User Guide

ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0

User Guide

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. Before you import your content into Adobe Encore

DVD, combine video clips, add transitions, or create special effects in a video-editing or compositing application,

such as Adobe Premiere

Pro or Adobe After Effects

. You can compile the audio in an audio-editing application, such

as Adobe Audition

. For more information, see “To import an asset” on page 65.

Imported assets displayed in Project panel

Create DVD elements and add assets

A DVD includes several elements types such as timelines and slide shows. You add assets to these elements to include

the assets in the project. Depending upon an asset’s type, you can add it to timelines, slide shows, playlists, and

chapter playlists. For more information, see “About timelines” on page 133, “About slide shows” on page 146, “About

playlists” on page 175, and “About chapter playlists” on page 177.