User Guide

ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0
User Guide
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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. Selecting
objects in the Menu Viewer is sometimes easier when you use the Layers panel. Regardless of where an object is in
the stacking order, you can quickly select it by selecting its layer in the Layers panel. When you select a layer or layer
set, selection handles appear on the element in the Menu Viewer. You can isolate elements to change them together
or individually, view only specific layers while hiding others, and lock layers or layer sets so that their elements
cannot be modified. The Layers panel is especially useful when working on multilayered menus, such as menu
templates.
Layers panel
A. Display/Hide column B. Lock/Unlock column C. Button/Object column D. Layer set E. Button layer set F. Text layer G. Subpicture
layers H. Open/Close layer set
The three columns adjacent to the layers let you selectively hide, display, or lock the contents of layers and layer sets,
as well as convert objects to buttons and convert button sets to individual elements. Clicking the column next to a
layer turns the option on or off.
Display/Hide column HidesordisplaysthelayerintheMenuViewer.TheEyeicon nexttoalayerindicatesthat
it is visible. Hiding layers lets you work on a layer in isolation and makes it easier to adjust a layer that is behind other
objects.
Note: You cannot hide button layer sets, only the elements within them. You also cannot use the Display/Hide column
on subpicture layers—layers with names that begin with (=1), (=2), or (=3). To hide or display subpicture layers, you
use the Show Normal Subpicture Highlight button , Show Selected Subpicture Highlight button , and Show
Activated Subpicture Highlight button in the Menu Viewer. (See “Button subpicture states” on page 76.)
Lock/Unlock column Locks or unlocks a layer in the Menu Viewer so that it can’t be selected, moved, or modified.
Locking layers or layer sets protects the elements from accidental changes. The Lock icon indicates that it is
locked.
Button/Object column Converts the layer to a button or back to an object. The Button icon indicates that the
layer is a button. Converting an object to a button creates a new button layer set with a plus-sign prefix (+) added to
its name. Converting a button set to an object removes the prefix from the layer set name, but leaves the button
elements grouped in a layer set.
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