User Guide

ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0
User Guide
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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.
(See “To locate a missing asset” on page 74.)
To customize the Project Panel
You can customize the Project panel columns to best suit your working style and needs.
• Tosortlistitemsbycategory,clickthecolumnnamerepresentingthecategorybywhichyouwanttosorttheitems.
Successive clicks sort them alternately in ascending or descending order.
• To hide or show a column, right-click anywhere in a column header, and choose the column you want to hide or
show. Alternatively, right-click the name of a column, and choose Hide This.
Note: A check mark next to the column name indicates that the column is shown.
• To resize columns, position the cursor over the right edge of the column you want to resize, and, when the cursor
becomes a resize cursor , drag the edge. You can also double-click on the right edge of the column you want to
resize. The panel resizes to the length of the longest line of text in that column.
• To rearrange columns, drag the column name to a different location along the column header.
• To show or hide items of a certain type, choose the item type from the Toggle Display of Different Item Types
menu at the bottom of the Project panel.
To organize items in the Project panel
To help organize the numerous elements of a project listed in the Project panel, you can group your assets, menus,
and timelines into folders. You can nest folders within other folders as well.
Organize items as follows:
• TocreateafolderattherootlevelintheProjectpanel,makesurenothingisselectedandthenchooseFile>New>
New Folder.
• To create a folder at a specific level of the hierarchy, select an item currently at that level and then choose File >
New > New Folder.
• To show or hide the contents of a folder, click the triangle to the left of the folder icon.
• To rename a folder, select a folder in the Project panel and then choose Edit > Rename. Type a new name, and
click OK.
To preview assets in the Project panel
YoucanpreviewanyassetfromtheAssetPreviewthumbnailattheupperleftcorneroftheProjectpanel.Textnext
to the thumbnail displays the file name and file format of the selected asset. It also displays, if applicable, the duration,
image dimensions, and frame rate of the selected asset. If you are previewing video footage, you can either view a
particular frame or set the footage to play from any point in its progression.