User Guide

ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0
User Guide
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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.
To animate video thumbnail buttons
You can set video thumbnail buttons to be either still or moving using the menu property Animate Buttons. When
you select the menu property, you convert all the video thumbnail buttons on the menu to motion buttons. Thus,
each time the viewer displays the menu, the video links play in the thumbnails. When Animate Buttons is deselected,
the thumbnails display a still frame of the video.
1 In the Project panel, select the menu containing the video thumbnail buttons.
2 In the Properties panel, click the Motion tab and select Animate Buttons.
The Animate Button property controls the state of all the video thumbnail buttons on the menu. You cannot set them
individually. Adobe Encore DVD composites the video into the button during the build process.
See also
“Controlling menu display time and looping” on page 107
Menu display time and looping
Controlling menu display time and looping
The default display setting for a still menu is Hold Forever, which displays the menu indefinitely. You can limit how
long a menu waits for the viewer to activate a button, and you can designate what should display next if the viewer
makes no selection. Controlling the display time of a menu is usually necessary in DVDs left running to be viewed
by many people, such as in information kiosks, museum displays, or educational settings. When one viewer leaves,
it is important that the DVD returns to the main menu so that it is ready for the next viewer.
Three settings control the display time and looping of a motion menu: Duration, Loop #, and Loop Point.
Menu display time and looping options in Properties panel