User Guide

LESSON 3
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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.
• Apply layer styles to text and image layers.
• Create and name buttons.
• Create and name subpictures.
• Edit the original Photoshop file from within Adobe Encore DVD.
• Burn a DVD using the Make DVD Disc command.
Getting started
In this lesson, you’ll assemble images and type in a layered Photoshop file, create buttons
using layer sets, and import the file as a menu in Adobe Encore DVD. Then you’ll use tools
in Adobe Encore DVD to modify the menu and link its buttons to timelines.
All the graphic and video files required for this lesson are included on the Adobe Encore
DVD Classroom in a Book DVD. Make sure you know the location of the files you need for
Lesson 3. For help, see “Copying the Classroom in a Book files” on page 2.
Yo u’ll also need to have Adobe Photoshop 7.0 or later installed to complete this lesson.
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 03 folder. Select Lesson_03_end.ncor,
and then click Open.
4 Choose File > Preview.
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