File > Render Motion Menus. If you preview a motion menu before rendering it, Adobe Encore DVD displays it as a still menu in the Project Preview window.
Page 174: Working With Adobe Premiere Pro
Working with Adobe Premiere Pro Video is at the heart of most DVD projects. Use Adobe Encore DVD and Adobe Premiere Pro together to achieve the best-quality video, and to arrange it in the most accessible way. The Edit Original command in Adobe Encore...
Page 175: Getting Started
Encore DVD. And you’ll edit the original project in Premiere Pro after importing the AVI ﬁle into Adobe Encore DVD. In this lesson, you’ll work in Premiere Pro and Adobe Encore DVD to create a new DVD project, using graphic and video ﬁles included on the Adobe Encore DVD Classroom in a Book DVD.
Page 176: Creating Markers In Premiere Pro
9 Close the Project Preview window and the Lesson_08_end Project window. Creating markers in Premiere Pro First, you’ll create sequence markers in a video in Premiere Pro where you want chapter markers to appear in Adobe Encore DVD. 1 Open Premiere Pro. Peachpit Press/Scott Design...
Page 177 LESSON 8 Working with Adobe Premiere Pro 2 Click Open Project in the Welcome to Adobe Premiere Pro dialog box. 3 Navigate to the Lesson 08 folder. Select the Trailer.prproj ﬁle, and click Open. Note: If you are prompted to locate the Trailer.avi ﬁle, navigate to the Premiere Source folder, and select the ﬁle.
Page 178: Exporting An Mpeg-2 File From Premiere Pro
9 Repeat steps 7 and 8 to place sequence markers at 17:19 and 21:15. 10 Save the project. Exporting an MPEG-2 ﬁle from Premiere Pro You’ll use the Adobe Media Encoder to export the video ﬁle as an MPEG-2 ﬁle from Premiere Pro. 1 Choose File > Export > Adobe Media Encoder.
Page 179 5 Name the ﬁle Trailer_markers, and click Save. Premiere Pro renders the ﬁle, which may take a few minutes. The timeline is exported as an MPEG-2 ﬁle that can be imported into Adobe Encore DVD. Premiere Pro and Adobe Encore DVD use the same encoder.
Page 180: Importing An Mpeg-2 File With Markers
Adobe Encore DVD, consider the advantages and disadvantages. Advantages • Adobe Encore DVD converts AVI ﬁles to MPEG-2 when you burn a DVD. Because there is no need to convert MPEG-2 ﬁles, you can burn DVDs more quickly when you use them. •...
Page 181 Premiere Pro were unnumbered. Additionally, Adobe Encore DVD has added a chapter point at the ﬁrst frame of the track. There is a chapter point at the ﬁrst frame of every timeline in Adobe Encore DVD.
Page 182 ﬁles you’ve saved in Mac OS or in QuickTime format. Open the video ﬁle in Premiere Pro, and export it as an MPEG-2 ﬁle. Then import the MPEG-2 ﬁle into Adobe Encore DVD. To convert QuickTime ﬁles to MPEG-2 ﬁles, Premiere Pro requires that certain QuickTime ﬁles be installed.
Page 183: Linking Chapter Points To Thumbnail Buttons
To give your viewers information about the video they’ll see when they click a button, add a thumbnail image of the video to the button. When you create the thumbnail, Adobe Encore DVD automatically links it to its chapter point.
Page 184 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book A thumbnail image appears in the cup. Adobe Encore DVD automatically creates a link between the button and the chapter point in the timeline. 5 Drag chapter point 3 to the upper-right cup, chapter point 4 to the lower-right cup, and chapter point 5 to the lower-left cup.
Page 185: Previewing The Project
LESSON 8 Working with Adobe Premiere Pro 6 Make sure the Trailer_markers timeline is active. If necessary, click the Trailer_markers timeline in the Project window. Note: Make sure you click the Trailer_markers timeline and not the Trailer_markers.m2v ﬁle. 7 If the Properties window is not open, choose Window > Properties.
Page 186 Creating thumbnails with interesting shapes Adobe Encore DVD creates thumbnails as rectangles, to match the frame of the video. To display a thumbnail with a more interesting shape, such as the ovals you’re using in this project, ﬁrst make a rectangle and then mask it.
Page 187: Exporting An Avi File From Premiere Pro
AVI ﬁle. 1 Open Premiere Pro. 2 Click Open Project in the Welcome to Adobe Premiere Pro dialog box. 3 Navigate to the Lesson 08 folder. Select Scene01.prproj, and click Open. Note: If you are prompted to locate the Clip01.avi ﬁle, navigate to the Premiere Source folder and select the ﬁle.
Page 188 When Premiere Pro renders the AVI ﬁle, information about the Premiere Pro project will be included in the ﬁle. Because this information is included, you’ll be able to open the Premiere Pro project using the Edit Original command in Adobe Encore DVD or Adobe After Effects.
Page 189: Using The Edit Original Command
You will remove the portion of the clip that shows the tombstones. You could use Adobe Encore DVD to trim the in point or the out point of a video, but you need to use Premiere Pro to remove a section from the middle of the clip.
Page 190: Using The Ripple Edit Tool In Premiere Pro
ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 5 In the Project window, select the Scene01.avi video ﬁle. Note: Make sure you select the video ﬁle, and not the timeline. 6 Choose Edit > Edit Original. Because you embedded project information when you rendered the AVI ﬁle in Premiere Pro, the project from which you exported the ﬁle opens.
Page 191: Updating An Avi File In Adobe Encore Dvd
7 Save the project. Updating an AVI ﬁle in Adobe Encore DVD You’ll export the movie again, and then return to Adobe Encore DVD. The AVI ﬁle will be automatically updated. 1 Make sure the timeline is active and choose File > Export > Movie.
Page 192: Creating Links And Behaviors
The AVI ﬁle should update automatically. 7 Play the timeline in the Monitor window. The AVI ﬁle has been updated in Adobe Encore DVD. When you play the timeline in the Monitor window, the video plays as you edited it in Premiere Pro.
Page 193 LESSON 8 Working with Adobe Premiere Pro When the Chapters button is activated, the Chapters menu will appear, with the ﬁrst button highlighted. 6 Click the Scene01 timeline in the Project window to make it active. 7 Choose Main > Chapters from the End Action pop-up menu in the Properties palette.
Page 194: Previewing The Project
ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 9 Click the Chapters tab in the Menu Editor window to make that menu active. Note: If there is no Chapters tab, double-click the Chapters menu in the Project window to open it in the Menu Editor window.
Page 195: Review Questions
3 How can you ensure that you’ll be able to edit a Premiere Pro project from within Adobe Encore DVD or After Effects after you’ve exported the project as an AVI ﬁle? 4 When would you use the ripple edit tool in Premiere Pro? 5 What are the advantages of MPEG-2 ﬁles?
Page 196 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 3 To ensure that you can edit the original project from Adobe Encore DVD or After Effects after you’ve exported it as an AVI ﬁle, choose Project from the Embedding Options pop-up menu in the Export Movie Settings dialog box.
Page 197: Working With Adobe After Effects
Adobe After Effects Bring the power of Adobe After Effects into your DVD project. Add special effects in After Effects, import the ﬁle into Adobe Encore DVD, and then return to After Effects at any time to make additional changes.
Page 198: Getting Started
• Remove unneeded elements from an imported Photoshop menu. Getting started In this lesson, you’ll use an After Effects movie as a background for a menu in Adobe Encore DVD, and pair it with a Photoshop menu to provide subpictures.
Page 199: Importing A Photoshop Menu
3 Click on the menu in the Menu Editor window, and then open the Layers palette. The menu includes a layer set for the title text; a background layer; and two additional layer sets, which Adobe Encore DVD recognizes as buttons. Peachpit Press/Scott Design...
Page 200 4 Click the Show Selected Subpicture Highlight button at the bottom of the Menu Editor window to see the subpictures for the buttons. The subpictures were deﬁned in Photoshop. Adobe Encore DVD recognizes the layers as subpictures because their names begin with (=1).
Page 201: Modifying A Photoshop File In After Effects
ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 7 With the selection tool, move the text block you just created to the bottom-left area of the menu. 8 With the text block still selected, choose Object > Drop Shadow. Accept the defaults in the Drop Shadow dialog box, and click OK.
Page 202 LESSON 9 Working with Adobe After Effects 5 Set the duration to 00:00:04:00 (4 seconds). Leave the other settings as they are, and click OK. Comp 1 appears in the Project window. You will not use this composition, but when you import the Photoshop ﬁle into After Effects, the duration of the new composition and...
Page 203 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book The Project window contains a folder and a comp, both named Zephyr.psd (After Effects 5.5) or Zephyr Comp 1 (After Effects 6.0). The folder contains the individual layers. The composition is made up of the assembled layers.
Page 204: Animating A Menu File In After Effects
LESSON 9 Working with Adobe After Effects 10 Choose Composition > Composition Settings. 11 Make sure the Preset is NTSC DV 720 x 480 (After Effects 5.5) or NTSC 720 x 480 (After Effects 6.0), and the duration is 00:00:04:00 (4 seconds). Then click OK.
Page 205 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 4 Click the stopwatches next to each of the Position properties to create a keyframe for the position of each layer. 5 Return the current-time indicator to 00:00. 6 Select the Title layer, and change its position to 930, 240.
Page 206 LESSON 9 Working with Adobe After Effects Adding more animation You have animated the layers so that they are off the screen at 0 seconds and enter from the right. Now you will add keyframes to move them off the screen again.
Page 207 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 7 Move the Kiteboard layer set’s position to -280, 240. Then, move the Sailboard layer set’s position to -280, 240. 8 Choose Composition > Preview > RAM Preview. The layers move onto the screen from the right, pause for two seconds, and then continue to move to the left until they are off the screen.
Page 208: Rendering A Movie In After Effects
LESSON 9 Working with Adobe After Effects 3 For the Sailboard layer set, move the ﬁrst keyframe (currently at 0 seconds) to 19 frames (00:19), and leave the second keyframe at 1 second (01:00). 4 Move the last two keyframes for each layer to create more interesting exits and entries.
Page 209 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 2 Click the value next to Render Settings for your project. 3 Choose Best from the Quality pop-up menu and Full from the Resolution pop-up menu. Then click OK. Peachpit Press/Scott Design...
Page 210 Embedding a project link ensures that you can return to the After Effects ﬁle to edit it from Adobe Encore DVD, even though you’ll be placing a rendered movie ﬁle—not the After Effects ﬁle itself—into your Adobe Encore DVD project.
Page 211 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 6 Click Format Options in the Video Output section of the Output Module Settings dialog box. 7 Choose No Compression from the Compressor pop-up menu, and click OK. Click OK to close the Output Module Settings dialog box.
Page 212: Importing An After Effects Movie Into Adobe Encore Dvd
Importing an After Effects movie into Adobe Encore DVD You’ll import the movie into Adobe Encore DVD as an asset. Though you’ll use the movie in the menu, it is only a component of the menu. The Photoshop ﬁle you imported will provide the framework for the menu, so the subpictures will be intact.
Page 213 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 3 In the Project window, double-click the Zephyr menu to open the Menu Editor window, and then click the Layers tab or choose Window > Layers to open the Layers palette. 4 In the Layers palette, select the Title layer set and choose Edit > Clear.
Page 214 LESSON 9 Working with Adobe After Effects 7 Click the Show Selected Subpicture Highlight button at the bottom of the Menu Editor window to see the subpictures. 8 Press the Alt key while you drag the Zephyr_background.avi ﬁle from the Project window into the Menu Editor window.
Page 215: Activating A Motion Menu
Menu Editor window again. 10 Choose File > Render Motion Menus. To display a menu in motion, Adobe Encore DVD must ﬁrst render it. If you do not render the motion menu, Adobe Encore DVD will display it as a still menu.
Page 216: Editing A File In After Effects
5 Close the Project Preview window, and save the project. Editing a ﬁle in After Effects Next, you will make the loop more interesting. You can easily edit the original ﬁle in After Effects, and update the ﬁle in Adobe Encore DVD, without disturbing the subpictures. Peachpit Press/Scott Design...
Page 217 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 1 In Adobe Encore DVD, select the Zephyr_background.avi ﬁle in the Project window. 2 Choose Edit > Edit Original. The After Effects project you used to create the AVI ﬁle opens in After Effects.
Page 218 LESSON 9 Working with Adobe After Effects 6 With the new layer still selected, press the T key on your keyboard to display the Opacity property for the layer. 7 Set the Opacity to 40%. 8 Drag the current-time indicator in the Timeline window to 2 seconds (02:00).
Page 219 10 When the ﬁle has ﬁnished rendering, save and close the project. Returning to Adobe Encore DVD The ﬁle you edited in After Effects will be updated in Adobe Encore DVD. You’ll render the motion menu to see the full effect. Because the ﬁle has the same name, you’ll re-link it to the menu before rendering motion menus.
Page 220: Creating Links To Assets
ﬁle in the Project window. 4 Choose File > Render Motion Menus. Though you updated the After Effects ﬁle, Adobe Encore DVD didn’t recognize the changes. Therefore, the Render Motion Menus command was dimmed. To render motion menus again, so that the ﬁle appears correctly in the preview, you deleted the Video link and re-created it.
Page 221 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 4 Select the Kiteboard button in the lower pane of the Menus tab. In the Properties palette, choose Kite > Chapter 1 from the Link pop-up menu. 5 Link the Sailboard button to Sail > Chapter 1.
Page 222: Burning The Dvd
1 How can you edit an After Effects ﬁle from Adobe Encore DVD? 2 What is a motion menu? 3 What setting must you choose in After Effects to be able to edit the original in Adobe Encore DVD? 4 If you’re using a motion menu from After Effects, how can you include subpictures? Review answers 1 Select the AVI ﬁle in the Project window in Adobe Encore DVD, and then choose...
Page 223: Creating A Slideshow From Still Images
Creating a Slideshow from Still Images DVDs can showcase still images as well as video. Using Adobe Encore DVD, you can create a menu for each image to allow the viewer to navigate through the slideshow, or create a timeline from the images for a slideshow that advances automatically.
Page 224: Getting Started
In this lesson, you’ll create slideshows, using graphic and video ﬁles included on the Adobe Encore DVD Classroom in a Book DVD. Make sure you know the location of the ﬁles you need for Lesson 10. For help, see “Copying the Classroom in a Book ﬁles” on page 2.
Page 225 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book The Project Preview window opens, and a menu appears. The menu has two buttons. 5 Click the Meet the Executive Team button. Click the Next button in the ﬁrst two menus to progress through the slideshow. Click the Menu button in the last slideshow menu to return to the main menu.
Page 226: Assembling Components For A Slideshow
You’ll import the menus and buttons into Adobe Encore DVD. 1 In Adobe Encore DVD, choose File > New Project. Click OK to accept NTSC as the television standard.
Page 227: Laying Out A Slideshow Menu
ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book When the DVD is inserted into the player, the main menu will appear. 4 Close the Main.psd ﬁle in the Menu Editor window by clicking the “x” in its tab. The three slideshow menus—President, CFO, and Marketing—are still available in the Menu Editor window.
Page 228 LESSON 10 Creating a Slideshow from Still Images 1 In the Library palette, select one of the buttons you just imported. With one of the slideshow menus open in the Menu Editor window, click the Place button at the bottom of the Library palette.
Page 229 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book The three buttons have different vertical dimensions (that is, they have different heights), so you’ll need to align them by their vertical centers. 5 Select all three buttons, and then choose Object > Align > Middle.
Page 230: Copying Buttons To Other Menus
In a slideshow, you want the navigational buttons to appear in the same place on each slide. Adobe Encore DVD makes it easy to copy objects in exactly the same location from one menu to another. Copy and paste all three buttons to the other two slideshow menus.
Page 231: Linking Menus To Each Other
ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book The three buttons appear in the same position they occupy in the ﬁrst slideshow menu. 4 Click the tab for the remaining slideshow menu in the Menu Editor window. 5 Choose Edit > Paste.
Page 232 LESSON 10 Creating a Slideshow from Still Images 3 Select the Next button. Then, in the Properties palette, choose CFO > Next Button from the Link pop-up menu. 4 Click the CFO tab in the Menu Editor window. 5 Select the Prev button. Then, in the Properties palette, choose President > Next Button from the Link pop-up menu.
Page 233 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book When the viewer starts the slideshow, the President menu appears ﬁrst. Preview the slideshow to make sure the links all work as expected. 12 Choose File > Preview. 13 Click the Meet the Executive Team button, and then click the navigation buttons you just created to proceed through the slideshow.
Page 234: Adding Audio To A Menu
LESSON 10 Creating a Slideshow from Still Images Adding audio to a menu You’ll add an audio track to each menu in the slideshow. 1 Right-click in the Project window, and choose Import as Asset. 2 Navigate to the Lesson 10 folder. Select the CFO.wav, Marketing.wav, and President.wav ﬁles, and click Open.
Page 235: Previewing An Audio File
ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book In the Properties palette, notice that the President.wav ﬁle is listed in the Audio ﬁeld, and the duration of the menu has been changed to the duration of the WAV ﬁle. 6 Drag the CFO.wav ﬁle and the Marketing.wav ﬁle onto the CFO and Marketing menus, respectively, in the Menu Editor window.
Page 236: Setting End Actions For Slideshow Menus
LESSON 10 Creating a Slideshow from Still Images • Set a longer duration for the slide, and then set an end action with the assumption that the user is not paying attention to the slideshow. Setting end actions for slideshow menus The last option appears to be the best option for this project.
Page 237: About Creating Slideshows With Timelines
ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book These behaviors have been set for all of the menus you selected. 5 Choose File > Preview to test the duration and end action behaviors. 6 Close the Project Preview window. 7 Save the project.
Page 238: Organizing Your Assets
LESSON 10 Creating a Slideshow from Still Images Organizing your assets In this lesson, you will be using multiple assets. To keep the Project window from getting cluttered, you’ll use folders to organize the assets. 1 Click the Project tab in the Project window to make it active, and choose File > New Folder.
Page 239 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book You can create a new folder by choosing File > New Folder or by right-clicking in the Project window and choosing New Folder from the context menu. Often there are multiple ways to accomplish a task. Use the method you prefer.
Page 240: Creating A Timeline From Still Images
LESSON 10 Creating a Slideshow from Still Images Creating a timeline from still images This slideshow will be a single timeline composed of a set of still images exported from a presentation software application. You’ll place the images, and then stretch or trim the duration to match the audio of the presentation.
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Page 242: Setting Behaviors For A Slideshow
LESSON 10 Creating a Slideshow from Still Images Notice that a chapter point has been placed in the timeline where the slides change. You can use these chapter points for simple navigation when playing the DVD by clicking the Next or Previous buttons on the remote control. 10 Repeat steps 7-9 for Slide3.tif, Slide4.tif, Slide5.tif, and Slide6.tif.
Page 243 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 2 In the Properties palette, choose Main > Meet Button from the End Action pop-up menu. Choose Main > Meet Button from the Menu Remote pop-up menu. If you want to create a looping, self-running slideshow, set the end action of the timeline to the ﬁrst chapter point of the same timeline.
Page 244: Previewing The Project
LESSON 10 Creating a Slideshow from Still Images 5 In the Properties palette, choose Q2_earnings > Chapter 1 from the Link pop-up menu. Previewing the project Verify that the links behave as you expect them to. 1 Choose File > Preview. 2 Verify that each button links to the appropriate timeline or menu, and that the end actions are appropriate.
Page 245 3 Position the buttons on one menu, and then select them all and copy them. Paste them onto other menus. Adobe Encore DVD pastes them in the same position they occupied in the original menu.
Page 246: Adding Audio Tracks And Subtitles
Adding Audio Tracks and Subtitles Many DVD projects are designed for more than one audience. You can add audio tracks and subtitle tracks for different languages, accessible through menus you create in Adobe Encore DVD. Peachpit Press/Scott Design...
Page 247: Getting Started
In previous lessons, you’ve worked primarily with menus, links, and behaviors. In this lesson, you’ll focus on timelines. Using Adobe Encore DVD, you can add up to 8 audio tracks and 32 subtitle tracks to your DVD. Most DVD players can play only one audio track and one subtitle track at a time, but offering multiple tracks gives your audience more options and lets you reach more people.
Page 248 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 3 In the Open dialog box, navigate to the Lesson 11 folder. Select Lesson_11_end.ncor, and then click Open. 4 Choose File > Preview. The Project Preview window opens, and a menu appears. The menu has two buttons.
Page 249: Including Audio Tracks In A Project
The viewer will then be able to choose a language. First, import the assets. 1 In Adobe Encore DVD, choose File > New Project. Click OK to accept NTSC as the television standard.
Page 250: Adding Audio Tracks
Adobe Premiere Pro or Adobe Audition™, and then save the ﬁle as a single audio track to use in Adobe Encore DVD. Adding audio tracks When you create the timeline for the Rose.avi ﬁle, its audio track will also appear in the...
Page 251 LESSON 11 Adding Audio Tracks and Subtitles Adobe Encore DVD recognizes the audio track as Dutch. Now add the other audio track. 4 Choose Timeline > Add Audio Track. A new track appears in the Timeline window, with the name Audio 2.
Page 252: Previewing Audio Tracks
ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 8 Save the project as Lesson_11.ncor. Previewing audio tracks You can preview both of the audio tracks while watching the video clip. 1 In the Project window, right-click the Rose timeline, and choose Preview From Here.
Page 253: Linking Buttons To Audio Tracks
LESSON 11 Adding Audio Tracks and Subtitles The audio changes to English. 4 Close the Project Preview window. Linking buttons to audio tracks You’ve added the audio tracks. Now you will link the buttons in the Language menu to them. 1 Open the Language menu in the Menu Editor window, if it isn’t already open.
Page 254 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 3 Select the Rose timeline. Then choose 1 from the Audio pop-up menu at the bottom of the dialog box. Choose Off from the Subtitles pop-up menu. Click OK. When the viewer activates the Dutch button, the ﬁrst soundtrack will play with the video.
Page 255: Adding A Main Menu
LESSON 11 Adding Audio Tracks and Subtitles When a viewer presses the Menu button on a remote control while the video is playing, the Language menu will appear, with the Dutch button highlighted. 9 Save the project. Name it Lesson_11.ncor. Adding a main menu In this project, viewers can choose either a soundtrack language or a language for subtitles.
Page 256 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 1 Choose File > Import as Menu and select Roses_main.psd. 2 In the Menu Editor window, select the Languages button in the Roses_main menu. 3 In the Properties palette, choose Language > Dutch from the Link pop-up menu.
Page 257 LESSON 11 Adding Audio Tracks and Subtitles When the viewer activates the Back button, the Roses_main menu will appear, with the Subtitles button highlighted. 6 In the Project window, right-click the Roses_main menu, and choose Set as First Play. When the DVD is inserted into the player, the Roses_main menu will appear on the screen.
Page 258: Adding A Subtitle Track
ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book The appropriate audio track should play. Notice that the ﬁeld next to the Mute Audio button displays the track number and language code you speciﬁed (nl or en). 9 Click the other language button.
Page 259 LESSON 11 Adding Audio Tracks and Subtitles 3 Choose en-English from the pop-up menu next to the Subtitle 1 name in the Timeline window. 4 Move the current-time indicator to the beginning of the timeline. 5 Click the Play button in the Monitor window, and click the Pause button when the voice-over begins.
Page 260 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 9 Choose Myriad Pro for the font, Regular for the font style, and 40 for the type size. Click the Align Center option. 10 Type This is one of the most classic and then press Enter.
Page 261: Modifying The Appearance Of Subtitles
LESSON 11 Adding Audio Tracks and Subtitles A bar appears in the Subtitle 1 track in the Timeline window. The text you typed in the Monitor window displays in the bar. The bar does not go to the end of the timeline, but it covers a few seconds of time.
Page 262 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 3 Type and a strong fragrance. 4 In the Monitor window, use the selection tool to position the subtitle text block. 5 In the Properties palette, choose Group 2 from the Color Group pop-up menu, and then choose Group 3.
Page 263 LESSON 11 Adding Audio Tracks and Subtitles After you create it, you can move the subtitle to appear at a different point in the video. 7 Place the cursor over the left edge of the subtitle bar. When the cursor turns to a double-sided arrow, drag the edge of the bar to the 06:00 point.
Page 264: Importing Subtitles From A Text Script
ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 9 As the timeline plays in the Project Preview window, click the Toggle Subtitle Display button ( ) (directly under the Mute Audio button) to turn the subtitles on and off. 10 Close the Project Preview window.
Page 265 Adding Audio Tracks and Subtitles This dialog box displays a preview, including the safe area margins. When you click OK, Adobe Encore DVD places the subtitles in the Subtitle 1 track. Look at the Timeline window to see how the subtitles are distributed.
Page 266: About Subtitle Scripts
8 Save the project. About subtitle scripts You can import subtitles into Adobe Encore DVD if you have prepared them in a text ﬁle ﬁrst. A subtitle script includes a separate line for each subtitle. Each line is composed of the initial timecode (the time at which the subtitle is to appear), the ﬁnal timecode (the...
Page 267 LESSON 11 Adding Audio Tracks and Subtitles When the viewer activates the Dutch button, the video will play with the Dutch soundtrack and no subtitles will appear on the screen. 4 Right-click the English Subtitles button, and choose Link To. 5 Select Rose.
Page 268: Previewing The Project
ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book 9 In the Properties palette, choose Roses_main > Languages from the Link pop-up menu. Note: If you don’t see the Roses_main option in the pop-up menu, double-click the Roses_main menu in the Project window to open it in the Menu Editor window.
Page 269 3 Only one audio track can play at a time. If you want to play both music and a voice- over, for example, merge the audio ﬁles in an audio-editing application before you import the ﬁle into Adobe Encore DVD. 4 You can type directly onto the Monitor window with the text tool, or import a text script.
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Page 273 Creating buttons in Photoshop ......69 Importing a menu into Adobe Encore DVD ....75 Editing a menu in Photoshop .
Page 274 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book Assembling a DVD Quickly Lesson 05 Getting started ......... . . 116 Dragging items into the Library palette .
Page 275 Using the ripple edit tool in Premiere Pro ....201 Updating an AVI ﬁle in Adobe Encore DVD ....202 Creating links and behaviors .
Page 276 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book Creating a Slideshow from Still Images Lesson 10 Getting started ......... . 240 Assembling components for a slideshow .
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Page 278: Index
17 viewing in Project window 9 (+) in a layer set name 69 See also video, audio tracks, still using with Adobe Encore DVD 55 images (=) in subpicture layer names 41 versions compatible with Adobe attributes, displaying 13...
Page 279 45 Photoshop 73 behaviors naming 96 applying to subtitles 280 previewing 10 applying to text in Adobe Encore naming in Photoshop 69 setting for a motion menu 229 DVD 33 positioning 123 bit budgeting 49 applying to text in Photoshop 62...
Page 280 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book default menu folder structure, Adobe Encore DVD building 110 projects 48 about 31 burning a DVD from 110 folders, using in Project window 254 applying 91 foreground color, in Photoshop creating a menu using 117...
Page 281 Lock Transparent Pixels, in items into the Library palette 120 file 17 Photoshop 72 menus 17 looping viewing in Adobe Encore DVD 18 movie to use in background of in motion menus 166 Layers palette menu 226 compared to Photoshop 37...
Page 282 40 See also video as 17 moving distributing 40 linking to other menus 104 Adobe Encore DVD project to a overlapping 80 modifying in After Effects 215 different drive 48 repositioning 80 naming 96 text in a menu 33...
Page 283 31 Send to Back command 38 poster frame, setting 175 sequence markers opening 13 Premiere Pro. See Adobe Premiere Pro creating in Premiere Pro 187 presentation, creating a timeline using the pick whip 143 from 256...
Page 284 ADOBE ENCORE DVD Classroom in a Book source files assigning a language to 278 positioning 33 viewing in Project window 9 changing the color of 280 vertical spacing of 40 See also assets, Library palette, changing the duration of 280...
Page 285 296 INDEX Timelines tab, using to check end video action status 108 adding to the background 164 Title button, specifying action for 21 automatically creating timeline and button for 121 Title Safe area about 35 changing the duration of a clip 158 guides for 76 creating a timeline for 12 viewing 35...

Adobe ENCORE DVD Manual

Getting Started

Lesson

Creating a Simple DVD

Lesson

Creating Menus in Adobe Encore DVD

Lesson

Designing Menus in Adobe Photoshop

Using Adobe Encore DVD Templates

Assembling a DVD Quickly

Overriding Default Actions

Creating Motion Menus

Working with Adobe Premiere Pro

Working with Adobe after Effects

Creating a Slideshow from Still Images

Adding Audio Tracks and Subtitles

Index

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