User Guide

ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0

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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.

Photoshop starts, displaying the selected menu.

3 Create a layer for the image. You can use a shape tool or import an image. (Adding a white or colored fill to the

layer helps you see the replacement layer once you import it into Adobe Encore DVD.)

4 (Optional) Add a mask or apply other layer effects.

Masks or layer effects in replacement layers are preserved when an image is dragged onto the layer in the Menu

Viewer.

5 In the Layers panel, double-click the layer name of the placeholder image, and add (!) to the beginning of its name.

6 In Photoshop, choose File > Save, and then choose File > Close.

The changes are saved, and the menu is updated in Adobe Encore DVD.

To convert an object to a replacement layer

When you’re creating a menu template, converting an object to a replacement layer lets you replace the contents of

the layer with an image that you drag onto the layer.

1 In the Menu Viewer, select the layer you want to convert.

2 Choose Object > Convert To Replacement Layer.

Adobe Encore DVD creates a layer set with the (!) prefix, which indicates a replacement layer.