Operation Manual

ENCORE CS3

User Guide

Add items or sets to the Library

The Library panel contains predesigned templates for menus and other design elements, such as buttons, images, and

shapes. If you have still images, logos, buttons, and menus that you use frequently, you can store them in the Library,

where you can quickly access them from any project. To keep them organized, you can group them into sets. The

Library imports layered Photoshop files, as well as BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, and TIFF images.

The Library categorizes items you add based on their content. Menus and buttons require special layer-name

prefixes. (See “About menus” on page 58.)

Add an item to the library

Add items and sets to the Library in any of the following ways:

• IntheMenuViewerortheProjectpanel,selectthebutton,layer,orlayersetyouwanttoadd,andthendragitto

the list of items in the Library.

• In the Project panel, select a still image or menu and then drag it to the list of items in the Library.

• From Windows Explorer or the Mac OS Finder, drag the item to the Library.

• In the Library, click the New Item button , navigate to the file you want to add, and click OK.

Encore uses the letters “HD” in the filenames of predesigned high-definition assets, so they’re easier to locate for Blu-

ray projects.

Category File type File must contain

Menu PSD, EM At least one button layer set—layer

sets with names that begin with the

(+) prefix—and at least one addi-

tional layer that serves as the back-

ground of the menu.

Also, any PSD file containing the

keyword “menu” in its metadata is

categorized as a menu.

Button PSD A single layer set with the (+) prefix

before its layer name. The layer set

may contain subpicture layers and

video thumbnail layers. (No back-

ground layer.)

Image PSD, BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF Image file, or a PSD file not imported

as a menu or button.

Replacement Layers PSD A single-layer PSD file with a (!) in the

name; or a file with a single layer set,

with a layer named (!), without the

button flag.

Background PSD Background layer only.

Layer set PSD A single layer set without the button-

layer-name prefix. (No background

layer.)

Text PSD A single text layer. (No background

layer.)

Vector Shape PSD A single vector-shape layer. (No back-

ground layer.)