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iii Contents Chapter 1: Getting started Installation and registration Adobe Help Center Using Help ............................................................... 1 ....................................................................... 2 ................................................................................ 3 Tips, training, and other resources New features ......................................................... 5 ..........................................................................
iv Predefined styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Using guides in menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Adding text to menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
v Chapter 12: Testing and building DVDs Testing DVD projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Security and additional content Building the finished project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 Chapter 1: Getting started Installation and registration To install 1 Close any Adobe® applications that are open. 2 Insert the product disc into your computer’s DVD drive. 3 Double-click the disc icon, and then follow the on-screen instructions. After installing the product for the first time on a computer, you will be prompted to activate your copy of the product. (See “To activate” on page 1.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 2 User Guide Adobe Help Center About Adobe Help Center Adobe® Help Center is a free, downloadable application that includes three primary features. Product Help Provides Help for Adobe desktop products installed on your system. (If no Adobe desktop products are installed, topics for them aren’t available.) Help topics are updated periodically and can be downloaded through Adobe Help Center preferences.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 3 User Guide User Interface Language Specifies the language in which Adobe Help Center interface text is displayed. Check For Updates Searches for new updates to software and Help topics as they become available from Adobe. This option also lets you specify notification options and choose which applications to update. Network Administrators Displays options for network administration.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 4 User Guide See also “To navigate Help” on page 4 “To search Help topics” on page 4 To navigate Help ❖ Do any of the following: • To view Help for a product, choose the product name from the For menu. • To expand or collapse a section, click the blue triangle to the left of the section name. • To display a topic, click its title. See also “To use bookmarks” on page 5 To search Help topics Search using words or phrases to quickly find topics.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 5 User Guide • If a search term doesn’t yield results, try using a synonym, such as “web” instead of “Internet.” To print a topic from Help 1 Select the topic you want to print, and click the Print button. 2 Choose the printer you’d like to use, and then click Print. To change the view By default, Adobe Help Center opens in Full view. Full view gives you access to the Product Help, Expert Support, and More Resources sections.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 6 User Guide Total Training Video Workshop DVD Presented by experts in their fields, Total Training videos provide overviews, demonstrations of key new features, and many useful tips and techniques for beginning and advanced users. Look for accompanying step-by-step instructions to selected Total Training videos in monthly updates to Resource Center.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 7 User Guide See also “Total Training Video Workshop DVD” on page 6 “Other resources” on page 7 Other resources Additional sources of information and help are available for Adobe products. • Visit the Training area of the Adobe website for access to Adobe Press books; online, video, and instructor-led training resources; Adobe software certification programs; and more.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 8 User Guide New features What’s new Slideshow Editor Build and rearrange slide shows using the new Slideshow Editor. Define shows as browsable or autoplay, with optional narration or background music for autoplay shows. Define global and override settings for slide durations, slide end actions, pan-and-zoom effects, transitions, and subtitles. (See “About slide shows” on page 146.
9 Chapter 2: Workflow and workspace Workflow and workspace basics Workflow overview Adobe Encore DVD lets you create many different kinds of DVDs. Whether the content is a feature film, a wedding, a training course, or an art collection, the basic steps of creating a DVD are the same.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 10 User Guide 1 1a 2a 2 2b 2c 3 3a 3b Simple sketch of intended navigation scheme Import assets Prepare your source material (assets) for the DVD, and import them into Adobe Encore DVD. The assets include any video, still images, audio, and subtitles for your project.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 11 User Guide A B A B Project panel containing audio asset (A) and video asset (B) being added to timeline element Create menus The menus give the viewer access to the DVD content. You can create menus directly in Adobe Encore DVD, customize predesigned menus included with the application, or create and edit menus in Adobe Photoshop®. For more information, see “About menus” on page 75.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 12 User Guide Specify navigation Menus provide the main way for viewers to navigate through the DVD’s content. In addition to menus, you also use other types of navigation settings, such as end actions and overrides, to guide the viewer. Encore gives you several methods for setting the navigation—you can drag between the elements and buttons in the Menu Viewer, use the Properties panel, or work with navigation in the Flowchart.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 13 User Guide A B C Right-clicking asset (B) in Project panel (A) and choosing preset from Transcode Settings submenu (C) Preview the project You should preview and check a project throughout the authoring process, especially before you burn the DVD. Previewing lets you experience the project as a viewer would, using the remote control to move through it.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 14 User Guide Controls in Preview panel simulating remote control Burn the DVD You can build or burn, the DVD directly from Adobe Encore DVD. Or, if you plan to use a replication facility, you can write to a DLT drive, prepare a folder, or create a DVD image to give to the replicator. For more information, see “To build a DVD” on page 192.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 15 User Guide Build DVD panel with output settings About the Adobe workspace Adobe video and audio applications provide a consistent, customizable workspace. Although each application has its own set of panels (such as Tools, Properties, Timeline, and so on), you move and group panels on your computer screen in the same way across products. The main window of a program is the application window. The various panels are organized in this window in an arrangement called a workspace.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 16 User Guide B C A Example of workspace A. Application window B. Grouped panels C. Panels About menus In addition to the menus at the top of your screen, Adobe Encore DVD also provides context, panel, and viewer menus. Context menus contain commands relative to the active tool or selection. Panel menus contain commands relevant to the active panel. You use the viewer menus to choose which item to display in the viewer, or to close items.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 17 User Guide Selecting items from viewer menu About the toolbox You use the toolbox when working in the Menu Viewer and the Flowchart. It contains tools to select layers or objects in a menu, enter text, zoom in and out, and move objects in the Flowchart. It also contains shortcuts for editing a menu in Adobe Photoshop and previewing a project. (See “About text in menus” on page 95, “About subtitles” on page 154, and “Using Photoshop to create Adobe Encore DVD menus” on page 114.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 18 User Guide Grouping The drop zone in the middle of a panel or group, as well as the zone along the tab area of a panel, are grouping zones. Grouping a panel adds it to an existing group, placing it at the top of the stacking order. Grouping a panel does not resize other groups. A C B Dragging panel (A) onto grouping zone (B) to group it with existing panels (C) To dock or group panels You dock and group panels by dragging them onto drop zones.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 19 User Guide To open a panel in a floating window You can open a panel in a floating window. You can add panels to the floating window or otherwise modify it, as you do the application window. You can use floating windows to create a workspace like those in earlier versions of Adobe applications, or to make use of a secondary monitor.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 20 User Guide To show or hide a panel You can use the Window menu to show and hide panels. Even if a panel is open, it may be out of sight, beneath other open panels. Choosing a panel from the Window menu opens it and brings it to the front. ❖ From the Window menu, choose the panel you want to show or hide. To set General preferences General preferences include application-wide settings, several of which influence the workspace. 1 Choose Edit > Preferences > General.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 21 User Guide To create or modify a workspace As you modify a workspace, the application tracks changes, saving any modifications with the project. The next time you open the project, the most recent version of the workspace is used. You can also choose to restore the original layout of the workspace. You can save any workspace, at any time, as a custom workspace. Once saved, new and edited workspaces appear in the Workspace menu on the local computer.
22 Chapter 3: Planning the project Planning the DVD About planning The first task of authoring a DVD is planning. This planning can be as minimal as deciding to use a template to organize your family’s vacation photos and video, or as robust as using project management software to coordinate a production team creating an interactive kiosk. Whatever the scope of planning, you should understand what the project will contain and how you want to present it.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 23 User Guide The Flowchart displays the content of the project graphically, in a tree structure, detailing the navigation between DVD elements. This visual representation can help you to see areas where the navigation is cluttered and needs to be refined. Beyond providing a visual representation of the project, the Flowchart also lets you perform many authoring tasks, including editing.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 24 User Guide Determining disc size Before you can prepare a bit budget, you must determine the size of DVD on which to distribute your project. Adobe Encore DVD can create projects for a variety of DVD sizes. The size you choose is based on the amount of video and the replication method. Typically, desktop DVD burners use a recordable DVD-5 disc (DVD-R), which has 4.7 GB capacity. A DVD-5 can hold approximately two hours of high-quality video.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 25 User Guide About free/used space information The Disc panel displays the available space and the used space for the specified disc size during the authoring process. The display conveys size information only and has no bearing on quality. Adobe Encore DVD calculates the free space using the transcoding data rate (whether it was set automatically or manually).
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 26 User Guide Bit budgeting About bit budgeting Bit budgeting, or estimating the amount of space your project will occupy on DVD, is an important part of planning. Bit budgeting helps you strike a balance between the quantity and quality of content and determine the optimal video data rate. If your DVD includes minimal amounts of content, you can encode that content at a higher data rate (which translates to higher quality) to take advantage of all available space on the DVD.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 27 User Guide Average asset size Use the following averages for bit budgeting: Audio If compressed using the Dolby Digital Stereo standard, audio is generally 192,000 bps (0.192 Mbps). Use 0.192 Mbps or reference the settings for the audio encoder you plan to use. Subpictures Insignificant in terms of bit budgeting, unless you include subtitles. If you do include subtitles, use 0.010 Mbps per subpicture stream for calculations.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 28 User Guide Sample budget #2 Proceed as follows for bit budgeting of a 120-minute video with three audio tracks, two subtitle tracks, two motion menus, and a one-minute movie preview to be burned to an 8.54 GB disc: 1 Calculate the total available disc space in bits. An 8.54 GB (gigabyte) disc contains 8,540,000,000 bytes; each byte contains 8 bits. 8,540,000,000 x 8 = 68,320,000,000 bits = 68,320 Mbits. 2 Calculate the disc space available for video.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 29 User Guide See also “Transcoding assets from the Project panel” on page 29 Transcode settings You can specify an item’s transcode settings (by using a preset) from the Transcode Settings column in the Project panel. (A separate column, Transcode Status, displays either Transcoded or Untranscoded to show the item’s current state.) When you specify a preset, that preset’s data rate is used, not the data rate you calculated in bit budgeting.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 30 User Guide To transcode an asset 1 Right-click the asset you want to transcode. 2 Choose Transcode Now. The asset is transcoded, and the Transcode Status column displays Transcoded. The transcoded asset is now used for authoring, previewing, and building. To revert a transcoded asset to the original asset 1 Right-click the asset you want to replace. 2 Choose Revert To Original.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 31 User Guide A B The Project Transcode Settings dialog box displays the Source or Ouput image (A) and the preset settings (B). See also “About transcoding” on page 28 Preset options for video Depending on the preset you’ve selected, the Video tab of the Project Transcode Presets dialog box contains some or all of the following options: Quality Specifies the encoding quality. Quality values range from 1 to 5, with higher values increasing quality and render time.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 32 User Guide Bitrate Specifies the number of megabits per second you want the encoded file to have. Only appears if you select CBR as the Bitrate Encoding option. The following options appear only if you select VBR as the Bitrate Encoding option: Encoding Passes Specifies the number of times the encoder will analyze the clip before encoding. Enabled for VBR only. Target Bitrate Specifies the number of megabits per second you want the encoded file to have.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 33 User Guide 4 Click either the Audio or Video tab and adjust an option as desired. (See “Preset options for video” on page 31 and “Preset options for audio” on page 32.) 5 When you are finished adjusting the options, click the Save button . 6 Type a name for your preset, and click OK. 7 Click OK in the Project Transcode Presets dialog box. To export a preset 1 Choose File > Transcode > Edit Project Transcode Presets.
34 Chapter 4: Adobe Bridge and Stock Photos The basics of Bridge About Adobe Bridge Adobe Bridge is a cross-platform application provided with Adobe Creative Suite and Adobe Production Studio. You can use Bridge to organize, browse, and locate the assets you need to create content for print, the web, television, DVD, film, and mobile devices. Bridge keeps native Adobe files (such as PSD and PDF) as well as non-Adobe application files available for easy access.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 35 User Guide The Bridge work area These are the main components of the Adobe Bridge window: The Look In menu Lists the folder hierarchy, as well as favorite and recent folders. This menu gives you a quick way to find folders containing the items you want to display. The menu is at the top of the Bridge window. The Favorites panel Gives you quick access to folders as well as to Adobe Stock Photos and collections.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 36 User Guide To use Bridge in Compact mode Switch to Compact mode when you want to shrink the Bridge window. In Compact mode, the panels are hidden and the content area is simplified. A subset of common Bridge commands remains available from the pop-up menu at the upper right portion of the window. By default, the Compact mode Bridge window floats on top of all windows. (In Full mode, the Bridge window can move behind application windows.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 37 User Guide Metadata Focus Displays the content area in Thumbnails view, along with the Metadata panel prominently shown. Filmstrip Focus Displays just the content area, in Filmstrip view. To save and delete Bridge workspaces You can save the current Bridge layout (that is, the work area configuration) as a workspace and reuse it later. By saving Bridge in various configurations, you can work in (and quickly switch between) different layouts of the work area.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 38 User Guide Bridge General preferences Set any of the following General preferences and click OK: Background Specifies the darkness of the content area in which thumbnails are shown. Show Tooltips Specifies whether to display Bridge help information when you position the pointer over an item. (This preference does not affect settings for Version Cue tool tips, which display metadata for items.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 39 User Guide Note: Purging the cache deletes the metadata cache and thumbnail cache. If the metadata can’t be written to a file, label and rating information is lost as well. ❖ Choose any of the following commands from the Tools > Cache submenu: Build Cache For Subfolders Builds, as a background process, a cache for the selected folder and all the folders within it (except aliases/shortcuts to other folders).
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 40 User Guide To specify how files and folders are shown in Bridge You can specify what type of files and folders you want to display as thumbnails in the content area, as well as the order in which to display them. ❖ Choose any of the following commands from the View menu: • Sort, followed by the order in which you want to sort files. Choose Ascending to sort in ascending rather than descending order. Choose Manually to sort by the last order in which you dragged the files.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 41 User Guide To open files in Bridge You can open files in Bridge, even files that were not made with Adobe applications. 1 Select the file in the current folder. 2 Do one of the following: • Choose File > Open. • Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS). • Double-click the file in the content area or Preview panel. • Choose File > Open With, followed by the name of the application with which to open the file.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 42 User Guide To drag files out of Bridge Select the files and drag them onto the desktop or into another folder. This action moves the file onto the desktop or folder. To drag files into Bridge Select one or more files on the desktop, in a folder, or in another application that supports drag and drop, and drag them into the content area in Bridge. The files are moved from their current folder into the one displayed in Bridge.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 43 User Guide See also “To specify how files and folders are shown in Bridge” on page 40 To rate files with Bridge When assigning ratings to files, you can award from zero to five stars. Using the View > Sort menu or Unfilter button, you can choose to view files according to their rating. For example, suppose you’ve just imported a large number of images and are viewing them in Bridge. As you review each new image, you can rate them from best to worst.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 44 User Guide See also “To search with criteria saved as collections” on page 44 To search with criteria saved as collections If you saved search criteria by using the Save As Collection option in the Find dialog box, you can run that search again by using that collection. 1 Select Collections in the Favorites panel or Look In menu. 2 Double-click the collection you want. A new Bridge window appears containing the results of the search.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 45 User Guide • For New Filenames, choose elements from the menus or enter text into the text boxes. The specified elements and text are combined to create the new file name. You can click the + button or - button to add or delete elements. A preview of the new file name appears at the bottom of the dialog box. Note: If you choose Sequence Number, enter a number. The number is automatically incremented for each file named.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 46 User Guide Depending on the selected file, the following types of metadata appear in the Bridge Metadata panel: File Properties Describes the characteristics of the file, including the size, creation date, and modification date. IPTC Core Displays editable metadata. You can add captions to your files as well as copyright information. IPTC Core is a new specification that was approved by IPTC (International Press Telecommunications Council) in October 2004.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 47 User Guide 4 When you have finished editing the metadata, click the Apply button at the bottom of the Metadata panel. To cancel any changes you’ve made, click the Cancel button at the bottom of the panel. To specify the metadata displayed in the Metadata panel 1 Do one of the following: • Choose Preferences from the Metadata panel menu. • Choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Bridge > Preferences (Mac OS), and then click Metadata from the list on the left side of the dialog box.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 48 User Guide Video Data 2 Lists information about the video, including alternate tape name and timecode values. Origin Lets you enter file information that is useful for news outlets, including when and where the file was created, transmission information, special instructions for handling the file, and headline information. You can also choose text from the menu to the right of the text fields.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 49 User Guide 2 Choose either of the following commands from the Metadata panel menu or the Tools menu: • Append Metadata, followed by the name of the template. This command applies the template metadata only where no metadata value or property currently exists in the file. • Replace Metadata, followed by the name of the template. This command completely replaces any existing metadata in the file with the metadata in the template.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 50 User Guide Adobe Stock Photos About Adobe Stock Photos Adobe Stock Photos lets you view, try, and buy royalty-free images from leading stock libraries. With Adobe Stock Photos, you won’t have to interrupt your design process to find quality images. Instead, from inside your favorite applications, you can use the powerful search capabilities of Adobe Stock Photos to find and download images. From Bridge, the Favorites pane gives you quick access to these stock images.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 51 User Guide All thumbnails from recent searches are saved on your computer. Having the thumbnails available offline is helpful if you want to browse through the images when your computer isn’t connected to the Internet. However, the thumbnails do take up some space on your hard drive.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 52 User Guide 2 In the text box at the top of the screen, type the word or phrase that describes the subject of the photos you want to search for. 3 In the search results, click a photo to select it. 4 Do one of the following: • Click the Get Price & Keywords button. • Right-click the image (Windows) and choose Get Price & Keywords from the menu. 5 When the Price & Keywords dialog box appears, select keywords under Keywords For This Image.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 53 User Guide Comp images About comp images Comp images are free, nonwatermarked, low-resolution versions of stock photos that you can download. You can use comps to capture a feeling, idea, or concept before choosing the final image for a project. Comps are not licensed for production, but you can use them in mock-ups or other preliminary work. Because comps are low-resolution images, they’re not suitable for printing or publishing.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 54 User Guide Adobe Stock Photos maintains a secure site, and you can rest assured that your personal information is kept in strict confidence. Any information you enter is used only for Adobe Stock Photos purposes. To view your photos, click Purchased Images in the Favorites pane, or navigate to the default Stock Photos folder: My Documents/AdobeStockPhotos (Windows) or Documents/AdobeStockPhotos (Mac OS).
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 55 User Guide 11 To view the receipt for your purchase, in the Thank You page click View Receipt. You can also monitor the progress of the download by clicking Open Download Status. When you finish, click Find More Images if you want to find new photos, or click Go To Your Account. If you have been working with a comp version of the image you purchased, you need to replace the comp with the high-resolution image in your art.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 56 User Guide To create a Stock Photos account 1 In Adobe Stock Photos, do one of the following: • Click the Your Account button , and then click the Continue button under Set Up An Account. • If you have photos in the shopping cart, click the Shopping Cart icon, and then click Checkout. Click Set Up An Account. 2 If you haven’t chosen your billing country, you see a dialog box with a list of countries. Choose the country of your billing address and click Continue.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 57 User Guide 4 Do any of the following: • To change the nickname associated with the default address, type a new name in the Billing Address Nickname text box. • Type any changes to the default address in the text boxes. • To add a new address to your account, click Add New Address, and then enter the information in the text boxes. • To edit a non-default address, click Edit under the address, and make any changes.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 58 User Guide To set Adobe Stock Photos preferences 1 In Adobe Bridge, choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Bridge > Preferences (Mac OS). 2 Select Adobe Stock Photos from the list on the left. 3 Set any of the following preferences, and then click OK: Thumbnails Per Search Group To set how many thumbnail images are displayed in a search group, choose an option from the Thumbnails Per Search Group menu.
59 Chapter 5: Creating projects and importing assets Working with projects About projects Adobe Encore DVD files are called projects. A project stores links to all the content that you intend to include on the DVD, as well as the menus and timelines (which combine video or stills, audio, and subtitles). Adobe Encore DVD creates a folder for your project in the same location as the project file.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 60 User Guide To move or rename a project Each project requires a project file (with the .ncor file-name extension) that contains links to—and instructions for using—the various assets in the project. Projects also require a project folder (named to match the project and at the same folder level as the project file), which stores previews, transcoded assets, and other files used in the project.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 61 User Guide A B C D A 720 x 480 pixel image can have a screen aspect ratio of either A. 4:3, or D. 16:9, depending on whether it has a pixel aspect ratio of B. 9, or C. 1.2. About still-image pixels Most digital still cameras and graphic applications use square pixels. You should set the pixel aspect ratio of stillimage assets to square to ensure that they display correctly. An exception to this rule are files created in Adobe Photoshop CS and Adobe Photoshop CS2.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 62 User Guide The screen aspect ratio is determined by two factors: the resolution of the image and the size of the pixels within it, or the pixel aspect ratio. As the resolution for a given asset is constant, (for example 720 x 480), Adobe Encore DVD sets screen aspect ratios based on the asset’s pixel aspect ratio. For more information about pixel aspect ratios, see “About pixel aspect ratios” on page 60.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 63 User Guide To specify the screen aspect ratio Adobe Encore DVD determines the screen aspect ratio for you. You can, however, change it if necessary. The type of asset determines how you specify the screen aspect ratio. For menus, and timelines containing still images but no video, you specify the screen aspect ratio in the Properties panel. For timelines with video, you specify the screen aspect ratio by setting the pixel aspect ratio of the video asset.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 64 User Guide • TIFF Supported video file formats You can import any of the following types of video files: • AVI • MPEG-2 (including MPG, MPV, and M2V) • QuickTime (MOV; including Reference Movies) Video must conform to one of the following frame rates and frame sizes, depending on the TV standard you plan to use for the project: Standard NTSC PAL Frame rate (frames per second) 29.97 25 23.976* 23.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 65 User Guide Transcoding 23.976, 23.98, or 24-fps files Because the frame rate doesn’t conform to NTSC standards, Adobe Encore DVD must transcode 23.976, 23.98, or 24 fps footage files upon import. When you import files with these frame rates, Adobe Encore DVD prompts you to choose an appropriate transcoding preset. By default, the program transcodes the files internally at 24 fps (to save disc space and maintain quality) but tags them to be played back at 29.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 66 User Guide Adobe Encore DVD interacts closely with Adobe Photoshop. If you follow a specific layer-naming convention for the menus you create in Photoshop, Adobe Encore DVD recognizes those layers as specific menu elements, such as buttons and subpictures. (See “Understanding layer name prefixes for Photoshop menus” on page 115.) Also, because Adobe Encore DVD creates all menus as PSD (Photoshop) files, you update your menus in Photoshop, directly from Adobe Encore DVD.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 67 User Guide To add items or sets to the Library The Library panel contains predesigned templates for menus and other design elements, such as buttons, images, and shapes. If you have still images, logos, buttons, and menus that you use frequently, you can store them in the Library, where you can quickly access them from any project. To keep them organized, you can group them into sets. The Library imports layered Photoshop files, as well as BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, and TIFF images.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 68 User Guide Adobe Dynamic Link, a feature of Adobe Production Studio, offers an alternative to this workflow: the ability to create dynamic links, without rendering, between new or existing compositions in After Effects and either Adobe Premiere Pro or Adobe Encore DVD. Creating a dynamic link is as simple as importing any other type of asset, and dynamically linked compositions appear with unique icons and label colors to help you identify them.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 69 User Guide If you’re working with complex source compositions and experiencing playback delays, you can take the composition offline or disable a linked clip to temporarily stop referencing a dynamically linked composition (see “To take a dynamically linked composition offline (Adobe Production Studio only)” on page 71), or render the composition and replace the dynamically linked composition with the rendered file.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 70 User Guide • In Adobe Premiere Pro, drag an After Effects project file into the Project panel. If the After Effects project file contains multiple compositions, Adobe Premiere Pro displays the Import Composition dialog box. Note: You can link to a single After Effects composition multiple times in a single Adobe Premiere Pro project. In an Adobe Encore DVD project, however, you can link to an After Effects composition only once.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 71 User Guide Offline compositions appear with an Offline icon in the Adobe Premiere Pro or Adobe Encore DVD Project panel. If you’re working with an offline composition, you can relink it to the original After Effects composition. You can also choose to relink a linked composition to a different source composition.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 72 User Guide Working in the Project panel About the Project panel The Project panel contains all the audio, video, and still-image assets you can use for a project. It also lists the timelines, menus, slide shows, playlists, and chapter playlists created for the project. Each asset you bring into Adobe Encore DVD is identified by a representative icon in the asset list. The list can be customized to group assets into various categories, and to group them into folders you create.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 73 User Guide Media Category Displays the asset type. This category is useful for sorting your assets according to their status as audio or video files, or both. Description Displays any comments you add to this row. You may type up to 254 characters in the Properties panel. Last Modified Displays date and time of the last modification to the file. File Path Displays the system location of the asset. This column is blank if Adobe Encore DVD can’t find the asset.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 74 User Guide A B Asset Preview thumbnail A. Play/Pause B. Current-time indicator Note: If a still image (such as a TIFF file) doesn’t match the project aspect ratio, Adobe Encore DVD crops or mattes it to fit the project’s frame size. Using the Still Clip Properties panel, you can control how the image is placed in a timeline, such as whether it is scaled and cropped or matted with black. (See “To scale and crop still images” on page 143.
75 Chapter 6: Menus Menu basics About menus Menus contain navigation buttons that give viewers access to the DVD contents. Menu buttons can play a movie or individual chapter, jump to other menus, set active audio and subtitle tracks, or play back special features on the DVD. The main menu in a DVD project is usually the first screen the viewer sees when a DVD starts. Depending upon the complexity of a project, a project may contain a single menu or multiple menus.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 76 User Guide A B C DVD menu A. Buttons lead to DVD content B. Subpicture highlights button when selected or activated C. Background A menu can include text, still images, motion footage, and audio. Depending on its composition, a menu is considered either a still menu or a motion menu: Still menu A menu composed of static images. It contains no moving footage or audio. Motion menu A menu that includes moving footage or audio. A video can play in the background of the menu.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 77 User Guide Adobe’s predesigned menus and buttons include subpictures. You can let Adobe Encore DVD create subpictures for you by using the Create Subpicture command or the Convert To Button command. In Adobe Photoshop, you can design your own subpictures. (See ““Using Photoshop to create Adobe Encore DVD menus” on page 114”.) See also “About button subpictures” on page 120 Menu Viewer The Menu Viewer provides a canvas for creating and modifying a menu.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 78 User Guide Displays remote control routing and button numbers of all buttons in the menu. You can customize the routing only if the Automatically Route Buttons menu property is turned off. (See “To change the routing order” on page 130.) Show Button Routing Displays any guides you added to the menu for aligning buttons and objects.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 79 User Guide The Library panel contains the following controls: Set Displays the currently selected set. Items in the Library panel are organized into thematic sets, such as Education, Corporate, or Wedding. You can create your own sets or add to the existing sets. Panel menu Contains commands to add or delete items or sets and to rename existing sets. It also includes commands for undocking and closing panel for frame within the panel.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 80 User Guide Properties panel for selected menu (left) and selected button (right) 1 Select the menu in the Project panel or Menus panel. 2 In the Properties panel, select the current name and type a new name. 3 In the Description box, type any notes about the menu. To rename a menu or button, you can also right-click it and choose Rename. Type the new name in the dialog box, and click OK. To name a menu button 1 In the Menu Viewer, select the button.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 81 User Guide Creating menus To create a menu using the Library panel The Library panel includes predesigned menus that represent a wide spectrum of visual styles and themes. Many menus have a companion submenu that reflects the same style and contains a different number of buttons. The menus include buttons with subpictures (for highlighting when the button is selected) and fully styled placeholders for text. The buttons on some menus provide a thumbnail layer for video.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 82 User Guide Sample buttons and design items from Library panel Each button includes subpictures that define how the button looks when selected (highlighted) or activated. The buttons are in layer sets together with the subpictures, so you can adjust individual elements or the entire button easily using the Layers panel. 1 In the Library panel, select the set that you want to view from the Set menu, and then click the Toggle Display Of Backgrounds button .
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 83 User Guide To change the default menu in the Library panel Adobe Encore DVD uses the default menu as the basis for any menu you create by using the Menu > New Menu command (or the New Menu button at the bottom of the Project panel). A star appears in the icon next to the current default menu. You can select any menu in the selected Library set to be the default menu. You can even add your own menu to the panel (using the panel’s Add Item button) and set your menu as the default.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 84 User Guide See also “About Adobe Bridge” on page 34 “Using Photoshop to create Adobe Encore DVD menus” on page 114 To place objects from the Library panel into a menu 1 Open the menu to which you want to add a Library panel element. 2 In the Library panel, select the set you want to view from the Set menu, and then click any of the icons to display the items for that type. For example, click the Toggle display of Buttons icon to display only buttons.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 85 User Guide Editing menu objects Selection tools The toolbox contains two selection tools for objects: Selection tool Selects an entire button set (a button, its text, and subpictures together) so that it can be manipu- lated as a unit. Direct Select tool Selects individual layers so that they can be manipulated on their own. Note: The Move tool does not select objects. The Move tool is used for moving objects after you select them.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 86 User Guide Layers panel Adobe Encore DVD uses the Photoshop file structure for creating menus. The Layers panel in Adobe Encore DVD displays the contents of the Photoshop file that is used as the basis for the menu. Therefore, you can edit menus in either program without losing the layer organization. Each object you add to a menu appears on a separate layer in the Layers panel in Adobe Encore DVD.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 87 User Guide To rename a layer or layer set 1 In the Layers panel, double-click the layer name you want to change. 2 In the Rename Layer dialog box, type the new name and click OK. Note: In Adobe Encore DVD, you can’t change the layer name prefixes of a button layer set (+), subpicture layers (=1), (=2), or (=3), replacement layers (!), or thumbnail layers (%). You can edit the prefixes in Photoshop. To move menu objects or layer sets 1 Open the menu that you want to modify.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 88 User Guide To move or copy a menu object into another layer set For multilayered menus, selecting using the Layers panel is helpful. 1 Open the menu that you want to modify. 2 In the Menu Viewer or Layers panel, select the object. 3 Choose Edit > Cut to move the object or Edit > Copy to copy it. 4 In the Layers panel, open the layer set into which you want to add the object, and select any object in the layer set. 5 Choose Edit > Paste.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 89 User Guide 3 Choose Object > Arrange, and then choose one of the following: • Bring To Front to move the selected item to the front. • Bring Forward to move the selected item one level forward. • Send Backward to move the selected item one level backward. • Send To Back to move the selected item to the back.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 90 User Guide To distribute menu objects If you want a series of buttons or objects to be evenly spaced, you don’t need to calculate the appropriate distance between them. The distribute options can place them evenly apart for you, either horizontally or vertically. You can choose to distribute them between the two outermost objects or between the borders of the Title Safe area. A B C Distributed objects A. Original position B.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 91 User Guide A B C Comparison of flipping object horizontally and vertically A. Object as originally placed B. Flipped horizontally C. Flipped vertically 1 Open the menu containing the object you want to flip. 2 In the Menu Viewer or Layers panel, select the object (or objects) you want to flip. 3 Choose either Object > Flip Horizontal or Object > Flip Vertical. About drop shadows Drop shadows add depth to a menu.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 92 User Guide 6 Adjust the color using one of the following methods (the color you select appears in the top half of the color swatch; the original color remains in the bottom half): • Locate the color range you want using the triangle sliders on the color spectrum bar, and then click a color in the color field. • Change the numeric values for Hue, Saturation, Brightness, Red, Green, or Blue. 7 Click OK. The new color replaces the original color in the Drop Shadow dialog box.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 93 User Guide A B C D E F G Styles panel A. Name of currently displayed set B. Preview of selected style C. Panel menu with additional options D. Buttons to display different types of styles: Image, Text, and Shape E. Apply Style F. Add Style G. Delete Style The Styles panel divides styles into three categories: Image, Text, and Shape. You can apply any style to an individual layer, except subpicture highlight layers—layers with the (=1), (=2), or (=3) prefix.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 94 User Guide Using guides in menus About guides Guides help you position items in menus. You can add, move, remove, or lock guides, and turn them on or off. Guides are visible only in the Menu Viewer. You do not see them when previewing or in the final DVD. Guides have an optional setting that makes objects you drag snap to them. The selection boundary and the center point of objects, as well as the baseline of type, snap to the guides.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 95 User Guide • To turn snapping to guides on or off, choose View > Snap To Guides. Adding text to menus About text in menus Adobe Encore DVD lets you type text directly onto a menu. You can type text either horizontally or vertically, and either freely or constrained to a bounding box. In addition to providing standard control over the appearance of the type, Adobe Encore DVD also lets you transform a text block as if it were an object.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 96 User Guide To resize the text bounding box 1 Open the menu containing the text block. 2 Select either the Vertical or Horizontal Text tool from the toolbox. 3 Click an insertion point in the text. The text bounding box appears. Note: If you don’t see a bounding box, you entered the text freely and must manually change the line breaks. 4 Position the pointer over a selection handle. When it changes to a double-headed arrow, drag the handle to resize the bounding box.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 97 User Guide 2 Select a text tool from the toolbox, and do one of the following: • Drag-select the type. (Shift-click to extend or reduce an existing selection.) • Double-click a word to select it. • Click an insertion point and press Shift+Ctrl+Right Arrow to select one word to the right. • Click an insertion point and press Shift+Ctrl+Left Arrow to select one word to the left. • Triple-click a line within a paragraph to select just the line.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 98 User Guide E A B C F D Character panel with Asian text options displayed A. Fonts and font attributes B. Font Style buttons C. Alignment options D. Asian Text options E. Character panel menu F. Text Antialias Mode options Fonts and font attributes The Character panel gives you precise control over individual characters including font, size, color, leading, kerning, tracking, and baseline shift.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 99 User Guide Sets the leading (the amount of space between lines of type measured baseline to baseline). Auto sets the leading at 120% of the font size of the text. If characters on a line have different settings, Adobe Encore DVD uses the largest leading value for the entire line. Applies tracking values to insert or remove space evenly through the selected text. Positive tracking values move the characters apart; negative tracking values move characters closer together.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 100 User Guide Text anti-alias options Anti-aliasing smooths the jagged edges of text by softening the color transition between the edge pixels of the characters and the background pixels. Anti-aliasing applies to all the characters in the text block. (To apply antialiasing, see “To change the attributes of characters, words, or paragraphs” on page 97.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 101 User Guide JIS Weak Set JIS Maximum Set Characters that can’t begin a line Characters that can’t begin a line Characters that can’t end a line Characters that can’t end a line Mojikumi Determines spacing between punctuation, symbols, numbers, and other character classes in Japanese type. Adobe Encore DVD includes several predefined mojikumi sets. • None turns off the use of mojikumi. • Mojikumi Set 1 uses half-width spacing for punctuation.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 102 User Guide Original text (left) and text with rotation applied (right) Tate-chuu-yoko (Also called kumimoji and renmoji) Changes the orientation of the characters from vertical to horizontal. The characters rotate 90 degrees as a group. You can select, edit, and format the rotated text just as you do the vertically-oriented characters. These features are often used to combine Asian and Roman characters and cannot be applied to horizontal text.
103 Chapter 7: Menus: Beyond the basics Motion menus About motion menus A menu can include sound and motion. You can replace the entire background of a menu with a video file, as well as link it to an audio file. A video can serve as a moving backdrop to a menu or provide all the visual elements of the menu except for the button highlighting. The video can include, for example, a moving background, scrolling credits, and even the button images.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 104 User Guide To add audio to a menu ❖ Do one of the following: • Select the menu in the Project panel. Then, in the Properties panel, click the Motion panel and drag the Audio pick whip to the audio file in the Project panel. • Drag the audio file from the Project panel to the menu in the Menu Viewer. Note: You link directly to the audio assets, not a timeline.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 105 User Guide Video thumbnail button and corresponding button layers in Layers panel See also “To add a video background to a menu” on page 103 To customize video thumbnail buttons The easiest way to create a video thumbnail button is to drag a button from the Library panel into your menu and then edit the button. (Many menus in the Library panel already include video thumbnail buttons.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 106 User Guide 3 Create a layer set (also called a layer group) and add (+) to the beginning of its name. Include the parentheses. 4 Create a placeholder for the video thumbnail within this layer set. You can draw the placeholder or place a still image. If you use a shape tool, such as the Rectangle tool, to draw the placeholder, the shape of the layer becomes the mask for the video thumbnail.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 107 User Guide To move or delete a poster frame 1 Open the timeline containing the poster frame. 2 Do one of the following: • To move the poster frame, drag its marker in the timeline. The Monitor panel displays the current location of the poster frame as you drag. When you release it, the Monitor panel again displays the location of the current-time indicator. • To delete the poster frame, drag its marker onto its corresponding chapter in the timeline.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 108 User Guide About Loop # and Duration You can set the display time of a menu to a specific amount (called Duration). For motion menus, the Duration setting determines how long the menu plays before either repeating itself (called Loop #) or triggering the end action. The video or audio content of the menu plays within the confines of the Duration. The menu duration is set automatically to match the length of the video background or audio that you add to the menu.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 109 User Guide A Loop Point is often used when a menu has been animated in Adobe After Effects. For example, you can create a video in After Effects in which the button images fly in from different points and settle into position after 15 seconds. In this case, the background video, not the menu, includes the button images. Except for those first 15 seconds, the button images would remain static for the remainder of the video (other elements could continue to move).
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 110 User Guide 2 Include any video or audio in the menu background that you want to use in the menu template. 3 Select the menu in the Project panel. 4 Choose Menu > Save Menu As Template. 5 To make it easy to transfer the menu template to a different computer, select Self-Contained. (See “Using menu templates on multiple computers” on page 110.) 6 Specify the file name and location of the menu template, and then click Save.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 111 User Guide Replacement layers About replacement layers A replacement layer is a special placeholder layer that lets you drag an image onto an area of your menu while maintaining masks and layer effects. Replacement layers are especially useful in menu templates to easily swap in your own images while maintaining the overall design of the menu.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 112 User Guide To create a replacement layer in Photoshop You can add a replacement layer to a menu in Photoshop and then bring the menu back into your project. The key is to size the placeholder appropriately for the image or video and to add the prefix (!) to the placeholder layer name. 1 Select the menu that you want to edit in the Project panel. 2 Choose Edit > Edit Menu In Photoshop, or click the Edit Menu In Photoshop tool in the toolbox.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 113 User Guide Automatically generated submenus For a tutorial on creating a chapter index, visit Resource Center on the Adobe website. To create a chapter index 1 Create or open the menu to use as the basis for the chapter index menu. 2 Add the necessary navigation buttons, such as Main Menu, Next, and Previous, to the menu. The Next and Previous buttons are linked automatically when the index chapters are generated.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 114 User Guide 7 Choose Menu > Create Chapter Index. The menu buttons are linked to the chapter points. If there are more chapter points than buttons, additional submenus are created. 8 Open each submenu in the Menu Viewer, and check the links and button names. Edit the button text and button properties as necessary. About the starting menu used for creating a chapter index The starting menu is the basis from which the chapter index menus are created.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 115 User Guide Menu Size using Rectangular Pixels Menu Size using Square Pixels NTSC Fullscreen (standard) 720 x 480 720 x 534 NTSC Widescreen 720 x 480 854 x 480 PAL Fullscreen (standard) 720 x 576 768 x 576 PAL Widescreen 720 x 576 1024 x 576 Button size Create buttons at least 70 x 60 pixels to guarantee their visibility on a television.
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ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 117 User Guide Menu item Photoshop component Layer-name prefix Example Button Text Text layers within the button layer set Daisy button Button Image Image layers within the button layer set Daisy image Button subpictures (optional) Single-color image layers.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 118 User Guide Using After Effects to enhance menus Using After Effects to create Adobe Encore DVD menus Adobe Encore DVD and After Effects 6.5 (or later) contain several integrated features to help you create dynamic motion menus. Using After Effects, you can animate elements of a menu so that, for example, the button images fly into position or fade in over an image or video. The composition you create can then act as a video background to the actual menu in the project.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 119 User Guide 3. Hide the animated layers in the original menu. Using the Layers panel in Adobe Encore DVD, hide all the layers that you animated so that they do not appear over the background video. 4. Import the AVI and link it as a video background to the menu. Import the video background you created as an asset into your Adobe Encore DVD project. Then, using the Properties panel, link the video to the menu so that it replaces the menu background. 5. Set the menu Loop Point.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 120 User Guide 4 Render the movie as an AVI file. Choose Embed Project Link from the output options in the Render Queue so that you can return to After Effects directly from Adobe Encore DVD to make adjustments if necessary. 5 Open the menu in Adobe Encore DVD, and choose File > Import As Asset. Select the video you created in After Effects, and click Open.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 121 User Guide To create automatic button subpictures The easiest way to create a button subpicture is to use the Create Subpicture command. This command creates a single-color image of the button. It bases the shape of the created subpicture on the text and image layers that are set as visible within the button layer set.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 122 User Guide Creating subpictures outside Adobe Encore DVD Button subpicture requirements A DVD player uses subpictures to highlight buttons. The subpicture is like a transparent overlay that sits on top of the menu. Subpictures can be difficult to understand, especially if you are accustomed to creating rollovers for web pages.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 123 User Guide Layers flattened into single overlay The subpicture layers you create are flattened into a single image in the build process. Top layer wins If subpicture layers in a button layer set overlap, the top layer takes precedence when the layers are flattened into the final overlay. Layers part of button layer set The subpicture layers for a button must be contained within that button’s layer set.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 124 User Guide Set the color and opacity of all elements on the layer as you want the layer to appear in the selected state. (All items should use the same values.) When you import the menu, Adobe Encore DVD automatically generates a color set using this color definition and opacity value for the selected and activated state. (See “Automatic color set” on page 127.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 125 User Guide Menu color sets About color sets for menus Color sets specify the colors used in subpictures. Each menu can reference only one color set. However, a project may contain any number of sets. To maintain a consistent look throughout a project, a common approach is to use the same color set for all menus in a project. Using a limited number of color sets makes it very easy to change the highlighting colors for the entire project at once.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 126 User Guide To define a color set for menus You define a color set for a menu in the Menu Color Set dialog box. The colors you define are applied to the currently active menu. 1 Open the menu for which you want to create the color set, and then choose Menu > Edit Menu Color Set. 2 Click the New Color Set button . 3 Type the name of the new color set, and click OK. 4 Click Preview to preview the colors in the menu as you create them.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 127 User Guide Automatic color set When you import a menu into your project, Adobe Encore DVD looks at the colors and opacity settings in the subpicture layers and automatically generates a color set based on those values. The Automatic color set is different from other color sets in two ways. First, it updates automatically anytime you edit a menu in Photoshop (using the Edit Menu In Photoshop command). Second, it cannot be edited directly.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 128 User Guide Note: If you choose the Automatic color set, Adobe Encore DVD generates a unique color set based on the colors used in the subpicture layers of each individual menu. (See “Automatic color set” on page 127.) To change the color group of buttons 1 In the Menus panel, select the appropriate menu. (Ctrl or Shift-click to select additional menus.) 2 Select the button you want to change. (Ctrl or Shift-click to select additional buttons.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 129 User Guide Setting remote control buttons To renumber buttons Adobe Encore DVD assigns each button a number. Viewers can select buttons by using the remote control. You can renumber buttons within a menu. Button numbers must start at one and be sequential (no gaps between numbers). 1 Open the menu and select the button in the Menu Viewer. 2 Choose a new number from the Number pop-up menu in the Button Properties panel. Adobe Encore DVD renumbers the other buttons as necessary.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 130 User Guide A B C D Comparison of the preset routing options for remote control buttons A. Wrap around left/right, wrap within the same row (default) B. Wrap around left/right, drop to the next row C. Wrap around up/down, wrap within same column D. Wrap around up/down, drop to next column To change the routing order When you turn off automatic routing, you can manually set the path for the remote control through the menu buttons.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 131 User Guide You create a style from an Adobe Photoshop file containing a single layer with layer styles (effects) applied to it. The layer type—image, text, or shape—determines its category in the Styles panel. A style can either replace all the effects in a layer or add to the existing effects. Except for very simple styles, you generally want a style to replace existing effects so that you get the same results each time you use it.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 132 User Guide To add a new style to the Styles panel 1 In the Adobe Encore DVD Styles panel, select the set to which you want to add the style. 2 Click the New Item button . 3 Locate the PSD file containing the style you want to add, and click OK. The style is added to the Styles panel. Its name matches the name of the file.
133 Chapter 8: Timelines Timeline basics About timelines DVDs can contain multiple features, such as movies or slide shows. For example, a wedding DVD might have separate videos of the bride and groom getting ready, the ceremony, and highlights of the reception, along with a slide show of wedding photos. You arrange the necessary assets of each feature—video clips or still images, the main audio, and possibly supplemental audio and subtitles—into timelines, graphic representations of a feature over time.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 134 User Guide Note: All timelines in a project are written to disc, even if they aren’t linked to anything. Make sure to delete any orphaned (unlinked) timelines you do not want to use. A B C D E F G H I J K Timeline Viewer A. Add Chapter button B. Current-time indicator C. Chapter point D. GOP header E. Poster frame F. Timeline tab displaying current timeline G. Current timecode in timeline H. Current position in source clip I. Tracks J. Track selector K.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 135 User Guide Previous and Next buttons Moves the current-time indicator to the previous image, or subtitle clip and selects it in the timeline. or next video clip, audio clip, still About the Monitor panel The Monitor panel lets you view and play the content of the current timeline or slideshow, as well as add and edit subtitles and chapter points. It displays the frame marked by the timeline’s current-time indicator and can play all or portions of the timeline.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 136 User Guide Zoom Level Increases or decreases the magnification of the image in the Monitor panel by the specified percentage. If Fit is selected, the video frame is scaled to match the size of the monitor panel’s boundaries. Displays the action safe zones and title safe zones. Keep subtitles within the boundaries of the inner guides to avoid clipping on some monitors. (Television monitors reduce the visible area of footage and menus.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 137 User Guide To add still images to timelines You can add still images to a timeline that includes one or more movie clips, or you can add a series of still images to a timeline to create a slide show effect. However, to create a slide show, you may want to use the Slideshow Viewer. (See “About slide shows” on page 146.) 1 Select the image in the Project panel, and choose Timeline > New Timeline.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 138 User Guide • Use the subtitle, skip, or chapter-point navigation buttons in the Monitor panel. • Change the timecode values in the Timeline Viewer. To move to a different frame using the current-time indicator The Monitor and Timeline Viewer panels give you several shortcuts to move to another frame. Besides simply dragging the current-time indicator in the ruler, you can skip forward or back to the next subtitle, GOP header, or chapter point.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 139 User Guide Do one of the following: • Click the Zoom In icon or drag the zoom slider to the right. The timeline expands to show more detail. • Click the Zoom Out icon or drag the zoom slider to the left. The timeline contracts to show less detail. • Select the Zoom tool from the toolbox and click or drag over the area of the timeline you want to expand; you can also Alt-click to contract the timeline. • Press the plus sign (+) or minus sign (-) key to zoom in or out.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 140 User Guide Note: Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects can export markers in AVI and MPEG-2 files. Adobe Encore DVD uses the markers to create chapter points. (See “Importing from Adobe Premiere Pro” on page 66.) 1 Open the timeline to which you want to add chapter points. 2 Choose Window > Monitor to view the video as you add chapter points. 3 Move the current-time indicator to the frame where you want a chapter point.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 141 User Guide To display chapter names in the time ruler 1 Open the desired timeline. 2 Choose View > Show Chapter Names. Note: This view setting applies only to the current timeline. Editing assets in timelines To trim video and audio clips in timelines You can trim video and audio clips directly in the timeline or by editing timecodes in the Properties panel.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 142 User Guide A B C Difference between clearing and ripple-deleting clips A. Middle clip selected B. Clip cleared C. Clip ripple-deleted Note: Ripple deleting can cause audio and subtitle clips to go out of sync with video clips. Deleting a video or audio clip removes the item from the timeline, but the item is not deleted from the Project panel. To remove an entire audio or subtitle track rather than just a clip, see “To remove audio or subtitle tracks” on page 154.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 143 User Guide 3 Drag the end of the clip to increase or decrease its length. Note: To increase the length of a still image, there must be empty frames adjacent to it. See also “About slide shows” on page 146 To change the default duration of still images 1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Timelines. 2 For Default Still Length, type the number of seconds you want stills to display, and click OK. Adobe Encore DVD changes the display time of all subsequently placed still images.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 144 User Guide 2 Choose Edit > Edit Original. Adobe Premiere Pro or After Effects (depending upon which is pointed to in the project link) starts and opens the video project. Note: If Edit Original is dimmed, the video may not contain a project link. 3 Make changes as necessary. 4 Export the file to the same name, file format (MPEG-2 or AVI), and location as the original file, overwriting it.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 145 User Guide Note: The Encoded option shows the size of the clip after transcoding or the estimated size if not yet transcoded.
146 Chapter 9: Slide shows Slide show basics About slide shows A slide show contains a set of still images that viewers can play from a DVD. After you create a slide show, use the Slideshow Viewer to add still images. Supported file types include BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, PSD, and TIFF. In the Slideshow Viewer, you can also reorder slides, add audio clips, determine the duration of the slides, and change other settings. Each slide show can contain up to 99 slides.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 147 User Guide • To create a slide show from assets in the Project panel, select the still images and audio clips, right-click the selected images, and choose New > Slideshow. Still images appear in the Slides area, and audio clips appear in the Audio area. A new slide show appears in the Slideshow Viewer. 2 In the Properties panel, type the name of the slide show, and type a description. 3 Add images by dragging them from the Project panel to the Slides area in the Slideshow Viewer.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 148 User Guide Formatting slide shows Changing individual slide settings The options in the Slideshow Viewer and Properties panel affect all slides in the slide show, as long as no individual slides are selected. By selecting one or more slides in the Slideshow Viewer, the options you change in the Slideshow Viewer or Properties panel affect only the selected slides.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 149 User Guide To set slide transitions You can apply a default transition to all slides in a slide show or to individual slides. You can customize many of the transition types you select using the Transition pane in the Properties panel. 1 Do any of the following: • To apply a transition to the entire slide show, deselect all slides and, in the Slideshow Viewer, select a transition other than None from the Default Transition menu.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 150 User Guide To create subtitles for slides Adding subtitles to your slide show is easy. Use the name or description of each slide as the subtitle. You can change other options, such as the color group, stroke, and position of the subtitle. The starting time and duration of the subtitle match those of the slide. Subtitles in slides 1 In the Slides area of the Slideshow Viewer, select the slide to which you want to add a subtitle.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 151 User Guide 3 From the Scale menu, choose one of the following: Scale And Apply Matte Proportionally scales the slide so that the entire image fits the frame, applying a matte as necessary to fill any blank area of the frame. Scale And Crop Edges Proportionally scales the slide until it fills the frame, cropping any area that exceeds the frame. Do Nothing Maintains the original dimensions of the image. The slide is centered.
152 Chapter 10: Working with multiple audio and subtitle tracks Audio and subtitle basics About audio tracks and subtitles While a DVD can include as many as eight audio tracks and 32 subtitle tracks (16 subtitle tracks for widescreen video), a DVD player can play only one of each type of track at a time (one video, one audio, and one subtitle track). Traditionally, audio track 1 is used for the soundtrack of the video.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 153 User Guide 2 Do any of the following, and then click OK: • Specify the default number of audio tracks and the default audio language. • Specify the default number of subtitle tracks, the default subtitle language, and the default subtitle length. Audio clips About multiple audio clips While you can have as many as eight audio tracks, remember that the DVD player can play only one of them at a time.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 154 User Guide 3 If you are adding audio in different languages, choose the appropriate language code from the Language menu on the left side of the track in the Timeline Viewer. 4 Add as many audio tracks as necessary (as many as 8 per timeline). You can add multiple audio clips to a single track, or you can add them to separate tracks. Note: If you are adding multiple audio tracks to several timelines, make sure that you put similar audio on the same track in each timeline.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 155 User Guide To create subtitles manually Using the Monitor panel, you can step through your video and type subtitles where needed. Just as when you type text on a menu, you can enter subtitle text either freely or constrained to a bounding box. If you first create a bounding box for the subtitles, the lines of text automatically wrap to the next line when they reach the edge of the box. You can resize the box to reflow the text.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 156 User Guide To set subtitle properties 1 In the timeline, select a subtitle clip. 2 Change any of the following options in the Properties panel: • Choose the desired color group from the Highlight Group menu. (See “About subtitle colors” on page 165.) • Set the desired width option from the Stroke menu. The stroke outlines the type to increase the contrast and improve readability. • Change the duration of the subtitle. (See “Changing the display time of subtitles” on page 157.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 157 User Guide • To reposition the subtitle, click a selection tool, and place the cursor over the subtitle text. When the cursor changes to a black arrowhead, drag the subtitle to the desired location in the Monitor panel. • To change the color group, stroke weight, or alignment, click a selection tool, and select the clip in the timeline. Then, change the appropriate option in the Properties panel. (These properties apply to the entire clip, not to individual characters.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 158 User Guide To change the default display time of subtitles 1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Timelines. 2 For Default Subtitle Length, type the number of seconds you want subtitles to display, and then click OK. Adobe Encore DVD changes the display time of all new subtitles. Existing subtitles remain unchanged. Importing subtitles About importing script files You import subtitles using a script file.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 159 User Guide To import text script files 1 Open the timeline to which you want to add subtitles. 2 Choose Timeline > Import Subtitles > Text Script. You can import directly from the timeline by right-clicking the Subtitle track header and choosing the appropriate import option from the menu. 3 Locate and select the script you want to import, and click Open.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 160 User Guide A D B E F C G H I Import Subtitles dialog box A. Subtitle within bounding box B. Text formatting and alignment options C. Coordinates of the text bounding box D. Options for formatting Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) characters E. Subtitle track and language F. Color set options G. Timecode offset options H. Text orientation I.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 161 User Guide A B C Comparison of position values for horizontal text A. 0% B. 50% C. 100% Asian text options Specifies options for formatting Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) characters (also known as double-byte characters). (See “Asian text options” on page 100.) Subtitle track and languages Lists the available subtitle tracks or lets you specify that a new track be created for the subtitles. Also lets you designate the language of the subtitles.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 162 User Guide Note: Image scripts (except FAB files) contain a path to the image files. Before you import a script, make sure that the image files are in the location it specifies. To import subtitle image files using scripts 1 Open the timeline to which you want to add subtitles. 2 Choose Timeline > Import Subtitles > FAB Images Script or Timeline > Import Subtitles > Image Script.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 163 User Guide Timecode format It is important that your script files correctly specify the timecode for your project. The timecode you use depends on the television standard of the project: NTSC NTSC projects use drop-frame timecode, which separates the numbers with semicolons, as in hh;mm;ss;ff (hours; minutes; seconds; frames). PAL PAL projects use timecode that separates the numbers with colons, as in hh:mm:ss:ff (hours: minutes: seconds: frames).
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 164 User Guide See also “To import text script files” on page 159 Structure of image scripts In image scripts, the first line designates the screen position, in pixel coordinates, of all image files. The second line includes a path to the folder containing the image files. The path is absolute, not relative, so make sure that you update the path if you move the image files.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 165 User Guide Subtitle colors About subtitle colors Timeline color sets specify the colors used in subtitles. You can use the same color set for the entire project or define a color set for each timeline. A color set is divided into three groups. You can select the appropriate color group for each clip to ensure maximum visibility or to distinguish, for example, between characters in a film.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 166 User Guide 8 Click OK. The new color replaces the original color in the Timeline Color Set dialog box. 9 Choose the desired opacity level from the Opacity menu adjacent to the color swatch. 10 Repeat steps 5 through 9 for any color you want to change. 11 For any subtitle group, select Create Anti-Alias Color From Fill And Stroke to automatically create an Anti-Alias color based on the values for Fill and Stroke. Selecting this option disables the Anti-Alias color settings.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 167 User Guide To change the color group applied to a subtitle clip You can use color groups to vary the subtitles depending upon the background or to help identify or distinguish between subtitles (such as to identify speakers). 1 Open the timeline containing the subtitle colors you want to change. 2 Select the subtitle clip (or clips) that you want to alter in the timeline. To select all the subtitles on a track, doubleclick the track name.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 168 User Guide • If your project includes subtitle tracks, choose the track you want as the default from the Set Subtitle pop-up menu. The default setting, No Change, leaves the subtitle track as set in the DVD player. The default setting for Set Audio and Set Subtitle is No Change, which leaves the audio track as set in the DVD player.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 169 User Guide To indicate the active audio or subtitle track You can indicate to the viewer which audio or subtitle track is currently active when a menu is displayed. For example, if a viewer uses a menu to turn on French subtitles, watches the DVD, and then returns to the menu with subtitle options, the French subtitle option is selected, even if it wasn’t the default. 1 In the Project panel, select a menu that acts as a setup menu for the DVD’s audio or subtitle tracks.
170 Chapter 11: Creating and managing links Understanding navigation Project navigation and links Once you have imported the assets for your project, created your menus, and prepared the timelines for the video, audio, and still images, it’s time to link them together. To create the actual navigation links, regardless of which element type you’re working with, you can use the Properties panel or the Flowchart. Before creating links, however, you need to understand link types and options.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 171 User Guide setting. If a viewer leaves, for example, the menu can jump back to the main menu after a reasonable wait period, to be ready for the next person. End action override This is an optional setting that can override the end action of the destination. The standard link sets the next destination; the override sets the end action of that destination, replacing its default end action. Overrides give you dynamic control over the navigation through a DVD.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 172 User Guide Chapter playlist A chapter playlist is a collection of chapters within a single timeline. When linking to a chapter playlist, you can also specify an end action. Slideshow When linking to a slide show, you also choose one of its chapters (individual slides). Link transition When specifying a button link, you can also specify a link transition. Link transitions are actually short-duration assets that play when a button link is invoked, before the linked asset plays.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 173 User Guide • Drag the pick whip to the desired element, either in its viewer (such as the Timelines Viewer or the Menu Editor), the Timeline, Menu, or Project panels, or the Flowchart. Be aware that the pick whip behaves a bit differently, depending on where it’s dragged. For example, if you drag the pick whip to a timeline in the Flowchart, the link is established to chapter 1 by default.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 174 User Guide With the use of overrides, a button can control not just the next destination, but the subsequent destination as well. Therefore, with careful planning, you can dynamically change the path through the DVD according to what the viewer has just seen. You can also specify the link for a button by dragging the destination element from the Project tab onto the button in the Menu Editor.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 175 User Guide 2 In the Properties panel, specify a destination for End Action. For more information about end actions, see “Link types” on page 170. 3 Select a destination for Menu Remote. For more information about the Menu Remote, see “Link types” on page 170. To return viewers to the last menu they viewed, choose Return To Last Menu from the Properties panel menu.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 176 User Guide B C A Drag the pick whip (C) to a timeline (A) to add it to the playlist (B) displayed in the Playlist Properties panel. See also “About chapter playlists” on page 177 To create a playlist 1 Select the timelines, slide shows, and chapter playlists you want in the new playlist. 2 In the Project panel, Choose Create New Playlist from the New Item menu at the bottom of the panel, or choose File > New > Playlist. Enter a name for the playlist, and click OK.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 177 User Guide About chapter playlists Chapter playlists function much as playlists do, but provide a means of playing a single timeline’s chapters in a nonsequential order. You can also use chapter playlists to change the end action, menu remote, or other timeline properties. After creating a chapter playlist, you populate and edit it by using the Playlist Properties panel.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 178 User Guide 4 Specify the necessary links and other settings by selecting a chapter in the left pane and making updates in the Properties panel. Managing links and modifying elements Making element-level or global edits The various panels, including the Disc, Menus, Project, and Timelines panels, together provide an excellent planning and management tool for a project.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 179 User Guide To edit elements and links 1 Click the Project, Timelines, or Menus panel. (The Project panel displays all the elements in a project, while the Timelines and Menus panels only display the single element type.) 2 Select the desired elements. You can select only one type of element at a time. If you select different elements, such as a timeline and a menu, the Properties panel displays the message, “Objects of different types are selected.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 180 User Guide The Flowchart provides several visual clues about items and their links. The disc icon represents the root of the hierarchy. Each item in the Flowchart can include a thumbnail. A quick glance at a thumbnail informs you of the element type (slide show, timeline, and so on), its buttons (for menus), audio and subtitle track information, and the chapter being linked to (for timelines, slide shows, playlists, and chapter playlists).
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 181 User Guide A[n] Audio track is set to audio track [n]. S[n] Subtitle track is set to subtitle track [n]. SX Subtitle track is off. C[n] Link to chapter [n]. Link lines The appearance of link lines informs you of the relationship between elements, and the arrow indicates the direction of the link. Solid black lines Represent a normal link. Red lines Represent a broken link.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 182 User Guide Auto and manual placement in the Flowchart Adobe Encore DVD automatically populates the flowchart as you create DVD items and link them together. You can also add items to the Flowchart manually, via drag-and-drop. Manually placed items include a drop shadow for easy identification. You can move both manually and automatically placed items using the Move tool. You can let Encore rearrange manually placed items automatically.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 183 User Guide 3 Set the desired First Play link. In this example, the First Play item is the main menu. Set this link using one of the following methods: • Click the Selection tool , and then select the disc icon. (The Selection tool icon changes to the pick whip icon when its in the Flowchart.) Drag from the disc icon to the DVD element you want to set as the link. You can drag to other items in the Flowchart, or to the Project, Timelines, or Menus panels.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 184 User Guide To manage links and elements in the Flowchart You can manage links and update assets in the Flowchart as follows: • To manage links in the Flowchart, select the element whose link you want to modify. In the Properties panel, drag the pick whip for the link to the element representing the new link destination. Adobe Encore DVD updates the link and refreshes the Flowchart panel appropriately. You can also manage links via drag-and-drop.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 185 User Guide • Play Chapter Lets the viewer play a specific chapter. Note: Disabling Play Chapter also disables the Search For Chapter operation. • Search For Chapter Lets the viewer search for a specific chapter. • Play Timecode Lets the viewer enter a timecode to play or search for. • Stop Lets the viewer stop the DVD. • Pause Lets the viewer pause the DVD. • Previous/Next Chapter Lets the viewer move among chapters.
186 Chapter 12: Testing and building DVDs Testing DVD projects About previews Once you have assembled your project and set your links, you should preview and check your project before you build the DVD. Previewing provides a way to evaluate the performance of your project from an audience perspective, and the Check Project feature identifies broken links, orphaned menus, bitrate problems, and a host of other discrelated issues.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 187 User Guide file’s location. Click Clean to remove any old cached files; click Delete to discard the database (not the actual files, just the pointers to the files). You can clean the database to free up additional disc space. You can delete the database to troubleshoot a project. To preview a project 1 Choose File > Preview to open the Project Preview panel or click the Preview tool .
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 188 User Guide The menu displays the available audio tracks and their language code, highlighting the currently Audio Track selected track. Toggles the subtitle on and off. The menu displays the available subtitle tracks and their language code, highlighting the currently selected one. Toggle Subtitle Display Status area Displays the name of the timeline or menu in the first line.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 189 User Guide The Project Preview panel displaying in 4:3 aspect ratio mode (left) and 16:9 aspect ratio mode (right) Note: Full-screen playback is not available. That is, you cannot resize the Project Preview panel to occupy the entire computer monitor. 1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Preview. 2 Set options as desired, and click OK. To check a project The Check Project feature lets you check for broken links, orphaned menus and timelines, and other common problems.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 190 User Guide Check Project options The Check Project feature identifies the following issues: Button Links Checks for links that point to missing menus, buttons, or timelines, or links that aren’t specified. End Actions Checks for invalid End Actions. Overrides Checks for invalid Override links. First Play Checks that a first play action is present and valid. Title Remote Checks that the title remote property is set and valid.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 191 User Guide Macrovision An analog copy protection scheme intended to prevent playing back recordings made from DVD to analog video devices, such as VCRs. Macrovision-encoded data sends electronic pulses to the analog device to disrupt recording sync, thereby scrambling the recorded image. Note: Using Macrovision copy protection requires that you pay a per-disc royalty. Your replication service will provide you with more information on this.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 192 User Guide Building the finished project To build a DVD Once you have completed, successfully previewed, and set transcoding options for your project, you are ready to build it into a DVD-compliant file ready for burning or replication. Before building your project, verify your project settings, especially the disc parameters (size, number of layers, and sides), region coding, and copy-protection settings.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 193 User Guide Destination Specifies where to write your project: • Location Specifies the destination for your build folder or disc image. Type the destination file path, or click Browse to specify the location. • Recorder Specifies the disc writer or DLT drive to which the project is sent for burning. Click Refresh to scan your hardware for additional disc writers. • Test Before Writing Tests the DVD burner, not the project, before writing the disc.
ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 194 User Guide Replicating DVDs To produce multiple copies of your DVD, you can burn them yourself, either in Adobe Encore DVD or by using a third-party mastering application. Producing them in Adobe Encore DVD works best for limited quantities and requires the appropriate hardware or software. However, if you require a large quantity of DVDs, use a professional replication facility for mass production.
195 Chapter 13: Keyboard shortcuts Using keyboard shortcuts About keyboard shortcuts Adobe Encore DVD provides a set of keyboard shortcuts. Because many commands and buttons have keyboard equivalents, you can create a DVD with minimal use of the mouse. To find the keyboard shortcut for a tool, button, or menu command ❖ Do one of the following: • For a tool or button, hold the pointer over the tool or button until its tool tip appears.
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ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0 198 User Guide Keys for Adobe Bridge This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts. This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips. Result Shortcut Open Adobe Bridge from other Creative Suite appli- Control + Alt + O, Control + Shift + O cation Switch to previous Bridge window Shift + Control + ~ Switches to the next view (As Thumbnails.
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200 Index Numerics 23.976 fps files, importing 65 Adobe Help Center about 2 animating menus 108 23.
INDEX default menu button 80 Check Project feature 189 online resources 7 drop shadow 91 CJK text running 44 highlighting 120, 171 automated tasks automatic color set 127 in Library panel 67 formatting options 100 subtitle text script options 159 linking to audio tracks 168 Close Window command 35 B backgrounders and online resources 7 linking to subtitle tracks 168 closed captions backgrounds numbering 129 naming 80 navigation 173 adding to menus 81 offset 129 predesigned 78 override
INDEX Create After Effects Composition command 119 dual-sided discs 24 Create Text Subpicture command 121 duration cropping menu objects 90 slides in slide show 150 still images 143 current-time indicator about 137 custom templates 109 Cut command 41 D data rates 25 Decrease Font Size command 46 Decrease Rating command 43 default elements buttons 83 templates 83 Delete Workspace command 37 Deselect All command 40 developer resources scripting guides 7 Duplicate command 41 slide shows 149 importing 16
INDEX G General preferences installing software 1 managing 178 interpreting footage 61 menus and buttons 171 Invert Selection command 40 options for element type 171 geographical regions (region coding) 191 IPTC (IIM, legacy) 45 playlists 171 IPTC Core 45 slide shows 172 Global Positioning System (GPS) data 45 IPTC information 46 specifying 172 IPTC metadata, editing 46 timelines and chapters 171 Bridge 38 GOPs (Groups of Pictures) 139 GPS information in files 45, 46 guides about 94 locki
INDEX background motion 103, 109 Metadata Focus command 36 converting from buttons 84 chapter indexes 112 Metadata panel 45 converting to buttons 84 creating After Effects composition 119 metadata, specifying types to display in Metadata panel 48 converting to replacement layer 112 default template 83 Microsoft Windows Explorer, adding items to Library panel from 67 copying 87 Library items 81 menu types 75 mojikumi text 100 flipping 90 naming 79 Monitor panel moving 87 distributing 90 o
INDEX pixel aspect ratio creating 59 Reveal In Explorer command 41 about 60 navigation 170 Reveal In Finder command 41 specifying 61 opening 59 RGB color 114 previewing 186 Ripple Delete command 141 Place command in Bridge 41 playlists about 175 creating 176 editing 176 plug-ins in Adobe Store 7 poster frames deleting 107 Properties panel Rotate 180˚ command 42 viewing clip properties 144 Rotate 90˚ Clockwise command 42 Purge Cache For This Folder command 38 Rotate 90˚ Counterclockwise com
INDEX Send Backward command 88 states, button 76 creating timelines 136 Send To Back command 88 still images indicating active track 169 Send To Recycle Bin command 41 adding to timelines 137 multiple tracks 152 setting disc size 24 aspect ratio 143 previewing timeline 137 Show All Files command 40 creating menus from 83 setting default track 167 Show Camera Raw Files Only command 40 creating timelines from 136 in slide shows 150 default length, changing 143 typing into Monitor panel 155
INDEX default menu template 83 transcoding vertical about 28 distribution, objects 90 testing. See previewing bit budgeting 26 scaling, type 98 text scripts, subtitles 158 choosing a preset 32 subtitles 155, 160 text.
INDEX Z zooming Menu Viewer 77 timeline 138 208
