As you have seen in this chapter, Adobe Encore DVD provides a very convenient drag-and-drop interface for quickly creating a DVD, but still provides you with complete control over the menu design in the Menu Editor window. You can import clips from the Project window, choose the menu background and button graphics from the Library palette, and add text titles using the Character palette. Even with simple drag-and-drop, you can adjust the menu layout and add additional graphical design elements.

Meanwhile, Encore does all the behind-the-scenes DVD work for you, including creating the menu buttons with video thumbnails, linking the buttons to clips (and back), assigning the navigation between buttons, creating timelines for the clips, and even specifying the First Play.

Encore also opens up significantly more capabilities for you to explicitly control in your DVD authoring, especially through the Properties and Layers palettes. You can use Encore as we have done here to do a quick design with drag-and-drop, and then return to the project later to enhance and refine it, as described in the following chapters.

In the meantime, enjoy your first DVD!