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Adobe® Encore DVD® User Guide for Windows®.

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Contents

Legal Notices

Learning About

Adobe Encore DVD

Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Getting help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Key features of Adobe Encore DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Other learning resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Customer support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Tutorials

Creating a simple DVD from start to ﬁnish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Customizing the menu templates with images and text . . . . . . . 17

Chapter 1

Adobe Encore DVD Workﬂows and Workspace

Understanding Adobe Encore DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Understanding workﬂows in Adobe Encore DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Looking at the Adobe Encore DVD workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Chapter 2

Creating Projects and Importing Assets

Planning the DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Assembling your content (assets) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Understanding bit budgeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Working with projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Understanding disc space and Disc Information settings . . . . . . 37

Understanding importing assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Working with assets in the Project tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Viewing asset properties using the Properties palette . . . . . . . . . 45

Working with missing and ofﬂine assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Using the Library palette to store assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Understanding transcoding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Naming and describing a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

CONTENTS

Chapter 3

Working with Menus

Understanding menus in Adobe Encore DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Understanding the menu editing workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Understanding the Layers palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Understanding the Library palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Creating menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Manipulating menu objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Understanding type attributes in the Character palette . . . . . . . . 76

Adding text to menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Working with Adobe Photoshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Creating subpictures and color sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Setting remote control buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Chapter 4

Working with Assets in the Timeline Window

Understanding timelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Adding video and still images to a timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Understanding audio and subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Working with audio clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Adding chapter points to the timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Working with subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Adding subtitle ﬁles to a timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Editing assets in the timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Previewing the timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Chapter 5

Creating and Managing Links

Understanding project navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Setting disc navigation and properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

Understanding menu display time and looping . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Setting menu navigation and properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

Setting button navigation and properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Setting timeline navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

Setting navigation to select audio and subtitle tracks . . . . . . . . .135

Using the Project window to manage links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

Chapter 6

Testing and Building a DVD

Understanding previews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

Setting the Preview window preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

Understanding copy protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Understanding region coding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Building the ﬁnished project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Replicating DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Index

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