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Encore_CIB.book Page ii Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM © 2004 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe® Encore DVD™ Classroom in a Book® This book, as well as the software described in it, is furnished under license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license. The content of this book is furnished for informational use only, is subject to change without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by Adobe Systems Incorporated.
Encore_CIB.book Page iii Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM iii Contents Getting Started About Classroom in a Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Installing the Adobe Encore DVD program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Copying the Classroom in a Book files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Additional resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Encore_CIB.book Page iv Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM iv CONTENTS Linking buttons to timelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Previewing the project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Burning the DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Review questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Encore_CIB.book Page v Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD v Classroom in a Book Lesson 05 Assembling a DVD Quickly Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Dragging items into the Library palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Importing items into the Library palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Creating buttons instantly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Encore_CIB.book Page vi Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM vi CONTENTS Creating animated thumbnail buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Burning the DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Review questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Lesson 08 Working with Adobe Premiere Pro Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Encore_CIB.book Page vii Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD vii Classroom in a Book Lesson 10 Creating a Slideshow from Still Images Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Assembling components for a slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Laying out a slideshow menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Copying buttons to other menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Encore_CIB.book Page 1 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 1 Getting Started Adobe® Encore™ DVD gives you the tools you need to let you effortlessly create and burn customized DVDs. You can design menus and buttons in Adobe Encore DVD, or use menus and buttons you create in Adobe® Photoshop®. The navigational tools in Adobe Encore DVD give you total control over the viewers’ experience of your DVD.
Encore_CIB.book Page 2 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 2 Getting Started Installing the Adobe Encore DVD program Before you begin using Adobe Encore DVD Classroom in a Book, make sure that your system is set up correctly and that you’ve installed the required software and hardware. You must purchase the Adobe Encore DVD software separately. For system requirements and complete instructions on installing the software, see the documentation included with your Adobe Encore DVD application DVD.
Encore_CIB.book Page 3 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 3 Classroom in a Book • To copy all the lessons, drag the Lessons folder from the DVD into the Encore_CIB folder. • To copy a single lesson, drag the individual lesson folder from the DVD into the Encore_CIB folder. • If you copied all the lessons to your hard drive, double-click the unlock.bat file in the Encore_CIB/Lessons folder. Note: As you work through each lesson, you may overwrite the original files.
Encore_CIB.book Page 7 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 1 Creating a Simple DVD A DVD project includes video files, audio files, and menus. With Adobe Encore DVD, you can easily put the pieces together to create a simple DVD. In this lesson, you’ll learn about the core tools in Adobe Encore DVD as you create a project from start to finish.
Encore_CIB.book Page 8 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 8 LESSON 1 Creating a Simple DVD This lesson introduces the Adobe Encore DVD workspace and basic concepts. In it, you will learn how to do the following: • Create a new project. • Import files as assets. • Import a layered Adobe Photoshop file as a menu. • Create chapter points. • Link buttons on a menu to chapter points. • Set start and end behaviors. • Set menu and title behaviors. • Preview a DVD project. • Burn a DVD.
Encore_CIB.book Page 9 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 9 Classroom in a Book The Adobe Encore DVD workspace opens. By default, only some of the windows shown below are open. The Project window contains the source files used in the finished DVD project. Notice that there are several different types of files in the project. In Adobe Encore DVD, you can work with many types of audio, video, and still image files.
Encore_CIB.book Page 10 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 10 LESSON 1 Creating a Simple DVD The Project Preview window opens, and a video plays for a few seconds. Then a DVD menu appears. You can use the Project Preview window to preview a viewer’s experience of a DVD project—including navigation, links, and other behaviors—before you burn a disc. K A L M B C D E F G H I J Project Preview window A. Render Current Motion Menu B. Display Area Zoom C. Cycle Through Audio Tracks D.
Encore_CIB.book Page 11 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 11 Classroom in a Book 8 Close the Project Preview window and the Lesson_01_end Project window. Planning your DVD Now you’ll create the same DVD project you just previewed. You will import video and audio files as assets, and a layered Photoshop file as a menu.
Encore_CIB.book Page 12 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 12 LESSON 1 Creating a Simple DVD Importing files as assets You can use a variety of video, audio, and still image files in Adobe Encore DVD. You can import files into an Adobe Encore DVD project as either assets or menus. Assets are the files that make up the content of the DVD; menus display options to give viewers access to that content. First, you’ll create a new Adobe Encore DVD project. 1 Choose File > New Project.
Encore_CIB.book Page 13 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 13 Classroom in a Book 1 Choose Timeline > New Timeline. An untitled Timeline window appears, and the Monitor window opens. Notice that the untitled timeline is also listed in the Project window. A B C D E F G H The Timeline window A. Current-time indicator B. I-Frames C. Chapter point D. Timeline tabs E. Timeline F. Source G. Tracks H. Zoom slider You’ll need to name the timeline.
Encore_CIB.book Page 14 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 14 LESSON 1 Creating a Simple DVD 3 Select the Intro.m2v file in the Project window, and drag it onto the video track in the Timeline window. 4 Select the Intro.wav file in the Project window, and drag it onto the Audio 1 track in the Timeline window.
Encore_CIB.book Page 15 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 15 Classroom in a Book You can view the current timeline in the Monitor window. Unlike the Project Preview window, the Monitor window displays only the video and audio tracks in the timeline; it does not display the DVD behavior. The Monitor window opens when you create a timeline. 5 Click the Play button ( ) in the Monitor window. The introductory video plays for about eight seconds, and then ends. 6 Save the project.
Encore_CIB.book Page 16 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 16 LESSON 1 Creating a Simple DVD A tab appears at the upper-left side of the Timeline window for each timeline in the project. Click a tab to view the corresponding timeline. For example, if you click the Introduction tab, the Introduction timeline appears. 2 Click the Video_01 tab to make sure the Video_01 timeline is active. Then click the Play button in the Monitor window to view the video.
Encore_CIB.book Page 17 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 17 Classroom in a Book A chapter point marker with the number 2 appears on the timeline at 00:00:26:00, where the current-time indicator is positioned. The marker is automatically numbered. 6 In the Timeline window, move the current-time indicator to the right until the time displayed is 00:00:48:00. Then choose Timeline > Add Chapter Point again. A marker with the number 3 appears on the timeline at 00:00:48:00.
Encore_CIB.book Page 18 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 18 LESSON 1 Creating a Simple DVD The Menu Editor window opens, displaying the Main menu you imported. The Photoshop layers are intact. To see them in the Layers palette, choose Window > Layers. 3 Select the selection tool ( ) in the toolbox. Then select Part 1 in the Menu Editor window. A bounding box appears around the button and the text “Part 1.” 4 If the Properties palette is not open, choose Window > Properties to open it.
Encore_CIB.book Page 19 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 19 Classroom in a Book When the viewer clicks the Part 1 button on the DVD, Video_01 will play, beginning with the first chapter point, which was automatically created at the beginning of the timeline. 6 With the selection tool, select Part 2 in the Menu Editor window. In the Properties palette, choose Video_01 > Chapter 2 from the Link pop-up menu. 7 Using the same procedure, link the Part 3 button to Video_01 > Chapter 3.
Encore_CIB.book Page 20 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 20 LESSON 1 Creating a Simple DVD When the Introduction timeline has finished playing, the Main menu will appear. The Part 1 button will be selected by default. 3 In the Project window, select the Video_01 timeline. Note: Make sure you select the Video_01 timeline, and not Video_01.avi. 4 In the Properties palette, choose Main > One from the End Action pop-up menu. When Video_01 has finished playing, the Main menu will appear.
Encore_CIB.book Page 21 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 21 Classroom in a Book If the viewer clicks the Title button on the DVD player’s remote control, the Introduction timeline will play. This setting is for the entire disc, no matter what is showing when the Title button is pressed. 3 Select the Introduction timeline in the Project window. In the Properties palette, choose Main > One from the Menu Remote pop-up menu.
Encore_CIB.book Page 22 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 22 LESSON 1 Creating a Simple DVD If the project is configured correctly, the Introduction timeline plays in the Project Preview window. When it has finished playing, the Main menu appears, and the Part 1 button is highlighted. 2 Click a button in the Main menu. The video should play from the appropriate chapter point, and then the Main menu should reappear, with the Part 1 button selected.
Encore_CIB.book Page 23 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 23 Classroom in a Book The Disc tab lists the disc name, the space available on the disc, the type of media, and other information. 2 From the pop-up menu beneath the disc name, choose the data size of the disc you’ll be burning. 3 Click Build Project. 4 In the Make DVD Disc dialog box, choose Current Project from the Create Using popup menu, and choose your DVD recorder from the Recorder pop-up menu.
Encore_CIB.book Page 24 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 24 LESSON 1 Creating a Simple DVD 4 How does the Monitor window differ from the Project Preview window? Review answers 1 The Project window shows information about the assets, menus, timelines, and other objects included in the project. 2 An imported asset is used as content on the DVD. An imported menu is used as a menu from which viewers can navigate to content.
Encore_CIB.book Page 27 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 2 Creating Menus in Adobe Encore DVD Menus are the key to most DVD projects. Adobe Encore DVD provides all the tools you need to create menus without ever leaving the application. In this lesson, you'll type directly onto menus, import backgrounds, add buttons, and more.
Encore_CIB.book Page 28 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 28 LESSON 2 Creating Menus in Adobe Encore DVD In this lesson, you’ll create a simple menu in Adobe Encore DVD, using imported assets as background and button files. You’ll learn how to do the following: • Create a new menu in Adobe Encore DVD. • Import background files. • Type text onto a menu. • Format text, including font, size, character spacing, and color. • Move objects on a menu. • View the Title Safe area for a menu.
Encore_CIB.book Page 29 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 29 Classroom in a Book The Project Preview window opens, and a DVD menu appears. There are three simple buttons. 5 Click the Valves button. A short video plays. When the video has finished playing, the menu reappears. 6 Click each of the other buttons to play the other videos. 7 Close the Project Preview window and the Lesson_02_end Project window.
Encore_CIB.book Page 30 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 30 LESSON 2 Creating Menus in Adobe Encore DVD Menus can be as simple or as complex as you want them to be. You can create a menu entirely in Adobe Encore DVD, as you will in this lesson, or you can design a menu in Adobe Photoshop and import it into your DVD project. (You’ll use Photoshop to create a menu in Lesson 3.) Creating a new menu You’ll create a menu in Adobe Encore DVD.
Encore_CIB.book Page 31 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 31 Classroom in a Book You can specify the default menu using the Library palette. You’ll have the opportunity to specify the default menu in lesson 4. For this project, we’ll use the menu that is the default when you first start Adobe Encore DVD. You’ll need to name the menu, using the Properties palette.
Encore_CIB.book Page 32 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 32 LESSON 2 Creating Menus in Adobe Encore DVD Adding text to a menu Adobe Encore DVD provides advanced typographic control. Using the Character palette, you can kern, track, and scale text. You can also shift its baseline. You can set text attributes before you type characters, or you can style and format existing text. Adobe Encore DVD provides two text tools: one creates horizontal text and one creates vertical text.
Encore_CIB.book Page 33 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 33 Classroom in a Book As you specify options in the Character palette, the selected text changes. 6 Click the Color box and select white (in the upper-left corner). Select NTSC Colors Only. Click OK to close the Color Picker. The NTSC color set is a subset of colors optimized for television viewing. You’ve created a text block using the text tool to type and format text. Now you want to position the text block.
Encore_CIB.book Page 34 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 34 LESSON 2 Creating Menus in Adobe Encore DVD 8 Drag the text block to the top center of the menu. 9 Click in the Menu Editor window to deselect the text block. Changes you make in the Character palette affect only the selected text. If no text is selected when you make the changes, the settings become the default settings for new text. Now you’ll set the defaults for the button text.
Encore_CIB.book Page 35 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 35 Classroom in a Book The Character attributes you set as defaults were automatically applied to the text. 13 Select the text tool again, and click an insertion point in the menu. Type Slides, and select the selection tool again. 14 Select the text tool again, click an insertion point, and type Cleaning. You should have three separate text blocks.
Encore_CIB.book Page 36 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 36 LESSON 2 Creating Menus in Adobe Encore DVD 1 Right-click in the Project window, and select Import as Asset. 2 Navigate to the Lesson 02 folder. Then hold down the Ctrl key while you select Gradients.psd, Valves.avi, Slides.avi, and Cleaning.avi. You can use the Shift key to select contiguous files. Click Cleaning.avi, then press the Shift key and click Valves.avi. The files between them are also selected. 3 Click Open.
Encore_CIB.book Page 37 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 37 Classroom in a Book The Layers palette contains several layers. Each text block you created is on its own layer, as is the Gradients.psd file. The Layers palette in Adobe Encore DVD is similar to the Layers palette in Photoshop. You can use it to organize and edit your menu in Adobe Encore DVD at any time until you burn the DVD. 7 Select the Gradients.psd layer in the Layers palette.
Encore_CIB.book Page 38 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 38 LESSON 2 Creating Menus in Adobe Encore DVD 10 Drag the Background.psd file from the Lesson 02 folder in Windows Explorer into the Menu Editor window in Adobe Encore DVD. Use the selection tool to position the new layer so that it fills the menu. 11 With the Background.psd layer selected, choose Object > Arrange > Send to Back.
Encore_CIB.book Page 39 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 39 Classroom in a Book 3 Position the text blocks within the wide maroon stripe. 4 Select one text layer in the Layers palette, and then press the Ctrl key while you select the others. Note: There are four text layers. Be sure to select them all. 5 Choose Object > Drop Shadow. Click OK to accept the default settings. Drop shadows appear for all the text in the menu. 6 Save the project.
Encore_CIB.book Page 40 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 40 LESSON 2 Creating Menus in Adobe Encore DVD Converting text blocks to buttons Now you’re ready to create buttons for the menu. In Adobe Encore DVD, you can create buttons from moving or still images you import, or text you type into a menu—or you can use predesigned buttons from the Library palette. For this project, you’ll convert the text blocks you created earlier into buttons. 1 With the direct select tool, select the three text blocks.
Encore_CIB.book Page 41 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 41 Classroom in a Book The appearance of the text blocks in the Menu Editor window doesn’t change, but the names of the layers in the Layers palette do. Adobe Encore DVD uses special naming conventions for buttons, which can be linked to timelines or other menus. 5 Save the project.
Encore_CIB.book Page 42 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 42 LESSON 2 Creating Menus in Adobe Encore DVD 3 Choose View > Show Selected Subpicture to see how the button will look when it’s activated. Or click the Show Selected Subpicture button ( ) on the Menu Editor window. 4 Repeat steps 1 and 2 to create subpictures for the other two buttons. Assigning color groups for subpictures When you add subpictures to buttons, the default subpicture colors are applied.
Encore_CIB.book Page 43 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 43 Classroom in a Book 2 In the Menu Color Set dialog box, click the New Color Set button. 3 In the New Color Set dialog box, type Horn Color Set, and click OK to return to the Menu Color Set dialog box. 4 In the Highlight Group 1 section, click the Color 1 swatch. The Color Picker opens. 5 Choose a red color, or type 215, 35, and 56 in the R, G, and B fields, respectively. Select NTSC Colors Only. Click OK.
Encore_CIB.book Page 44 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 44 LESSON 2 Creating Menus in Adobe Encore DVD 6 In the Highlight Group 1 section, choose 80% from the Opacity pop-up menu next to the Color 1 swatch. Click OK. 7 In the Project window, select the Maintenance menu to make it active. 8 In the Properties palette, choose Horn Color Set from the Color Set pop-up menu. The new subpicture color appears in the Menu Editor window.
Encore_CIB.book Page 45 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 45 Classroom in a Book Linking buttons to timelines Now you’ll link the buttons you’ve created to the video clips. First, you’ll create timelines for the video files you imported earlier. 1 Press the Ctrl key while you select the three AVI files in the Project window. 2 Click the New Timeline button ( ) at the bottom of the Project window. The Timeline window opens, with tabs for three timelines.
Encore_CIB.book Page 46 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 46 LESSON 2 Creating Menus in Adobe Encore DVD 3 In the Project window, select the three timelines. Then open the Properties palette by clicking the Properties tab or choosing Window > Properties. Note: Make sure you select the timelines, and not the AVI files, in the Project window. 4 In the Properties palette, choose Maintenance > Default from the End Action pop-up menu.
Encore_CIB.book Page 47 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 47 Classroom in a Book The button you selected is now linked to the Valves timeline. When the viewer clicks the Valves button, the Valves timeline will play. Note: The link is assigned to Chapter 1, even though you didn’t create any chapter points in the Valves timeline. Every timeline has a chapter point—named Chapter 1—at its beginning.
Encore_CIB.book Page 48 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 48 LESSON 2 Creating Menus in Adobe Encore DVD If the DVD project didn’t behave as described above, return to the project and correct the behavior. Preview the DVD again to ensure that it behaves as expected before continuing. Adobe Encore DVD folder structure As you create a project, Adobe Encore DVD stores the menus and assets you use in a project folder. Within the project folder are two subfolders, named Cache and Sources.
Encore_CIB.book Page 49 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 49 Classroom in a Book 5 In the Make DVD Disc dialog box, choose Current Project from the Create Using popup menu, and choose your DVD recorder from the Recorder pop-up menu. If your recorder is not listed, verify that it is properly connected and installed. See the documentation for your recorder for assistance. 6 Insert a blank disc into the recorder, and click Next.
Encore_CIB.book Page 50 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 50 LESSON 2 Creating Menus in Adobe Encore DVD Review answers 1 Use the text tool or the vertical text tool to type or format text. 2 Use the selection tool to move a text block, resize it, or otherwise manipulate it as an object. 3 The Title Safe area is the area that will appear on every viewer’s television or computer monitor, so you can be sure that content in that area will be visible.
Encore_CIB.book Page 53 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 3 Designing Menus in Adobe Photoshop Adobe Encore DVD is designed to work seamlessly with Adobe Photoshop. You can take advantage of the numerous layer styles and other design features in Photoshop to create exactly the menu you want, and know that it will retain its appearance and formatting when you import it into Adobe Encore DVD.
Encore_CIB.book Page 54 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 54 LESSON 3 Designing Menus in Adobe Photoshop In this lesson, you’ll create a simple menu for Adobe Encore DVD using the powerful features of Adobe Photoshop. You’ll see how the two applications work together seamlessly as you learn to do the following: • Create a new menu in Photoshop. • Compose a background for the menu from multiple images. • Create text in Photoshop. • Format and position text in Photoshop.
Encore_CIB.book Page 55 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 55 Classroom in a Book The Project Preview window opens, and a DVD menu appears. There are three buttons in the shape of animals, and the giraffe is highlighted. 5 Click the Giraffe button. A short video plays. When the video has finished playing, the menu reappears. 6 Click the Gorilla button, and then the Jaguar button, to play the other videos. 7 Close the Project Preview window and the Lesson_03_end Project window.
Encore_CIB.book Page 56 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 56 LESSON 3 Designing Menus in Adobe Photoshop Most DVD designers create menus in Photoshop, taking advantage of its extensive tool set. You can apply layer styles in Photoshop that are not available in Adobe Encore DVD, create adjustment layers, and format text using advanced formatting features. When you import the menu into Adobe Encore DVD, it recognizes and retains layer styles, and honors adjustment layers.
Encore_CIB.book Page 57 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 57 Classroom in a Book You don’t have to memorize the pixel dimensions; just remember which preset to choose when you create a new menu. Choose the preset in the New dialog box in Photoshop 7.0 (left) or Photoshop CS (right). Square pixels and rectangular pixels If you create menus or backgrounds using square pixels, it is best to size them using the Photoshop preset image sizes.
Encore_CIB.book Page 58 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 58 LESSON 3 Designing Menus in Adobe Photoshop The three animal files you selected open in Photoshop. The Main.psd file is still open as well. 6 Arrange the windows so that both the Main.psd and Small_giraffe.psd files are visible. 7 Click the Small_giraffe.psd file to make it the active file. With the move tool ( the image of the giraffe into the Main.psd file. ), drag A new layer appears in the Layers palette; it’s named Giraffe image.
Encore_CIB.book Page 59 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 59 Classroom in a Book 11 Click the Small_Jaguar.psd file, and use the move tool to drag it into the Main.psd file. Position it at the bottom of the image area. 12 Click the Main.psd file to ensure that it’s the active file. Choose File > Save to save it. Then close the Small_giraffe.psd, Small_gorilla.psd, and Small_jaguar.psd files without saving them.
Encore_CIB.book Page 60 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 60 LESSON 3 Designing Menus in Adobe Photoshop 2 Choose Myriad Pro for the font, Bold for the font style, and 30 for the type size. 3 Make sure that the foreground color is black. The foreground and background colors are shown in the toolbox. If the foreground color (the first box shown) is white, click the double-arrow icon to switch the two colors.
Encore_CIB.book Page 61 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 61 Classroom in a Book A new text layer appears in the Layers palette. Pressing Ctrl+Enter releases the horizontal type tool from the text block so that you can create a new one. 6 Select the move tool, and then drag the text block to the position shown here. 7 Select the Gorilla image layer in the Layers palette. Then, with the horizontal type tool, click an insertion point to the right of the gorilla’s head.
Encore_CIB.book Page 62 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 62 LESSON 3 Designing Menus in Adobe Photoshop 11 Select the Jaguar text layer in the Layers palette, and move it to the position shown below. 12 Select the Gorilla text layer in the Layers palette, and move it to the position shown below. Note: The Classroom in a Book lesson files are designed to work with either Photoshop 7.0 or Photoshop CS.
Encore_CIB.book Page 63 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 63 Classroom in a Book 2 In the Character palette, change the type size and leading; leave the other settings as they are. If you are using Photoshop 7.0, type 100 pt for the type size and 90 pt for the leading. If you are using Photoshop CS, type 80 pt for the type size and 64 pt for the leading. 3 Click the Paragraph tab to make the Paragraph palette active, and then click the Left Align Text option.
Encore_CIB.book Page 64 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 64 LESSON 3 Designing Menus in Adobe Photoshop 5 With the horizontal type tool, double-click the word “Facts” to select it. 6 Click the Foreground color in the toolbox. The Color Picker opens. 7 Click in the upper-right corner of the color field to select a bright red color. If you prefer, you can specify the color numerically in the Color Picker. (We used R=205, G=0, B=0.) Click OK. 8 Press Ctrl+Enter to deselect the text.
Encore_CIB.book Page 65 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 65 Classroom in a Book Applying layer styles in Photoshop You can enhance a layer by adding a shadow, glow, bevel, emboss, or other special effect from a collection of automated and editable layer styles. In Adobe Encore DVD, you can apply a drop shadow effect, but there are many more layer styles available in Photoshop.
Encore_CIB.book Page 66 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 66 LESSON 3 Designing Menus in Adobe Photoshop The text appears with a drop shadow. Now you will apply a different layer style to create a glowing outline for the animal images. 3 Select the Giraffe image layer in the Layers palette. Note: Be sure to select the Giraffe image layer and not the Giraffe text layer. 4 Click the Add a Layer Style button at the bottom of the Layers palette, and choose Outer Glow.
Encore_CIB.book Page 67 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 67 Classroom in a Book 6 Position the Layer Style dialog box so that you can see the word “Facts” in your image. Click the small color swatch in the Structure section of the Layer Style dialog box to open the Color Picker. 7 If necessary, move the Color Picker so that you can see the word “Facts” in your image. With the Color Picker open, move the cursor over the word “Facts” until it turns into the eyedropper tool ( ).
Encore_CIB.book Page 68 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 68 LESSON 3 Designing Menus in Adobe Photoshop 8 Click OK to close the Layer Style dialog box. A red glow appears around the giraffe. 9 Repeat steps 3–8 for the Gorilla image layer and the Jaguar image layer, so that a red glow appears around all three animals.
Encore_CIB.book Page 69 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 69 Classroom in a Book 10 Choose File > Save. About layer styles You can apply shadows, glows, bevels, embossed effects, and more using layer styles in Photoshop. These effects are linked to the contents of the layer—and when you move or edit the contents, the effects change as well. For example, if you apply a drop shadow to a text layer, the shadow changes automatically when you edit the text.
Encore_CIB.book Page 70 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 70 LESSON 3 Designing Menus in Adobe Photoshop Now you’ll move the Giraffe image layer and the Giraffe text layer into the new layer set. 3 In the Layers palette, drag the Giraffe text layer onto the folder for the (+) Giraffe Button layer set. When you release the mouse button, the Giraffe text layer appears slightly indented below the Giraffe Button layer set in the Layers palette, meaning that it is included in the layer set.
Encore_CIB.book Page 71 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 71 Classroom in a Book 7 Choose File > Save. Menu Item Photoshop Element Layer Name Prefix Example Button name Layer set containing button components (+) (+) Daisy button 1 Button text Text layers within the layer set None required Daisy button Button image Image layers within the layer set None required Daisy image Subpicture Single-color image layers.
Encore_CIB.book Page 72 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 72 LESSON 3 Designing Menus in Adobe Photoshop 2 In the Duplicate Layer dialog box, type (=1) for the layer name, and click OK. Photoshop adds a copy of the Giraffe image layer named (=1) to the (+) Giraffe Button layer set. If the new layer is not inside the (+) Giraffe Button layer set, drag it onto the layer set in the Layers palette. It is important that the layer’s name begins (=1).
Encore_CIB.book Page 73 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 73 Classroom in a Book When this button is selected, only the pixels of the giraffe image—not the transparent background—can change. 5 Choose Window > Swatches to open the Swatches palette. Select a light orange or yellow swatch. The swatch you select becomes the foreground color. 6 Choose Edit > Fill. In the Fill dialog box, choose Foreground Color from the Use popup menu, and set the Opacity value to 100%. Then click OK.
Encore_CIB.book Page 74 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 74 LESSON 3 Designing Menus in Adobe Photoshop The Giraffe image layer shows through the subpicture layer. Adobe Encore DVD will use the color and transparency values of the Photoshop layer when it creates subpictures. 9 Repeat steps 1–8 to create subpictures for the Gorilla image layer and the Jaguar image layer. 10 Save the file.
Encore_CIB.book Page 75 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 75 Classroom in a Book Importing a menu into Adobe Encore DVD When you create a menu in Photoshop using the proper naming conventions, all you need to do is to import the menu into Adobe Encore DVD. Adobe Encore DVD automatically recognizes buttons, subpictures, and the effects you’ve applied in Photoshop. You’ve created a Photoshop file to use as a menu in Adobe Encore DVD.
Encore_CIB.book Page 76 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 76 LESSON 3 Designing Menus in Adobe Photoshop 4 Choose View > Show Safe Area. Adobe Encore DVD displays the Title Safe area guides. The title and buttons may be partially outside of the safe viewing area. 5 Using the selection tool, move the Animal Facts text block so that it is positioned completely within the safe viewing area. Then move the three buttons within the safe viewing area, as shown below.
Encore_CIB.book Page 77 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 77 Classroom in a Book Photoshop starts and opens the menu you have just been working on. The menu retains the changes you made in Adobe Encore DVD. Note: If you are prompted to update the text layers, click Update. Notice that the filename at the top of the image window is longer than the name of the menu file you created in Photoshop.
Encore_CIB.book Page 78 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 78 LESSON 3 Designing Menus in Adobe Photoshop 3 Select the Giraffe image layer in the Layers palette Make sure you select the Giraffe image layer and not the Giraffe text layer, the (+) Giraffe Button layer set, or the (=1) subpicture layer. 4 Choose Image > Adjustments > Levels. 5 Drag the middle triangle under the histogram slightly to the right. As you drag, the midtones value for the Input Levels changes. We moved the midtones value to .
Encore_CIB.book Page 79 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 79 Classroom in a Book 1 Click the Project window to make it active. Choose File > Import as Asset. In the Import as Asset dialog box, navigate to the Lesson 03 folder. Select Giraffe.avi, Gorilla.avi, and Jaguar.avi. (Press the Ctrl key to select multiple files.) Click Open. 2 In the Project window, select Giraffe.avi, Gorilla.avi, and Jaguar.avi. Click the Create a New Timeline button at the bottom of the Project window.
Encore_CIB.book Page 80 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 80 LESSON 3 Designing Menus in Adobe Photoshop 7 With the selection tool, right-click the Giraffe button in the Menu Editor window, and choose Link To. Select the Giraffe timeline, and click OK. 8 Using the same procedure you used in step 7, link the Gorilla button to the Gorilla timeline, and the Jaguar button to the Jaguar timeline. 9 Save the file.
Encore_CIB.book Page 81 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 81 Classroom in a Book If the bounding boxes for the buttons overlap, the subpictures may not appear as expected. An example is shown below. 3 Close the Project Preview window. 4 Press the Shift key, and click the three buttons in the Menu Editor window. Notice that even though the buttons are irregularly shaped, they have rectangular bounding boxes. It is easy to accidentally overlap buttons.
Encore_CIB.book Page 82 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 82 LESSON 3 Designing Menus in Adobe Photoshop 5 Use the selection tool to move the buttons so they do not overlap. Keep them within the Title Safe area. 6 Save the file. Previewing the project Before you burn a DVD, make sure the project is configured properly. It should look and behave just like the one you previewed at the beginning of this lesson. 1 Choose File > Preview. If the project is configured correctly, the Main menu appears.
Encore_CIB.book Page 83 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 83 Classroom in a Book Burning the DVD You’re ready to burn the DVD. 1 Choose File > Build DVD > Make DVD Disc. 2 In the Make DVD Disc dialog box, choose Current Project from the Create Using popup menu, and then choose your recorder. 3 Insert a blank disc in the recorder, and click Next. 4 Review the information in the Make DVD Disc Summary dialog box. When you are ready to proceed, click Build.
Encore_CIB.book Page 87 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 4 Using Adobe Encore DVD Templates To get your project started quickly, use one of the menu templates included with Adobe Encore DVD. You can choose the menu, buttons, and images you want to use from the Library palette, and then customize them to create a unique look.
Encore_CIB.book Page 88 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 88 LESSON 4 Using Adobe Encore DVD Templates You can use templates to get a head start on your DVD projects—whether you’re using one of the templates included with Adobe Encore DVD or one you created yourself. In this lesson you will learn how to do the following: • Add menus, buttons, and images to the Library palette. • View only menus, buttons, or images in the Library palette. • Specify the default menu. • Open a menu template.
Encore_CIB.book Page 89 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 89 Classroom in a Book The Project Preview window opens, displaying a DVD menu. There are two buttons, and the first button is highlighted. 5 Click the Message from Pete button. A new menu with four buttons appears. 6 Click the Back button to return to the main menu. 7 Click the Mission Statement button. Another menu appears.
Encore_CIB.book Page 90 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 90 LESSON 4 Using Adobe Encore DVD Templates 8 Close the Project Preview window and the Lesson_04_end Project window. Exploring the Library palette You can display the files you want to see in the Library palette, specify default menus and buttons, and perform other tasks. 1 Choose File > New Project. Click OK to accept NTSC as the television standard. 2 Choose Menu > New Menu. A blank menu appears, with a black background.
Encore_CIB.book Page 91 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 91 Classroom in a Book The Library palette lists only the menus in the library. The name of the default menu is preceded by two asterisks (**). The default menu is automatically applied whenever you choose Menu > New Menu or click the New Menu button in the Project window. You can specify which menu is the default menu. 6 Click several different menus.
Encore_CIB.book Page 92 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 92 LESSON 4 Using Adobe Encore DVD Templates The subpictures were created in the menu file in Photoshop. In the Layers palette, you can see that the button layer sets include layers whose names begin with (=1). 10 In the Project window, select all the menus you’ve created, and then delete them. To delete the selected menus, you can click the Delete button at the bottom of the Project window, or press the Delete key on your keyboard.
Encore_CIB.book Page 93 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 93 Classroom in a Book Understanding color sets A subpicture defines how a button is highlighted when it is selected, activated, or in its normal (unselected) state. The same image is used in each state, but when you vary the colors and opacity, the button can appear quite different in one state than it does in another. Color sets specify the colors used in subpictures.
Encore_CIB.book Page 94 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 94 LESSON 4 Using Adobe Encore DVD Templates The menu opens. It contains four buttons. However, the menu you’re creating requires only two main buttons. You’ll delete the buttons you don’t need. 4 With the selection tool, select the Languages button and the Behind the Scenes button. 5 Press the Delete key on your keyboard. The Play Movie and Special Features buttons remain in the menu. 6 Open the Layers palette.
Encore_CIB.book Page 95 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 95 Classroom in a Book 7 Select the Title layer set. 8 With the text tool, select “From the Sky Up” in the Menu Editor window, and type Security Update. 9 Use the direct select tool to reposition the text so that it is positioned as shown below. 10 In the Layers palette, expand the Play Movie layer set, and select the text layer (named “play movie”). Note: To expand a layer set, click the triangle next to its name.
Encore_CIB.book Page 96 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 96 LESSON 4 Using Adobe Encore DVD Templates 12 Expand the Special Features layer set in the Layers palette, select the text layer (named “special features”), and change the text in the Menu Editor window to Mission Statement. 13 If the Properties palette isn’t open, choose Window > Properties. 14 With the selection tool, select the first button in the Menu Editor window. In the Properties palette, rename the button Message.
Encore_CIB.book Page 97 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 97 Classroom in a Book 15 In the Properties palette, rename the second button Mission. 16 Select the menu in the Project window. In the Properties palette, rename it Security Update. The menu’s name is automatically updated in the Project window. 17 Ensure that the Security Update menu will play when the DVD is started.
Encore_CIB.book Page 98 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 98 LESSON 4 Using Adobe Encore DVD Templates 5 Use the direct select tool to reposition the title. 6 Replace the text for the first three buttons with Introduction, Cardkeys, and Emergency Exits. You can select the text and replace it in the Menu Editor window without selecting the text layer in the Layers palette. However, it’s easy to accidentally create a new empty text block if you click the text tool outside the text object.
Encore_CIB.book Page 99 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 99 Classroom in a Book 7 Change the text in the Behind the Scenes button to Back. 8 With the selection tool, select the first button in the Menu Editor window. In the Properties palette rename the button Introduction. 9 Select the other buttons and rename them in the Properties palette, according to each button’s name. 10 Save the project.
Encore_CIB.book Page 100 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 100 LESSON 4 Using Adobe Encore DVD Templates 5 Change “behind the scenes” to Back. 6 Select the Back button with the selection tool in the Menu Editor window, and rename it Back in the Properties palette. 7 Expand the Background Details layer set in the Layers palette, and then select the Background layer. 8 Select the Blue Grid BG.psd file in the Library palette.
Encore_CIB.book Page 101 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 101 Classroom in a Book The blue-green background image is replaced with a new image. 10 Save the project. Adding items to the Library palette You can store items you use frequently in the Library palette. Additionally, you can easily position common elements (such as a company logo) in multiple menus. Add the MHQ company logos to the Library palette for use in this project.
Encore_CIB.book Page 102 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 102 LESSON 4 Using Adobe Encore DVD Templates 2 Select the MHQ_logo.psd and MHQ_logo_white.psd files. (Press the Ctrl key to select multiple files.) Click Open. Both logo files appear in the Library palette. 3 Click the Security Update tab in the Menu Editor window. 4 Select the MHQ_logo_white.psd file in the Library palette, and click the Place button ( ) at the bottom of the Library palette.
Encore_CIB.book Page 103 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 103 Classroom in a Book 6 With the selection tool, position the logo in the upper-right area of the menu. Keep the logo within the safe area. The logo color doesn’t work well in this menu, so you will replace the logo with a different version. 7 Select the MHQ_logo.psd file in the Library palette.
Encore_CIB.book Page 104 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 104 LESSON 4 Using Adobe Encore DVD Templates 10 Click the Message tab at the top of the Menu Editor window. 11 Choose Edit > Paste. The logo is pasted into the same location it occupies in the Security Update menu. 12 Paste the logo into the same position in the Mission Statement menu. Once you’ve positioned an item in one menu, you can quickly add it to other menus in the same position. 13 Save the project.
Encore_CIB.book Page 105 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 105 Classroom in a Book 3 Select the Mission Statement button, and in the Properties palette, link the button to Mission Statement > Back. 4 Now click the Mission Statement tab in the Menu Editor window to open the Mission Statement menu. 5 Select the Back button, and in the Properties palette, link the button to Security Update > Message. 6 Save the project.
Encore_CIB.book Page 106 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 106 LESSON 4 Using Adobe Encore DVD Templates 2 With the text tool, drag to create a box in the bottom-left area of the menu. 3 In the Character palette, choose Myriad Pro for the font, Bold Condensed for the font style, 48 for the type size, and white for the color. (Select NTSC Colors Only.) Click the Align Center option. 4 With the text tool, click inside the box you just created.
Encore_CIB.book Page 107 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 107 Classroom in a Book Use the selection tool to position the text block. 5 Save the project. Checking links This project has three linking menus and three timelines, and the number of links has grown. It is easy to miss unlinked buttons and menus. Tabs in the Project window help you organize your assets and see how they are linked. 1 In the Project window, click the Menus tab.
Encore_CIB.book Page 108 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 108 LESSON 4 Using Adobe Encore DVD Templates The Link field identifies the link for each button in the selected menu. Notice that no link has been set for the Back button. 3 In the lower frame of the Menus tab, select the Back button. In the Properties palette, choose Security Update > Default from the Link pop-up menu. 4 Click the other menus to check for unlinked buttons. 5 Click the Timelines tab in the Project window.
Encore_CIB.book Page 109 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 109 Classroom in a Book 6 Select all three timelines. In the Properties palette, choose Message: Default from the End Action pop-up menu. 7 When you have confirmed that all buttons are linked and all timelines have end actions assigned, save the project. Previewing the project Preview the project to make sure that the menus are consistent, and that the links behave as you expect them to.
Encore_CIB.book Page 110 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 110 LESSON 4 Using Adobe Encore DVD Templates Building a DVD image Your project is finished. Instead of burning the files to disc, you’ll build a DVD image. A DVD image can be used to burn a DVD at a different time, or using a remote recorder, such as one at a replication facility. Note: Adobe Encore DVD also supports the DLT format, which many replication facilities require. 1 Choose File > Build DVD > Make DVD Image.
Encore_CIB.book Page 111 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 111 Classroom in a Book 4 Click the Browse button and navigate to the disc image you just created, and click Open. 5 In the Make DVD Disc dialog box, click Next. 6 Review the information in the Make DVD Image: Summary dialog box. 7 Click Build.
Encore_CIB.book Page 112 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 112 LESSON 4 Using Adobe Encore DVD Templates 5 To replace an item, first select it in the Menu Editor window. Then select the replacement item in the Library palette, and click the Replace button.
Encore_CIB.book Page 115 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 5 Assembling a DVD Quickly Sometimes you just need to provide a convenient way to view rough video clips. When speed is your priority, use the shortcut features built into Adobe Encore DVD to streamline your workflow.
Encore_CIB.book Page 116 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 116 LESSON 5 Assembling a DVD Quickly As you’ve seen in previous lessons, you can create elegant navigation schemes for a DVD using Adobe Encore DVD. For some projects, however, the speed with which you can create the DVD is more important than the style of the DVD. In this lesson, you’ll create a DVD from rough clips, using productivity features in Adobe Encore DVD to accomplish tasks quickly.
Encore_CIB.book Page 117 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 117 Classroom in a Book The Project Preview window opens, displaying a DVD menu. There are three buttons, and the first button is highlighted. 5 Click the Dibble St. button. A raw video clip plays. When the video finishes, the main menu reappears. 6 Click each of the other buttons to view the other video clips. 7 Close the Project Preview window and the Lesson_05_end Project window.
Encore_CIB.book Page 118 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 118 LESSON 5 Assembling a DVD Quickly If the palette is already open, click its tab to make it active. If it isn’t open, choose Window > Library to open it. 3 Deselect the Show Buttons and Show Images buttons at the bottom of the Library palette. By default, the Library palette lists all the menus, buttons, and images in the library. When you deselect the Show Buttons and Show Images buttons, only the menus are displayed.
Encore_CIB.book Page 119 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 119 Classroom in a Book The Capstan Main menu appears in the Menu Editor window. This menu does not contain any buttons or editable text layers. You will add those later. The file is listed in the Project window, where it is available for this project. To make this menu available for future projects, you will add it to the Library palette. 6 Drag the Capstan Main.psd file from the Project window to the Library palette.
Encore_CIB.book Page 120 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 120 LESSON 5 Assembling a DVD Quickly 7 Right-click the Capstan Main.psd file in the Library palette, and choose Set as Default Menu. Two asterisks appear in front of the menu name, changing it to **Capstan Main.psd. Now if you chose Menu > New Menu, Adobe Encore DVD would create a new menu using the Capstan Main.psd file. 8 Save the project. Name it Lesson_05.ncor.
Encore_CIB.book Page 121 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 121 Classroom in a Book 2 Click the Add Item button at the bottom of the Library palette. 3 Navigate to the Lesson 05 folder, and select Capstan Button.psd. Then click Open. Capstan Button.psd is listed in the Library palette. The new button is selected, and a thumbnail of the button appears in the Library palette. 4 Right-click the Capstan Button.psd file in the Library palette, and choose Set as Default Button.
Encore_CIB.book Page 122 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 122 LESSON 5 Assembling a DVD Quickly 1 Choose File > Import as Asset. If Import as Asset is dimmed, click the Project window to make it active, and then choose File > Import as Asset. 2 Navigate to the Lesson 05 folder. Select Dibble.avi, Pine.avi, and Stewart.avi in the Lesson 05 folder, and then click Open. Press the Ctrl key to select multiple files. The files appear in the Project window. 3 Drag the Dibble.
Encore_CIB.book Page 123 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 123 Classroom in a Book Adobe Encore DVD performs all of the tasks listed above for these video assets as well. This project is almost finished! 5 Save the project. Resizing and positioning buttons When you dragged the video assets to the Menu Editor window, Adobe Encore DVD created the buttons wherever you dropped the assets. You’ll position them exactly where you want them.
Encore_CIB.book Page 124 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 124 LESSON 5 Assembling a DVD Quickly By resizing all three buttons at once, you can be sure that the final buttons are the same size. Now reposition the buttons. 4 Click the Show Safe Area button at the bottom of the Menu Editor window to display the Title Safe area guides. Anything within the guides will appear on a television screen; anything outside the guides may not.
Encore_CIB.book Page 125 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 125 Classroom in a Book 7 With the buttons still selected, choose Object > Distribute > Vertically. The same amount of space appears between the first and second button as between the second and third buttons. 8 Save the project. Creating resizable buttons The buttons in this project retain their sharpness as you resize them because they were created using vector masks, layer styles, and live text layers in Adobe Photoshop.
Encore_CIB.book Page 126 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 126 LESSON 5 Assembling a DVD Quickly 1 Open the Properties palette, if it isn’t open. 2 Using the selection tool, select the top button in the Menu Editor window. 3 Note the timeline displayed in the Link field in the Properties palette. 4 With the text tool, select the word “Button” on the top button, and type the name of the street shown in the Link field of the Properties palette. In the illustration, Dibble St. is the top button.
Encore_CIB.book Page 127 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 127 Classroom in a Book 5 If necessary, use the direct select tool to select just the text block of the button, and reposition it so it is centered within the button. 6 Repeat steps 2-5 for the other two buttons, naming the buttons to refer to the linked timelines as shown in the Properties palette. 7 Save the project. Adding a title to the menu The menu contains a company name, but no title.
Encore_CIB.book Page 128 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 128 LESSON 5 Assembling a DVD Quickly 3 Type Potential Sites for the Proposed Distribution Center. 4 Use the selection tool to position the text block you just created. 5 Save the project. Previewing the project You can preview the project at any stage, but it’s particularly important to preview the project before you burn it to disc. 1 Choose File > Preview to open the Project Preview window. 2 Click any button to play the appropriate video.
Encore_CIB.book Page 129 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 129 Classroom in a Book 1 Click the Disc tab in the Project window. 2 Click Browse in the DVD Content section of the Disc tab. Navigate to the Lesson 05 folder, and select the Map folder. Click OK. Note: Data files you add to a DVD are not accessible through menus or buttons on the DVD. To access those files on a DVD, view the contents of the disc in Windows Explorer.
Encore_CIB.book Page 130 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 130 LESSON 5 Assembling a DVD Quickly Review answers 1 You can drag an asset from the Project window to the Library palette. Alternatively, you can click the Add Item button in the Library palette, and then select the file you want to add. 2 Right-click the menu in the Library palette, and choose Set as Default Menu from the context menu.
Encore_CIB.book Page 133 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 6 Overriding Default Actions Each timeline has a default end action assigned. For greater flexibility, Adobe Encore DVD lets you override that default end action when the timeline is accessed in different ways.
Encore_CIB.book Page 134 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 134 LESSON 6 Overriding Default Actions In this lesson, you’ll create a DVD with three video clips, which can be viewed in sequence or individually. You will use two linked menus to provide the navigation. As you work on this DVD project, you will learn how to do the following: • Work with multiple menus. • Set default end actions so that timelines play in sequence. • Link menus to each other. • Use the pick whip to create links visually.
Encore_CIB.book Page 135 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 135 Classroom in a Book The Project Preview window opens, displaying a DVD menu. There are two buttons, and the default button is highlighted. 5 Click the Play All Outtakes button. Three videos play in sequence. After each video has finished playing, the next video plays automatically. After the third video plays, the main menu reappears. 6 Click the Individual Outtakes button.
Encore_CIB.book Page 136 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 136 LESSON 6 Overriding Default Actions A new menu named “Individual Outtakes” appears. It contains three named buttons and a Back button. 7 Click each of the named buttons to play an individual timeline. After each video plays, the Individual Outtakes menu reappears. 8 Click the Back button to return to the main menu. 9 Close the Project Preview window and the Lesson_06_end Project window.
Encore_CIB.book Page 137 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 137 Classroom in a Book Working with multiple menus This DVD project includes two menus and three video timelines. To begin the project, you’ll define the end actions for the timelines, so that they play sequentially. 1 Choose File > New Project. Click OK to accept NTSC as the television standard. The Project window opens. Next you’ll import the menus. 2 Right-click in the Project window, and choose Import as Menu.
Encore_CIB.book Page 138 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 138 LESSON 6 Overriding Default Actions 4 Click the Outtakes_Indiv tab in the Menu Editor window to view the second menu. This menu has four buttons. Three will link to the individual timelines, and one will link back to the main menu. 5 In the Project window, make sure that the Outtakes_main menu is set for First Play. A small black triangle appears next to the name of the item set for first play in the Project window.
Encore_CIB.book Page 139 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 139 Classroom in a Book The Timeline window opens with three tabs, one for each video file. Adobe Encore DVD has placed each video file into its own timeline, and named it to match the original AVI filename. The Monitor window opens as well. 3 In the Project window, select the Kiss timeline. Note: Make sure you select the timeline rather than the AVI file.
Encore_CIB.book Page 140 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 140 LESSON 6 Overriding Default Actions By default, when the Door timeline ends, the Cut timeline will play. 8 Finally, select the Cut timeline in the Project window. Then, in the Properties palette, choose Outtakes_main > Default from the End Action pop-up menu. By default, when the Cut timeline ends, the Outtakes_main menu appears with the Play All Outtakes button highlighted.
Encore_CIB.book Page 141 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 141 Classroom in a Book Notice that the Target field in the Specify Link dialog box reads Kiss > Chapter 1. Because the Kiss timeline has only one chapter point, selecting the timeline automatically selects the first chapter. If a timeline includes multiple chapters, click the arrow to the left of the timeline’s name to display them. You may then select a specific chapter.
Encore_CIB.book Page 142 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 142 LESSON 6 Overriding Default Actions Just as you can display a timeline’s chapters in the Specify Link dialog box, you can display a menu’s buttons. You have set the link for the Individual Outtakes button so that when it is activated, the Outtakes_Indiv menu will appear, with the The Kiss button highlighted. 6 Save the project. Previewing the links You can preview an unfinished project.
Encore_CIB.book Page 143 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 143 Classroom in a Book Using the pick whip So far, you have used two different methods to create links from buttons to menus and timelines: choosing a link destination from the Specify Link dialog box, or from the popup menu in the Properties palette. Adobe Encore DVD also offers a more visual way to create links: the pick whip.
Encore_CIB.book Page 144 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 144 LESSON 6 Overriding Default Actions As you drag the pick whip, a straight line appears between the Properties palette and the pick whip cursor. When the cursor is over a menu or timeline in the Project window, Adobe Encore DVD displays a box to identify the selected item. After you release the mouse button, the Properties palette displays the link that you created. 5 Save the project.
Encore_CIB.book Page 145 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 145 Classroom in a Book As you drag over the items in the Project window, notice that the pick whip does not select the AVI files. Only timelines and menus may be linked to buttons. Because the Kiss timeline has only one chapter (marked by the default chapter point at the beginning of the timeline), that chapter is automatically selected. When you activate the The Kiss button, the Kiss timeline will play.
Encore_CIB.book Page 146 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 146 LESSON 6 Overriding Default Actions The two menus in the project appear in the window. 6 Select the Outtakes_Indiv menu in the Menus tab. The buttons associated with the Outtakes_Indiv menu appear in the pane below the menus. 7 Select the The Kiss button in the Menu Editor window again. Drag the Override pick whip from the Properties palette to the The Door button in the lower pane of the Menu window.
Encore_CIB.book Page 147 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 147 Classroom in a Book The Override value in the Properties palette changes from Outtakes_Indiv: Default to Outtakes_Indiv: The Door. Now you will set the links and overrides for the other two buttons. 8 Click the Timelines tab in the Project window. The three timelines appear. The tabs in the Project window give you additional ways to sort and organize your project assets.
Encore_CIB.book Page 148 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 148 LESSON 6 Overriding Default Actions 9 In the Menu Editor window, use the selection tool to select the The Door button. Make sure the Properties palette displays the attributes for the The Door button. 10 Drag the Link pick whip from the Properties palette to the Door timeline in the Project window. 11 In the Project window, click the Menus tab.
Encore_CIB.book Page 149 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 149 Classroom in a Book Making a DVD folder In earlier lessons, you’ve burned DVD discs and built a DVD image. Now you’ll build a DVD folder for this project. When you build a DVD folder, Adobe Encore DVD builds a DVD directory structure on your hard drive so that you can test its quality or play it locally on a personal computer.
Encore_CIB.book Page 150 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 150 LESSON 6 Overriding Default Actions 3 To set an override, select the button to which it applies, and then use the pick whip or the pop-up menu in the Properties dialog box to set the action. 4 In this and previous lessons, you’ve linked buttons using the following methods: • Right-click the button in the Menu Editor window, choose Link To, and then select the destination for the link.
Encore_CIB.book Page 153 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 7 Creating Motion Menus Provide additional cues to viewers, or simply add interest to the project, by using audio or video clips in the background or buttons for your menu. In Adobe Encore DVD, you can also use thumbnails of video clips for buttons, to give viewers a glimpse of what they’ll see if they click the button.
Encore_CIB.book Page 154 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 154 LESSON 7 Creating Motion Menus In this lesson, you’ll create a motion menu, which is a menu that contains an animated background, animated buttons, audio, or a combination of these things. While working on this project, you will learn how to do the following: • Trim a video in the Timeline window. • Use different methods to move the current-time indicator in the Timeline window. • Add video to the background of a menu.
Encore_CIB.book Page 155 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 155 Classroom in a Book 4 Choose File > Preview. The Project Preview window opens, displaying a DVD menu with a looping video background. There are two buttons, and the first button is selected. Note: If the background of the menu isn’t moving, choose File > Render Motion Menus, and select Preview When Complete. 5 Click the Play Movie button. A video with four sections plays. After the video plays, the initial menu reappears.
Encore_CIB.book Page 156 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 156 LESSON 7 Creating Motion Menus A second menu appears. It contains four buttons with animated thumbnails representing the four sections of the video. 7 Click one or two of the buttons to play the video from that point in the sequence. After each video plays, the thumbnail menu reappears. 8 Close the Project Preview window and the Lesson_07_end Project window.
Encore_CIB.book Page 157 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 157 Classroom in a Book 2 Choose File > Import as Menu. Navigate to the Lesson 07 folder. Import the Cardiac_main.psd file. This menu file contains several layers and a background layer set. 3 Choose File > Import as Asset. Navigate to the Lesson 07 folder. Select the Cardiac_cycle.avi file. Click Open. Note: If the Import as Asset command is dimmed, click the Project window to make it active.
Encore_CIB.book Page 158 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 158 LESSON 7 Creating Motion Menus The Timeline window opens with the new Cardiac_cycle timeline active. The Monitor window also opens, displaying the Cardiac_cycle timeline. 6 Play the video in the Monitor window. Notice that there are four distinct parts of the movie. At the end of the movie, the image fades to black and remains black for about two seconds. You will trim the excess black footage. 7 Move the current-time indicator to 37:00.
Encore_CIB.book Page 159 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 159 Classroom in a Book Adobe Encore DVD changes the out point of the clip. 10 Click in an empty area of the Timeline window to deselect the clip. 11 Save the file. Name it Lesson_07.ncor. Creating and naming chapter points You’ll create a chapter point for each of the four sections in the movie. 1 Move the current-time indicator to the first frame in the timeline. 2 Select the chapter point marker at 00:00.
Encore_CIB.book Page 160 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 160 LESSON 7 Creating Motion Menus Moving the current-time indicator There are several ways to move the current-time indicator. Which method you use depends on your preference and how far you need to move the current-time indicator. Drag the current-time indicator to the new location. This option is best if you’re moving the current-time indicator a short distance. Otherwise, scrolling through the timeline can be time-consuming.
Encore_CIB.book Page 161 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 161 Classroom in a Book 4 In the Name field, type Stage 1. Naming the chapter points makes it easier to identify them when you create links later. You can name the chapter points to reflect the content of each chapter in the video. 5 Move the current-time indicator to 11:21. There are several different ways to move the current-time indicator to different points on the timeline.
Encore_CIB.book Page 162 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 162 LESSON 7 Creating Motion Menus A chapter point marker, labeled 2, appears at 11:21. You can also create a chapter point by right-clicking the handle of the current-time indicator and choosing Add Chapter Point. Note: Video footage is divided into contiguous Groups of Pictures (GOPs), which are typically 13 frames long. When you’re working with an MPEG-2 file, you can set a chapter point only at the first frame of a GOP, called a GOP header.
Encore_CIB.book Page 163 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 163 Classroom in a Book When the video finishes, the default behavior will be to return to the main menu, with the Play Stages button highlighted. 3 Open the Cardiac_main menu if it isn’t already open. In the Menu Editor window, use the selection tool to select the Play Movie button. 4 In the Properties palette, choose Cardiac_cycle > Stage 1 from the Link pop-up menu.
Encore_CIB.book Page 164 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 164 LESSON 7 Creating Motion Menus 6 Choose File > Preview. Press the Play Movie button to verify that the link and end action are working correctly. When you press the Play Movie button, the entire movie should play, and then you should return to the main menu, with the Play Stages button highlighted. 7 Close the Project Preview window, and save the project. Adding video to the background of a menu Currently, the project has a still menu.
Encore_CIB.book Page 165 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 165 Classroom in a Book 5 Select the new AVI file in the Project window. Press the arrow next to the thumbnail preview in the Project window. The video thumbnail plays, so that you can preview the video asset quickly. This clip is a short looping background. You will use it to replace the original background for the main menu. 6 In the Project window, select the Cardiac_main menu.
Encore_CIB.book Page 166 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 166 LESSON 7 Creating Motion Menus The first frame of the Cardiac_background.avi file appears as the background. 8 Save the project. Previewing the motion menu background By default, motion menus preview as still menus. To see a preview of the moving background, you must render it first. When you preview the motion menu, you can decide whether you need to make any adjustments, such as changing the number of times it loops.
Encore_CIB.book Page 167 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 167 Classroom in a Book 2 Close the Project Preview window. 3 In the Project window, select the Cardiac_main menu. 4 In the Properties palette, choose Forever from the Loop # pop-up menu. 5 Choose File > Preview. This time, the video background plays once and then loops to play again. When the video loops, a black screen may appear for a moment, or the video may pause.
Encore_CIB.book Page 168 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 168 LESSON 7 Creating Motion Menus Transcoding an AVI file from the Project window Transcoding is the process by which Adobe Encore DVD converts non-DVD-compliant video and audio asset files (such as AVI files) to the DVD-compliant files that will be burned to disc. (Files such as MPEG-2 files are already DVD-compliant and do not require transcoding.
Encore_CIB.book Page 169 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 169 Classroom in a Book The Transcode Progress dialog box appears as Adobe Encore DVD transcodes the file. The Cardiac_background.avi file appears in the Project window even after it has been transcoded. Note: To revert a transcoded asset to the original asset, right-click it in the Project window and choose Revert to Original. 3 If necessary, stretch the Project window so that you can see the Transcode Settings column.
Encore_CIB.book Page 170 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 170 LESSON 7 Creating Motion Menus Creating video thumbnail buttons In addition to naming a button, you can add a thumbnail of the video it links to. The thumbnail helps viewers identify each video more clearly, and adds interest to your menu. You can use still thumbnails, which display only a single frame of the video, or animated thumbnails, which play as much of the video as you specify.
Encore_CIB.book Page 171 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 171 Classroom in a Book To expand a layer set, click the arrow next to its name. 3 Notice that there is a red rectangle in the layer with (%) in its name. Adobe Encore DVD recognizes layers and layer sets whose names begin with (%). In this case, the thumbnail is red just to help you identify it; Adobe Encore DVD will ignore the red color. 4 Exit Photoshop without saving the file.
Encore_CIB.book Page 172 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 172 LESSON 7 Creating Motion Menus The rectangles that were red in Photoshop appear semitransparent gray in Adobe Encore DVD. 2 In the Project window, double-click the Cardiac_cycle timeline. 3 Move the current-time indicator to 00:00. 4 Drag the chapter point marker at 00:00 to the rectangle for the Stage 1 button in the Menu Editor window.
Encore_CIB.book Page 173 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 173 Classroom in a Book A thumbnail version of the first frame of the video appears in the button. 5 Drag the other three chapter point markers to their respective buttons.
Encore_CIB.book Page 174 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 174 LESSON 7 Creating Motion Menus Each button should display a frame with a number in it. However, the frame in the Stage 1 button shows the video title, and the frame in the Stage 4 button shows the number 3. First, you’ll adjust the Stage 4 button to capture the appropriate frame. 6 Zoom the timeline out to its maximum size. Zooming lets you select single frames in the timeline with greater accuracy.
Encore_CIB.book Page 175 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 175 Classroom in a Book 9 When the Stage 4 button displays the frame that contains the number 4, release the marker. 10 Save the project. Setting a poster frame The first thumbnail button accurately displays the first frame of the video. When the viewer activates that button, you want the video to play from the first frame.
Encore_CIB.book Page 176 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 176 LESSON 7 Creating Motion Menus The thumbnail button in the menu now shows the first frame of the heart animation. However, when the viewer activates this button, the video will begin playing at the first frame. 4 Save the project. Setting behaviors You’ve created the thumbnails. Now you’ll set behaviors to ensure that viewers return to the thumbnail menu after they view a video using a thumbnail button.
Encore_CIB.book Page 177 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 177 Classroom in a Book When the viewer activates the Back button, the main menu will appear, with Play Movie highlighted. 3 In the Project window, click the Menus tab. Only the menus in the project appear in the Menus tab. 4 Select the Cardiac_thumb menu. The lower pane lists all the buttons contained in the selected menu. You can use this pane to organize buttons and to set some behaviors for multiple buttons more quickly.
Encore_CIB.book Page 178 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 178 LESSON 7 Creating Motion Menus 5 Select all the buttons except the Back button. Make sure the Properties palette is open and displays the attributes for the selected buttons. 6 From the Override pop-up menu, choose Cardiac_thumb > Stage 1. You’ve set the override behavior for all four buttons at once.
Encore_CIB.book Page 179 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 179 Classroom in a Book 3 Type 04:00 in the Duration field, and choose Forever from the Loop # pop-up menu. Note: Make sure you enter the time in the Duration field and not the Loop Point field. 4 Choose File > Render Motion Menus. Just as you needed to render motion menus in order to see the moving background for your menu, you need to render motion menus to preview animated thumbnail buttons.
Encore_CIB.book Page 180 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 180 LESSON 7 Creating Motion Menus Burning the DVD Burn the project to disc using any of the methods described in previous lessons. The method used in Lesson 1 follows. 1 In the Project window, click the Disc tab. 2 Change the disc name to Lesson_07. 3 From the pop-up menu beneath the disc name, choose the data size of the disc you’ll be burning. 4 Click Build Project.
Encore_CIB.book Page 181 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 181 Classroom in a Book 4 To preview a motion menu, you must first render it. Choose File > Render Motion Menus. If you preview a motion menu before rendering it, Adobe Encore DVD displays it as a still menu in the Project Preview window. 5 Select the button, select Animate Buttons in the Properties palette, and then specify how long you want the video to play and how many times it should loop.
Encore_CIB.book Page 185 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 8 Working with Adobe Premiere Pro Video is at the heart of most DVD projects. Use Adobe Encore DVD and Adobe Premiere Pro together to achieve the best-quality video, and to arrange it in the most accessible way. The Edit Original command in Adobe Encore DVD lets you return to Premiere quickly to make changes to the video when necessary.
Encore_CIB.book Page 186 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 186 LESSON 8 Working with Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe Encore DVD works smoothly with Adobe Premiere Pro to help you achieve the best results for your video DVD projects. Use Premiere Pro to prepare the assets for your DVD project, and then import them into Adobe Encore DVD. If you need to make changes to the assets, you can use the Edit Original command to open and edit the Premiere Pro project.
Encore_CIB.book Page 187 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 187 Classroom in a Book 3 In the Open dialog box, navigate to the Lesson 08 folder. Double-click the Lesson_08_end folder, select Lesson_08_end.ncor, and then click Open. 4 Choose File > Preview. The Project Preview window opens, displaying a menu with two buttons. 5 Click the Chapters button. A second menu appears, containing four thumbnail buttons shaped like coffee cups as well as a Back button.
Encore_CIB.book Page 188 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 188 LESSON 8 Working with Adobe Premiere Pro 2 Click Open Project in the Welcome to Adobe Premiere Pro dialog box. 3 Navigate to the Lesson 08 folder. Select the Trailer.prproj file, and click Open. Note: If you are prompted to locate the Trailer.avi file, navigate to the Premiere Source folder, and select the file. The Premiere Pro project opens, with one AVI file in the Timeline window.
Encore_CIB.book Page 189 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 189 Classroom in a Book You’ll add sequence markers to the timeline, and then export the sequence as an MPEG2 file. Adobe Encore DVD will interpret the sequence markers as chapter point markers when you import the file. 5 Click the current time in the Timeline window. Change it to 03:21, and then press Enter. The current-time indicator moves to 03:21. 6 Choose Marker > Set Sequence Marker > Unnumbered.
Encore_CIB.book Page 190 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 190 LESSON 8 Working with Adobe Premiere Pro The Transcode Settings dialog box appears. 2 Choose MPEG2-DVD from the Format pop-up menu. 3 Choose NTSC DV High Quality 4Mb VBR 2 Pass from the Preset pop-up menu. 4 Click OK. 5 Name the file Trailer_markers, and click Save. Premiere Pro renders the file, which may take a few minutes. The timeline is exported as an MPEG-2 file that can be imported into Adobe Encore DVD.
Encore_CIB.book Page 191 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 191 Classroom in a Book About MPEG-2 files There are advantages and disadvantages to any file format. Before exporting an MPEG-2 file for use in Adobe Encore DVD, consider the advantages and disadvantages. Advantages • Adobe Encore DVD converts AVI files to MPEG-2 when you burn a DVD. Because there is no need to convert MPEG-2 files, you can burn DVDs more quickly when you use them.
Encore_CIB.book Page 192 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 192 LESSON 8 Working with Adobe Premiere Pro When you exported the timeline from Premiere Pro, it created two files: an MPEG-2 file for the video content, and a WAV file for the audio content. 5 In the Project window, select the Trailer_markers.m2v file. 6 Choose Timeline > New Timeline. A new timeline opens with the Trailer_markers.m2v file on the video track. The Monitor window opens.
Encore_CIB.book Page 193 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 193 Classroom in a Book 8 Drag the Trailer_markers.wav file from the Project window onto the Audio 1 track in the Timeline window. 9 Click the Play button in the Monitor window to view the timeline. 10 Save the project as Lesson_08.ncor. Though Adobe Encore DVD is a Windows-only application, you can use it to burn DVDs that contain video files you’ve saved in Mac OS or in QuickTime format.
Encore_CIB.book Page 194 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 194 LESSON 8 Working with Adobe Premiere Pro Linking chapter points to thumbnail buttons To give your viewers information about the video they’ll see when they click a button, add a thumbnail image of the video to the button. When you create the thumbnail, Adobe Encore DVD automatically links it to its chapter point. 1 Click the Project window to make it active. Choose File > Import as Menu. 2 Navigate to the Lesson 08 folder. Select Chapters.
Encore_CIB.book Page 195 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 195 Classroom in a Book A thumbnail image appears in the cup. Adobe Encore DVD automatically creates a link between the button and the chapter point in the timeline. 5 Drag chapter point 3 to the upper-right cup, chapter point 4 to the lower-right cup, and chapter point 5 to the lower-left cup. When you click a button, the video will play from the point in the timeline associated with the marker to the end of the timeline.
Encore_CIB.book Page 196 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 196 LESSON 8 Working with Adobe Premiere Pro 6 Make sure the Trailer_markers timeline is active. If necessary, click the Trailer_markers timeline in the Project window. Note: Make sure you click the Trailer_markers timeline and not the Trailer_markers.m2v file. 7 If the Properties window is not open, choose Window > Properties. The Properties window displays the attributes for the Trailer_markers timeline.
Encore_CIB.book Page 197 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 197 Classroom in a Book Creating thumbnails with interesting shapes Adobe Encore DVD creates thumbnails as rectangles, to match the frame of the video. To display a thumbnail with a more interesting shape, such as the ovals you’re using in this project, first make a rectangle and then mask it. In Photoshop, when you create a video thumbnail button with a nonrectangular shape, the actual thumbnail layer should be rectangular.
Encore_CIB.book Page 198 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 198 LESSON 8 Working with Adobe Premiere Pro As you move the cursor over a cup, it is highlighted. When you click a cup, the video plays from the chapter point associated with the button, and when the video is finished, the menu reappears. 3 Close the Project Preview window. Exporting an AVI file from Premiere Pro Earlier, you exported an MPEG-2 file from Premiere Pro. Now you’ll export the excerpt video as an AVI file. 1 Open Premiere Pro.
Encore_CIB.book Page 199 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 199 Classroom in a Book There are multiple clips in the timeline for this project. It is ready to export. 5 Click the Timeline window to ensure that the timeline is active, and choose File > Export > Movie. 6 In the Export Movie dialog box, name the file Scene01. 7 Click Settings. 8 In the Export Movie Settings dialog box, choose Microsoft DV AVI from the File Type pop-up menu and Work Area Bar from the Range pop-up menu.
Encore_CIB.book Page 200 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 200 LESSON 8 Working with Adobe Premiere Pro 12 When Premiere Pro has finished rendering the file, close the project and exit from Premiere Pro. About AVI files The advantages and disadvantages of using AVI files are the inverse of those for MPEG-2 files. Advantages • More applications play AVI files, so you can distribute them more widely, separate from the DVD you burn. • You can edit AVI files in most video-editing applications.
Encore_CIB.book Page 201 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 201 Classroom in a Book 5 In the Project window, select the Scene01.avi video file. Note: Make sure you select the video file, and not the timeline. 6 Choose Edit > Edit Original. Because you embedded project information when you rendered the AVI file in Premiere Pro, the project from which you exported the file opens. If Premiere Pro is not currently running, it will start automatically.
Encore_CIB.book Page 202 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 202 LESSON 8 Working with Adobe Premiere Pro 4 Move the cursor to the right edge (the end) of Clip05 in the timeline. When the cursor changes to a red bracket with a double arrow ( ), drag it to the current-time indicator. A ripple edit trims a clip and shifts subsequent clips in the track by the amount you trim. However, it has no effect on the audio track. You’ll need to trim the audio track separately.
Encore_CIB.book Page 203 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 203 Classroom in a Book 6 Return to Adobe Encore DVD. The AVI file should update automatically. 7 Play the timeline in the Monitor window. The AVI file has been updated in Adobe Encore DVD. When you play the timeline in the Monitor window, the video plays as you edited it in Premiere Pro.
Encore_CIB.book Page 204 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 204 LESSON 8 Working with Adobe Premiere Pro When the Chapters button is activated, the Chapters menu will appear, with the first button highlighted. 6 Click the Scene01 timeline in the Project window to make it active. 7 Choose Main > Chapters from the End Action pop-up menu in the Properties palette. When the Scene01 timeline finishes playing, the Main menu will display, with the Chapters button highlighted.
Encore_CIB.book Page 205 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 205 Classroom in a Book 9 Click the Chapters tab in the Menu Editor window to make that menu active. Note: If there is no Chapters tab, double-click the Chapters menu in the Project window to open it in the Menu Editor window. 10 In the Menu Editor window, use the selection tool to select the Back button. 11 In the Properties palette, choose Main > Chapters from the Link pop-up menu. 12 Save the project.
Encore_CIB.book Page 206 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 206 LESSON 8 Working with Adobe Premiere Pro 4 Click Project Settings. In the Project Settings dialog box, you can specify whether the disc is the first or second side of a dual-sided disc, assign a region code, and enable copy protection. Each of these options is activated only if you burn the project to a digital linear tape (DLT) for mass replication. Click OK to close the dialog box.
Encore_CIB.book Page 207 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 207 Classroom in a Book 3 To ensure that you can edit the original project from Adobe Encore DVD or After Effects after you’ve exported it as an AVI file, choose Project from the Embedding Options pop-up menu in the Export Movie Settings dialog box. 4 Use the ripple edit tool in Premiere Pro to trim a clip within a timeline. The clips that follow move forward or backward to accommodate the change.
Encore_CIB.book Page 211 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 9 Working with Adobe After Effects Bring the power of Adobe After Effects into your DVD project. Add special effects in After Effects, import the file into Adobe Encore DVD, and then return to After Effects at any time to make additional changes.
Encore_CIB.book Page 212 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 212 LESSON 9 Working with Adobe After Effects Pair Adobe Encore DVD with Adobe After Effects to leverage the features of both applications. You can import AVI files that you create in After Effects into Adobe Encore DVD, and return to After Effects to edit them at any time. In this lesson you will learn how to do the following: • Import an After Effects file as an asset. • Return to After Effects to edit the original file.
Encore_CIB.book Page 213 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 213 Classroom in a Book Importing a Photoshop menu First, import the Photoshop menu into your project. 1 Choose File > New Project. Click OK to accept NTSC as the television standard. 2 Choose File > Import as Menu. Navigate to the Lesson 09 folder, and import the Zephyr.psd file. The menu appears in Adobe Encore DVD. 3 Click on the menu in the Menu Editor window, and then open the Layers palette.
Encore_CIB.book Page 214 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 214 LESSON 9 Working with Adobe After Effects 4 Click the Show Selected Subpicture Highlight button at the bottom of the Menu Editor window to see the subpictures for the buttons. The subpictures were defined in Photoshop. Adobe Encore DVD recognizes the layers as subpictures because their names begin with (=1). 5 Make the Character palette active by clicking the Character tab.
Encore_CIB.book Page 215 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 215 Classroom in a Book 7 With the selection tool, move the text block you just created to the bottom-left area of the menu. 8 With the text block still selected, choose Object > Drop Shadow. Accept the defaults in the Drop Shadow dialog box, and click OK. 9 Save the project as Lesson_09.ncor.
Encore_CIB.book Page 216 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 216 LESSON 9 Working with Adobe After Effects 5 Set the duration to 00:00:04:00 (4 seconds). Leave the other settings as they are, and click OK. Comp 1 appears in the Project window. You will not use this composition, but when you import the Photoshop file into After Effects, the duration of the new composition and each of its layers will be eight seconds. 6 Select Comp 1 in the Project window and choose Edit > Clear.
Encore_CIB.book Page 217 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 217 Classroom in a Book The Project window contains a folder and a comp, both named Zephyr.psd (After Effects 5.5) or Zephyr Comp 1 (After Effects 6.0). The folder contains the individual layers. The composition is made up of the assembled layers. Note: If there is only one file in the Project window, you didn’t import the layered Photoshop file as a composition (step 7). Delete the file and re-import it as a composition.
Encore_CIB.book Page 218 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 218 LESSON 9 Working with Adobe After Effects 10 Choose Composition > Composition Settings. 11 Make sure the Preset is NTSC DV 720 x 480 (After Effects 5.5) or NTSC 720 x 480 (After Effects 6.0), and the duration is 00:00:04:00 (4 seconds). Then click OK. 12 Save the After Effects project. Animating a menu file in After Effects You imported a static Photoshop menu file.
Encore_CIB.book Page 219 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 219 Classroom in a Book 4 Click the stopwatches next to each of the Position properties to create a keyframe for the position of each layer. 5 Return the current-time indicator to 00:00. 6 Select the Title layer, and change its position to 930, 240. You can change the position manually by selecting and dragging the title in the Comp window. Or you can click the numbers in the timeline and type new values.
Encore_CIB.book Page 220 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 220 LESSON 9 Working with Adobe After Effects Adding more animation You have animated the layers so that they are off the screen at 0 seconds and enter from the right. Now you will add keyframes to move them off the screen again. 1 In the Timeline window, move the current-time indicator to 03:00 (3 seconds). 2 Press the Ctrl key as you click the word Position underneath the layer name for the top three layers.
Encore_CIB.book Page 221 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 221 Classroom in a Book 7 Move the Kiteboard layer set’s position to -280, 240. Then, move the Sailboard layer set’s position to -280, 240. 8 Choose Composition > Preview > RAM Preview. The layers move onto the screen from the right, pause for two seconds, and then continue to move to the left until they are off the screen. 9 Save the project.
Encore_CIB.book Page 222 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 222 LESSON 9 Working with Adobe After Effects 3 For the Sailboard layer set, move the first keyframe (currently at 0 seconds) to 19 frames (00:19), and leave the second keyframe at 1 second (01:00). 4 Move the last two keyframes for each layer to create more interesting exits and entries. Note: Make sure you don’t change the order of the keyframes in a layer. 5 Choose Composition > Preview > RAM Preview.
Encore_CIB.book Page 223 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 223 Classroom in a Book 2 Click the value next to Render Settings for your project. 3 Choose Best from the Quality pop-up menu and Full from the Resolution pop-up menu. Then click OK.
Encore_CIB.book Page 224 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 224 LESSON 9 Working with Adobe After Effects 4 Click the value next to Output Module in the Render Queue dialog box. 5 In the Output Module Settings dialog box, choose Project Link from the Embed popup menu. Embedding a project link ensures that you can return to the After Effects file to edit it from Adobe Encore DVD, even though you’ll be placing a rendered movie file—not the After Effects file itself—into your Adobe Encore DVD project.
Encore_CIB.book Page 225 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 225 Classroom in a Book 6 Click Format Options in the Video Output section of the Output Module Settings dialog box. 7 Choose No Compression from the Compressor pop-up menu, and click OK. Click OK to close the Output Module Settings dialog box.
Encore_CIB.book Page 226 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 226 LESSON 9 Working with Adobe After Effects 8 Click the name next to Output To in the Render Queue dialog box. If you haven’t already named the file, name it Zephyr_background.avi, and specify a folder for it. 9 Click Render. If you are prompted to save the After Effects project, click OK. After Effects renders the movie. Depending on your system, this may take a few minutes. 10 Leave the Render Queue open, and don’t change the settings.
Encore_CIB.book Page 227 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 227 Classroom in a Book 3 In the Project window, double-click the Zephyr menu to open the Menu Editor window, and then click the Layers tab or choose Window > Layers to open the Layers palette. 4 In the Layers palette, select the Title layer set and choose Edit > Clear. The title disappears from the menu in the Menu Editor window. 5 Click the arrow next to the Kiteboard layer set to expand it.
Encore_CIB.book Page 228 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 228 LESSON 9 Working with Adobe After Effects 7 Click the Show Selected Subpicture Highlight button at the bottom of the Menu Editor window to see the subpictures. 8 Press the Alt key while you drag the Zephyr_background.avi file from the Project window into the Menu Editor window.
Encore_CIB.book Page 229 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 229 Classroom in a Book There is no apparent change in the Menu Editor window, because the text is off-screen at 0 seconds. However, the background has been replaced by the video asset you created in After Effects. The beginning frame of the movie should match the menu background perfectly.
Encore_CIB.book Page 230 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 230 LESSON 9 Working with Adobe After Effects 1 Select the Zephyr menu in the Project window. 2 In the Properties palette, leave the Duration at 4 seconds (04:00), and choose Forever from the Loop # pop-up menu. The video will play until it reaches the end, and then loop until you make a selection. 3 Choose File > Render Motion Menus. If File > Render Motion Menus is dimmed, go to step 4. 4 Choose File > Preview.
Encore_CIB.book Page 231 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 231 Classroom in a Book 1 In Adobe Encore DVD, select the Zephyr_background.avi file in the Project window. 2 Choose Edit > Edit Original. The After Effects project you used to create the AVI file opens in After Effects. Note: If you are asked whether you want to open the original project version, click Yes. An untitled version of the After Effects file opens. 3 In the Timeline window, select the Background/Zephyr.psd layer.
Encore_CIB.book Page 232 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 232 LESSON 9 Working with Adobe After Effects 6 With the new layer still selected, press the T key on your keyboard to display the Opacity property for the layer. 7 Set the Opacity to 40%. 8 Drag the current-time indicator in the Timeline window to 2 seconds (02:00). 9 Click the stopwatch icon next to the Opacity value to create a keyframe. 10 Drag the current-time indicator to the left about 10 frames ((01:20). 11 Set the Opacity to 0%.
Encore_CIB.book Page 233 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 233 Classroom in a Book Rendering the movie You’ll render the movie again before returning to Adobe Encore DVD. If the Render Queue dialog box is open, and displays an output module with the same settings as the movie you originally rendered, just click Render and click OK to overwrite the existing file; then save and close the project.
Encore_CIB.book Page 234 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 234 LESSON 9 Working with Adobe After Effects 2 In the Properties palette, click the Video field, and then press Delete. The Menu Editor window turns black, and the Video field contains the word “nothing.” 3 Drag the Video pick whip from the Properties palette to the Zephyr_background.avi file in the Project window. 4 Choose File > Render Motion Menus. Though you updated the After Effects file, Adobe Encore DVD didn’t recognize the changes.
Encore_CIB.book Page 235 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 235 Classroom in a Book 4 Select the Kiteboard button in the lower pane of the Menus tab. In the Properties palette, choose Kite > Chapter 1 from the Link pop-up menu. 5 Link the Sailboard button to Sail > Chapter 1. 6 Click the Timelines tab in the Project window. 7 Select the Kite and Sail timelines. In the Properties window, choose Zephyr > Default from the End Action pop-up menu. 8 Save the project.
Encore_CIB.book Page 236 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 236 LESSON 9 Working with Adobe After Effects 10 Choose File > Preview. 11 In the Project Preview window, test the links and end actions. When you’re finished, close the Project Preview window. Burning the DVD Burn the DVD using the Build DVD command. 1 Choose File > Build DVD > Make DVD Disc. 2 Choose Current Project from the Create Using pop-up menu, and specify your DVD recorder. 3 Insert a blank disc, and click Next.
Encore_CIB.book Page 239 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 10 Creating a Slideshow from Still Images DVDs can showcase still images as well as video. Using Adobe Encore DVD, you can create a menu for each image to allow the viewer to navigate through the slideshow, or create a timeline from the images for a slideshow that advances automatically.
Encore_CIB.book Page 240 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 240 LESSON 10 Creating a Slideshow from Still Images In addition to delivering high-quality digital video, a DVD can be an efficient way to present still images. For example, you can use Adobe Encore DVD to create looping slideshows for display in trade show kiosks, or to present an artist or photographer’s portfolio. You can even create slideshows from existing presentations.
Encore_CIB.book Page 241 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 241 Classroom in a Book The Project Preview window opens, and a menu appears. The menu has two buttons. 5 Click the Meet the Executive Team button. Click the Next button in the first two menus to progress through the slideshow. Click the Menu button in the last slideshow menu to return to the main menu. 6 Click the Q2 2003 Earnings Presentation button.
Encore_CIB.book Page 242 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 242 LESSON 10 Creating a Slideshow from Still Images A slideshow plays, with the slides changing in time with audio cues. 7 Close the Project Preview window and the Lesson_10_end Project window. Assembling components for a slideshow The first slideshow you’ll create uses a method that provides a good way to display still images.
Encore_CIB.book Page 243 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 243 Classroom in a Book When the DVD is inserted into the player, the main menu will appear. 4 Close the Main.psd file in the Menu Editor window by clicking the “x” in its tab. The three slideshow menus—President, CFO, and Marketing—are still available in the Menu Editor window. These three menus contain the content for an interactive slideshow.
Encore_CIB.book Page 244 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 244 LESSON 10 Creating a Slideshow from Still Images 1 In the Library palette, select one of the buttons you just imported. With one of the slideshow menus open in the Menu Editor window, click the Place button at the bottom of the Library palette. The button you selected appears on the menu. 2 Use the Place button to add the other two buttons to the menu.
Encore_CIB.book Page 245 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 245 Classroom in a Book The three buttons have different vertical dimensions (that is, they have different heights), so you’ll need to align them by their vertical centers. 5 Select all three buttons, and then choose Object > Align > Middle. Note: The Object > Align > Middle command results in different positioning than the Object > Align > Center command.
Encore_CIB.book Page 246 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 246 LESSON 10 Creating a Slideshow from Still Images 8 In the Properties palette, choose Main > Presentation button from the Link pop-up menu. 9 Save the project. Name it Lesson_10.ncor Copying buttons to other menus In a slideshow, you want the navigational buttons to appear in the same place on each slide. Adobe Encore DVD makes it easy to copy objects in exactly the same location from one menu to another.
Encore_CIB.book Page 247 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 247 Classroom in a Book The three buttons appear in the same position they occupy in the first slideshow menu. 4 Click the tab for the remaining slideshow menu in the Menu Editor window. 5 Choose Edit > Paste. Again, the buttons are pasted in the same position. 6 Click on the menu to deselect the buttons. Then select only the Menu button. In the Properties palette, note that the Menu button has retained its Link setting.
Encore_CIB.book Page 248 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 248 LESSON 10 Creating a Slideshow from Still Images 3 Select the Next button. Then, in the Properties palette, choose CFO > Next Button from the Link pop-up menu. 4 Click the CFO tab in the Menu Editor window. 5 Select the Prev button. Then, in the Properties palette, choose President > Next Button from the Link pop-up menu. 6 Select the Next button, and link it to Marketing > Menu Button. 7 Click the Marketing tab in the Menu Editor window.
Encore_CIB.book Page 249 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 249 Classroom in a Book When the viewer starts the slideshow, the President menu appears first. Preview the slideshow to make sure the links all work as expected. 12 Choose File > Preview. 13 Click the Meet the Executive Team button, and then click the navigation buttons you just created to proceed through the slideshow. Be sure to test the Prev and Menu buttons as well as the Next buttons.
Encore_CIB.book Page 250 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 250 LESSON 10 Creating a Slideshow from Still Images Adding audio to a menu You’ll add an audio track to each menu in the slideshow. 1 Right-click in the Project window, and choose Import as Asset. 2 Navigate to the Lesson 10 folder. Select the CFO.wav, Marketing.wav, and President.wav files, and click Open. 3 Click the President tab in the Menu Editor window, and open the Properties palette.
Encore_CIB.book Page 251 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 251 Classroom in a Book In the Properties palette, notice that the President.wav file is listed in the Audio field, and the duration of the menu has been changed to the duration of the WAV file. 6 Drag the CFO.wav file and the Marketing.wav file onto the CFO and Marketing menus, respectively, in the Menu Editor window.
Encore_CIB.book Page 252 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 252 LESSON 10 Creating a Slideshow from Still Images • Set a longer duration for the slide, and then set an end action with the assumption that the user is not paying attention to the slideshow. Setting end actions for slideshow menus The last option appears to be the best option for this project. You’ll change the duration and set the end action for all the menus at once.
Encore_CIB.book Page 253 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 253 Classroom in a Book These behaviors have been set for all of the menus you selected. 5 Choose File > Preview to test the duration and end action behaviors. 6 Close the Project Preview window. 7 Save the project. About creating slideshows with timelines In the first part of this lesson, you created a slideshow using a separate menu for each still image.
Encore_CIB.book Page 254 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 254 LESSON 10 Creating a Slideshow from Still Images Organizing your assets In this lesson, you will be using multiple assets. To keep the Project window from getting cluttered, you’ll use folders to organize the assets. 1 Click the Project tab in the Project window to make it active, and choose File > New Folder. 2 In the New Folder Name dialog box, type Executive, and click OK.
Encore_CIB.book Page 255 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 255 Classroom in a Book You can create a new folder by choosing File > New Folder or by right-clicking in the Project window and choosing New Folder from the context menu. Often there are multiple ways to accomplish a task. Use the method you prefer. 5 In the New Folder Name dialog box, type Presentation, and click OK. The Presentation folder will hold the assets you’ll use to create the second slideshow.
Encore_CIB.book Page 256 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 256 LESSON 10 Creating a Slideshow from Still Images Creating a timeline from still images This slideshow will be a single timeline composed of a set of still images exported from a presentation software application. You’ll place the images, and then stretch or trim the duration to match the audio of the presentation. 1 Select the Q2_Earnings.
Encore_CIB.book Page 257 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 257 Classroom in a Book Slide 1.tif appears in the timeline with a duration of eight seconds. You may need to drag the zoom slider on the Timeline window to the left to display the entire clip. 5 Click the Play button in the Monitor window and listen to the audio track. When the voice says “next slide” (about 06:10), press the Pause button in the Monitor window.
Encore_CIB.book Page 258 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 258 LESSON 10 Creating a Slideshow from Still Images Notice that a chapter point has been placed in the timeline where the slides change. You can use these chapter points for simple navigation when playing the DVD by clicking the Next or Previous buttons on the remote control. 10 Repeat steps 7-9 for Slide3.tif, Slide4.tif, Slide5.tif, and Slide6.tif. The slide transitions will be at approximately 30 seconds, 44 seconds, and 53 seconds.
Encore_CIB.book Page 259 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 259 Classroom in a Book 2 In the Properties palette, choose Main > Meet Button from the End Action pop-up menu. Choose Main > Meet Button from the Menu Remote pop-up menu. If you want to create a looping, self-running slideshow, set the end action of the timeline to the first chapter point of the same timeline. 3 In the Project window, click the Menus tab. Select the Main menu in the Menus tab.
Encore_CIB.book Page 260 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 260 LESSON 10 Creating a Slideshow from Still Images 5 In the Properties palette, choose Q2_earnings > Chapter 1 from the Link pop-up menu. Previewing the project Verify that the links behave as you expect them to. 1 Choose File > Preview. 2 Verify that each button links to the appropriate timeline or menu, and that the end actions are appropriate. 3 Save the project. Burning the DVD Burn the DVD using the Build DVD command.
Encore_CIB.book Page 261 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 261 Classroom in a Book 3 How can you ensure that buttons are in the same place on multiple menus? 4 How can you specify how long a menu stays on the screen? 5 How can you organize assets in the Project window? Review answers 1 A slideshow composed of menus gives the viewer greater control over navigation and the timing of each transition.
Encore_CIB.book Page 265 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 11 Adding Audio Tracks and Subtitles Many DVD projects are designed for more than one audience. You can add audio tracks and subtitle tracks for different languages, accessible through menus you create in Adobe Encore DVD.
Encore_CIB.book Page 266 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 266 LESSON 11 Adding Audio Tracks and Subtitles In previous lessons, you’ve worked primarily with menus, links, and behaviors. In this lesson, you’ll focus on timelines. Using Adobe Encore DVD, you can add up to 8 audio tracks and 32 subtitle tracks to your DVD. Most DVD players can play only one audio track and one subtitle track at a time, but offering multiple tracks gives your audience more options and lets you reach more people.
Encore_CIB.book Page 267 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 267 Classroom in a Book 3 In the Open dialog box, navigate to the Lesson 11 folder. Select Lesson_11_end.ncor, and then click Open. 4 Choose File > Preview. The Project Preview window opens, and a menu appears. The menu has two buttons. 5 Click the Languages button. Click the two language buttons in the menu to play the same video with different language voice-overs. Click the Back button to return to the main menu.
Encore_CIB.book Page 268 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 268 LESSON 11 Adding Audio Tracks and Subtitles 7 Click the two buttons in the menu to play the same video with and without English subtitles. 8 Close the Project Preview window and the Lesson_11_end Project window. Including audio tracks in a project Audio tracks can provide a mood for your video, enhance understanding, or simply make the video more appealing.
Encore_CIB.book Page 269 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 269 Classroom in a Book This menu offers the viewer a choice between language soundtracks. You can play only one audio track at a time. If you want to play music with a voice-over, for example, or a director’s comments over the regular soundtrack, you’ll need to mix two audio tracks in another application, such as Adobe Premiere Pro or Adobe Audition™, and then save the file as a single audio track to use in Adobe Encore DVD.
Encore_CIB.book Page 270 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 270 LESSON 11 Adding Audio Tracks and Subtitles Adobe Encore DVD recognizes the audio track as Dutch. Now add the other audio track. 4 Choose Timeline > Add Audio Track. A new track appears in the Timeline window, with the name Audio 2. 5 Drag the English.wav file from the Project window onto the Audio 2 track in the Timeline window. The English.wav file appears in the audio track.
Encore_CIB.book Page 271 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 271 Classroom in a Book 8 Save the project as Lesson_11.ncor. Previewing audio tracks You can preview both of the audio tracks while watching the video clip. 1 In the Project window, right-click the Rose timeline, and choose Preview From Here. The Project Preview window opens and plays the Rose timeline, even though it isn’t set as first play.
Encore_CIB.book Page 272 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 272 LESSON 11 Adding Audio Tracks and Subtitles The audio changes to English. 4 Close the Project Preview window. Linking buttons to audio tracks You’ve added the audio tracks. Now you will link the buttons in the Language menu to them. 1 Open the Language menu in the Menu Editor window, if it isn’t already open. 2 With the selection tool, right-click the Dutch button in the menu, and choose Link To. The Specify Link dialog box appears.
Encore_CIB.book Page 273 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 273 Classroom in a Book 3 Select the Rose timeline. Then choose 1 from the Audio pop-up menu at the bottom of the dialog box. Choose Off from the Subtitles pop-up menu. Click OK. When the viewer activates the Dutch button, the first soundtrack will play with the video.
Encore_CIB.book Page 274 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 274 LESSON 11 Adding Audio Tracks and Subtitles When a viewer presses the Menu button on a remote control while the video is playing, the Language menu will appear, with the Dutch button highlighted. 9 Save the project. Name it Lesson_11.ncor. Adding a main menu In this project, viewers can choose either a soundtrack language or a language for subtitles.
Encore_CIB.book Page 275 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 275 Classroom in a Book 1 Choose File > Import as Menu and select Roses_main.psd. 2 In the Menu Editor window, select the Languages button in the Roses_main menu. 3 In the Properties palette, choose Language > Dutch from the Link pop-up menu. When the viewer activates the Languages button, the Language menu will appear, with the Dutch button highlighted. 4 Click the Language tab in the Menu Editor window.
Encore_CIB.book Page 276 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 276 LESSON 11 Adding Audio Tracks and Subtitles When the viewer activates the Back button, the Roses_main menu will appear, with the Subtitles button highlighted. 6 In the Project window, right-click the Roses_main menu, and choose Set as First Play. When the DVD is inserted into the player, the Roses_main menu will appear on the screen. 7 Choose File > Preview. 8 Click the Languages button, and then click the Dutch or English button.
Encore_CIB.book Page 277 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 277 Classroom in a Book The appropriate audio track should play. Notice that the field next to the Mute Audio button displays the track number and language code you specified (nl or en). 9 Click the other language button. The correct language should play, and the Language menu should appear after the timeline is done. 10 Close the Project Preview window. 11 Save the project.
Encore_CIB.book Page 278 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 278 LESSON 11 Adding Audio Tracks and Subtitles 3 Choose en-English from the pop-up menu next to the Subtitle 1 name in the Timeline window. 4 Move the current-time indicator to the beginning of the timeline. 5 Click the Play button in the Monitor window, and click the Pause button when the voice-over begins. Note: If the Monitor window isn’t open, choose Window > Monitor.
Encore_CIB.book Page 279 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 279 Classroom in a Book 9 Choose Myriad Pro for the font, Regular for the font style, and 40 for the type size. Click the Align Center option. 10 Type This is one of the most classic and then press Enter. 11 Type roses that I have developed. The text appears over the video. 12 Press the Ctrl button. The cursor turns into an arrow ( ). Drag the text block so that it is centered in the frame.
Encore_CIB.book Page 280 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 280 LESSON 11 Adding Audio Tracks and Subtitles A bar appears in the Subtitle 1 track in the Timeline window. The text you typed in the Monitor window displays in the bar. The bar does not go to the end of the timeline, but it covers a few seconds of time. 13 Move the current-time indicator to 00:00. Click the Play button in the Monitor window.
Encore_CIB.book Page 281 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 281 Classroom in a Book 3 Type and a strong fragrance. 4 In the Monitor window, use the selection tool to position the subtitle text block. 5 In the Properties palette, choose Group 2 from the Color Group pop-up menu, and then choose Group 3. The color of the subtitle changes. If the subtitle blends in with the video image, you can change the color to enhance the legibility.
Encore_CIB.book Page 282 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 282 LESSON 11 Adding Audio Tracks and Subtitles After you create it, you can move the subtitle to appear at a different point in the video. 7 Place the cursor over the left edge of the subtitle bar. When the cursor turns to a double-sided arrow, drag the edge of the bar to the 06:00 point. You’ve changed the in point of the subtitle, so it will appear on screen longer.
Encore_CIB.book Page 283 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 283 Classroom in a Book 9 As the timeline plays in the Project Preview window, click the Toggle Subtitle Display button ( ) (directly under the Mute Audio button) to turn the subtitles on and off. 10 Close the Project Preview window. 11 Select the bars in the Subtitle 1 track, and choose Edit > Clear. The subtitles you typed are deleted. 12 Save the project.
Encore_CIB.book Page 284 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 284 LESSON 11 Adding Audio Tracks and Subtitles This dialog box displays a preview, including the safe area margins. When you click OK, Adobe Encore DVD places the subtitles in the Subtitle 1 track. Look at the Timeline window to see how the subtitles are distributed. 5 Click the Play button in the Monitor window. Note: If the Monitor window isn’t open, choose Window > Monitor. The video plays, and the subtitles appear on screen.
Encore_CIB.book Page 285 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 285 Classroom in a Book You can edit the subtitles that you import as a text script. You can also change the timing and duration of the subtitles. Note: Changes you make to the imported subtitles do not affect the original text file you imported. 8 Save the project. About subtitle scripts You can import subtitles into Adobe Encore DVD if you have prepared them in a text file first.
Encore_CIB.book Page 286 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 286 LESSON 11 Adding Audio Tracks and Subtitles When the viewer activates the Dutch button, the video will play with the Dutch soundtrack and no subtitles will appear on the screen. 4 Right-click the English Subtitles button, and choose Link To. 5 Select Rose. Choose 1 from the Audio pop-up menu and 1 from the Subtitle pop-up menu, and then click OK.
Encore_CIB.book Page 287 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD 287 Classroom in a Book 9 In the Properties palette, choose Roses_main > Languages from the Link pop-up menu. Note: If you don’t see the Roses_main option in the pop-up menu, double-click the Roses_main menu in the Project window to open it in the Menu Editor window. 10 Click the Roses_main tab in the Menu Editor window. 11 Select the Subtitles button.
Encore_CIB.book Page 288 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 288 LESSON 11 Adding Audio Tracks and Subtitles 5 How can you change the duration of a subtitle, so that it appears on screen longer? Review answers 1 Select the timeline, and then choose Timeline > Add Audio Track. Drag the audio file onto the new audio track. 2 Choose the language from the pop-up menu next to the name of the audio track in the Timeline window. 3 Only one audio track can play at a time.
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Encore_CIB.book Page iii Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM iii Contents Getting Started About Classroom in a Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Installing the Adobe Encore DVD program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Copying the Classroom in a Book files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Additional resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Encore_CIB.book Page iv Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM iv CONTENTS Linking buttons to timelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Previewing the project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Burning the DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Review questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Encore_CIB.book Page v Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD v Classroom in a Book Lesson 05 Assembling a DVD Quickly Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Dragging items into the Library palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Importing items into the Library palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Creating buttons instantly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Encore_CIB.book Page vi Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM vi CONTENTS Creating animated thumbnail buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Burning the DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Review questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Lesson 08 Working with Adobe Premiere Pro Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Encore_CIB.book Page vii Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM ADOBE ENCORE DVD vii Classroom in a Book Lesson 10 Creating a Slideshow from Still Images Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Assembling components for a slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Laying out a slideshow menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Copying buttons to other menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Encore_CIB.book Page 289 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 289 Index Symbols (+) in a layer set name 69 (=) in subpicture layer names 41, 72 naming layers in 17, 71 viewing in Project window 9 using with Adobe Encore DVD 55 See also video, audio tracks, still images versions compatible with Adobe Encore DVD 56 A Add a Layer Style button, in Photoshop 66 Add Chapter button 161 Add Item button 101 adding audio to a menu 250 chapter points 15 Adobe Photoshop 7.
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Encore_CIB.book Page 294 Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:56 PM 294 INDEX pasting objects 103, 246 pause, minimizing when looping 167 Photoshop.
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