User Guide

LESSON 9
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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.
• Embed a project link in the rendered movie.
• Loop a motion menu in Adobe Encore DVD.
• Remove unneeded elements from an imported Photoshop menu.
Getting started
In this lesson, you’ll use an After Effects movie as a background for a menu in Adobe
Encore DVD, and pair it with a Photoshop menu to provide subpictures.
Yo u’ll use graphic and video files included on the Adobe Encore DVD Classroom in a Book
DVD. Make sure you know the location of the files you need for Lesson 9. For help, see
“Copying the Classroom in a Book files” on page 2.
To complete this project, you must also have Adobe After Effects 5.5 or later installed on
your computer.
Viewing the finished Adobe Encore DVD project
To see what you’ll be creating, take a look at the finished project:
1 Start Adobe Encore DVD.
2 Choose File > Open Project.
3 In the Open dialog box, navigate to the Lesson 09 folder. Double-click the
Lesson_09_end folder, select Lesson_09_end.ncor, and then click Open.
4 Choose File > Preview.
The Project Preview window opens, and a looping menu appears.
5 Close the Project Preview window, and the Lesson_09_end Project window.
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