User Guide

LESSON 2
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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.
• Work with the Layers palette.
• Change the stacking order of layers.
• Add subpictures to your menu.
Getting started
In this lesson, you’ll create a new Adobe Encore DVD project, using 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 2. For help, see “Copying the Classroom in a
Book files” on page 2.
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 02 folder. Select Lesson_02_end.ncor,
and then click Open.
4 Choose File > Preview.
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