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by Doug Dixon
Adobe Encore DVD: In the Studio
Adobe Encore DVD: In the Studio
About the Author
Preface
Who This Book Is For
Organization of This Book
Conventions Used In This Book
Comments and Questions
Acknowledgments
1. Introducing Adobe Encore
The Encore Window
Starting a DVD Project
Create a new project
The Project window
Importing video clips
Creating the Main Menu
Using the Library palette
Using the Menu Editor window
Editing the menu
Encore Behind the Scenes
Button graphics
Button highlights
Timelines and navigational links
Video thumbnail
Previewing the DVD
Building DVD Folders
Build the project
Burning Your DVD
Quick DVD
2. Deconstructing DVDs
Talking the Talk
DVD formats
DVD players and recorders
DVD Physical Disc Formats
From CD to DVD
DVD-ROM
Writable DVD: “Dash” and “Plus”
Rewritable DVD: RW and DVD-RAM
DVD form factors: layers, sides, and sizes
DVD Application Data Formats
DVD- Video formats
Audio formats
CD video formats
Can I copy the data from a commercial DVD?
Region codes
DVD Product Features
DVD formats
Audio formats
Computer formats and features
Video formats and features
DVD Data Files
DVD folders
The VIDEO_TS folder
DVD data files
The InterActual player
Playing DVDs
Windows Media Player
First play
The main menu
Button highlighting
Menu design
Menu looping
Navigating DVDs
Titles and chapters
Dedicated menu keys
CyberLink PowerDVD
Scene index menu
Playing scenes
Clips and movies
InterVideo WinDVD: tracks and streams
Special Features menu
Audio streams
Subtitle streams
Video streams/angles
Additional features
Credits—text menus
Image Details—still show
Previews/additional video
Movies and stills
Deconstructing DVDs
3. Assets and Projects
What Assets Can I Import?
Video
Importing DVD-compliant video
Fullscreen and widescreen video
Audio
Importing DVD-compliant audio
Still image graphics
Still images and pixel aspect ratio
Understanding Projects
The Project tab
Asset name and information columns
Asset preview thumbnail
Toggle controls
Creation controls
Managing assets with folders
Edit original
Offline assets
The asset properties
How Encore stores project data
The Library Palette
Using the Library palette
Viewing library resources
Menus
Buttons
Still images
Backgrounds
Layer sets
Text
Vector shapes
Library sets
Adding and deleting items and sets
4. Timelines
Introducing Timelines
Timeline controls
The Monitor window
Zooming
Timeline precision
Creating Timelines in Encore
The Video track
Timeline chapter points
Creating poster frames
Importing video with chapter points
Audio tracks
Trimming audio tracks
Specifying the audio language
The timeline properties
End Action
Override
Menu Remote
Aspect ratio
Color set
User operations
The Timelines tab
Creating Still Image Tracks and Slide Shows for Timelines
Subtitling Tracks
Entering subtitle text manually
Editing subtitles
Setting character properties
Color sets
Defining timeline color sets
Working with multiple subtitle tracks
Specifying the subtitle language
Importing subtitle scripts
Text script subtitle file formats
Timecode format in subtitles
Image script and FAB format subtitle file formats
5. Encore Menu Design
Creating Menus
The Layers palette
Creating a new menu from the library
The Menu Editor window
The Menu Properties palette
Name
Description
End Action
Override
Video
Audio
Duration
Hold Forever
Loop Point and Loop #
Animate Buttons
Default Button
Offset
Color Set
Automatically Route Buttons
Aspect Ratio
User Operations
The Menus tab
Previewing menus on video
Encore Menu Editing
The Tool palette
Selecting objects
Positioning and copying objects
Guides
Resizing objects
Stacking and aligning objects
Adding Menu Text
The Character palette
Entering text
Editing text
Adding drop shadows
Creating Menu Buttons
Importing menu buttons
More on the Layers palette
Button layer names
Selecting object layers
Creating buttons
Adding button highlights
Viewing button subpicture highlights
Adding a subpicture highlight
Adding additional subpicture highlight layers
The Button Properties palette
Name
Number
Highlight
Link
Override
Auto Activate
Create Text Subpicture
Using color sets
Specifying menu and button colors
The Menu Color Set dialog
Automatic color sets
Menu Button Routing and Numbering
Setting button routing
Automatic button routing
Manual button routing
Using Styles
The Styles palette
Applying styles
Creating styles
6. Working with Photoshop and Other Applications
Importing Photoshop Menus
View the menu structure
Viewing background elements
Transferring Menus to Photoshop and Back
Editing Buttons in Photoshop
Defining the button shape
Using a video thumbnail
Defining subpicture highlights
Editing Photoshop Menus
Editing the menu background
Edit text: the Character palette
Apply layer styles
Apply blending options
Working with layers
Using adjustment layers
Creating Menus in Photoshop
Menu size and aspect ratio
Menu colors
Graphics sizes
Images
Creating Encore Elements and Styles
Graphics elements
Styles
Encore and After Effects
Creating an After Effects composition in Encore
Creating Encore layers in After Effects
Edit Original
Encore and Premiere Pro
Chapters
Encore and Other Applications
7. Links and DVD Navigation
Making Links
Link targets
End action links
Link options
External links
Chaining Links
Movie DVDs
Clip DVDs
End Action and Override links
Accessing a clip from multiple menus
Using a portion of a clip as a first play
Playlists
Drag-and-Drop Navigation
Creating buttons with drag-and-drop
Creating links with drag-and-drop
Viewing Elements and Links
Using the Menus tab
Using the Timelines tab
Linking with Properties
Linking with the pick whip
Linking with the Link menu
Linking with the Specify Link dialog
Setting Navigation Properties
Menu End Action and Override
Menu Button link and Override
Timeline End Action and Override
Timeline Menu Remote key
Disc first play and override
Defining the first play
Setting the default tracks
Disc Title button
Disc User Operations
Previewing and Checking Links
Previewing your DVD navigation
The Project Preview window
Checking your project
DVD navigation checks
DVD design checks
DVD content checks
DVD performance checks
Reviewing and fixing problems
8. Transcoding and Building Discs
Automatic Transcoding
Transcode Now
Transcode Status
Audio format
Transcoding Assets
Transcode presets
Bit budgeting
Transcode settings
Video transcoding settings
Basic Video Settings
Bitrate Settings
GOP Settings
Audio transcoding settings
Audio Format Settings
Basic Audio Settings
Bitrate Settings
Pre-Encoding Tasks
Video Noise Reduction
DeInterlace
Post-Encoding Tasks
Building Projects
The Disc tab
Disc size
DVD-ROM content
Project Settings
Disc Information
DVD Content Protection
Region Codes
Copy Protection
Setting Mastering Preferences
Building and Burning DVDs
Building a DVD folder
Building a DVD image file
Building a DVD master
Burning a DVD disc
9. Designing Great DVDs
Designing Menus
Menu design for television
Safe area
Aspect ratio
Interlacing
Sizes
Colors
Editing menus in Encore
Template-based menu editing
Cut-and-paste menu editing
Creating highlights
Menu layout
Button highlight colors
Using video with menus
Motion menus
Background video
Looping motion menus
Menu transitions
Creating transition clips
Interesting menu button design
Button highlights
Using button colors
Designing Timelines
Timelines without video
Audio discs
Informational discs
Subtitle color sets
Graphics over clips
Creating slide shows
Video slide shows
Timeline slide shows
Menu slide shows
Designing Navigation
Consistent navigation design
Main menu
Tracks
Menu defaults
Language menus
Accessing alternate tracks
Reusing clips with playlists
Linked timelines
Overrides
Playlists
Secret menu buttons: Easter eggs
Invisible buttons
Inaccessible buttons
Secret buttons
Button codes
Secret messages
Secret chapters
Secret menus
Action menus
Kiosk lockout menus
Alternate menus
Alternate menus for button highlights
Alternate or shadow menus
Alternate menus for Easter eggs
Great DVDs
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