User manual ADOBE ENCORE DVD

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ISBN 0-321-20547-2 Printed in the U.S.A. 98765432 Peachpit Press/Scott Design iii Contents Getting Started About Classroom in a Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Installing the Adobe Encore DVD program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Copying the Classroom in a Book files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Additional resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Adobe Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Lesson 01 Creating a Simple DVD Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Planning your DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Importing files as assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Creating a timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Adding chapter points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Importing a layered Photoshop file as a menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Setting start and end behaviors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Setting behaviors for remote control buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Previewing the project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Burning the DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Review questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Lesson 02 Creating Menus in Adobe Encore DVD Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 About menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Creating a new menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Adding text to a menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Adding assets to menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Adding drop shadows to text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Converting text blocks to buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Adding subpictures to buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Peachpit Press/Scott Design iv CONTENTS Linking buttons to timelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Previewing the project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Burning the DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Review questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Lesson 03 Designing Menus in Adobe Photoshop Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Teaming Adobe Encore DVD with Photoshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Creating a menu background in Photoshop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Creating text in Photoshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Applying layer styles in Photoshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Creating buttons in Photoshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Importing a menu into Adobe Encore DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Editing a menu in Photoshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Linking buttons to timelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Repositioning overlapping objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Previewing the project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Review questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Lesson 04 Using Adobe Encore DVD Templates Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Exploring the Library palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Modifying a menu template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Creating submenus from the same template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Replacing background elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Adding items to the Library palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Linking menus to each other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Linking buttons to timelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Creating a text layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Checking links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Previewing the project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Building a DVD image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Burning a DVD from a DVD image file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Review questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Peachpit Press/Scott Design ADOBE ENCORE DVD v Classroom in a Book Lesson 05 Assembling a DVD Quickly Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Dragging items into the Library palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Importing items into the Library palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Creating buttons instantly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Resizing and positioning buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Editing button text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Adding a title to the menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Previewing the project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Adding data files to a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Burning a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Review questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Lesson 06 Overriding Default Actions Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 About overrides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Working with multiple menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Setting default end actions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Setting links for the main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Using the pick whip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Setting overrides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Previewing the project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Making a DVD folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Review questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Lesson 07 Creating Motion Menus Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Assembling your assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Creating and naming chapter points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Specifying an end action and a link for a timeline . . . . . . . . . 162 Adding video to the background of a menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Previewing the motion menu background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Transcoding an AVI file from the Project window . . . . . . . . . . 168 Creating video thumbnail buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Peachpit Press/Scott Design vi CONTENTS Creating animated thumbnail buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Burning the DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Review questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Lesson 08 Working with Adobe Premiere Pro Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Creating markers in Premiere Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Exporting an MPEG-2 file from Premiere Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Importing an MPEG-2 file with markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Linking chapter points to thumbnail buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Previewing the project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Exporting an AVI file from Premiere Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Using the Edit Original command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Using the ripple edit tool in Premiere Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Updating an AVI file in Adobe Encore DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Creating links and behaviors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Previewing the project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Burning the disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Review questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Lesson 09 Working with Adobe After Effects Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Importing a Photoshop menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Modifying a Photoshop file in After Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Animating a menu file in After Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Rendering a movie in After Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Importing an After Effects movie into Adobe Encore DVD . . 226 Activating a motion menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Editing a file in After Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Creating links to assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 Burning the DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Review questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Peachpit Press/Scott Design ADOBE ENCORE DVD vii Classroom in a Book Lesson 10 Creating a Slideshow from Still Images Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Assembling components for a slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Laying out a slideshow menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Copying buttons to other menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Linking menus to each other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Adding audio to a menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Previewing an audio file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Setting end actions for slideshow menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 About creating slideshows with timelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Organizing your assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Creating a timeline from still images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 Setting behaviors for a slideshow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Previewing the project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Burning the DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Review questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Lesson 11 Adding Audio Tracks and Subtitles Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 Including audio tracks in a project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 Adding audio tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Previewing audio tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 Linking buttons to audio tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 Adding a main menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Adding a subtitle track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Modifying the appearance of subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 Importing subtitles from a text script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 About subtitle scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 Linking buttons to subtitle tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 Previewing the project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 Burning a DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 Review questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 Peachpit Press/Scott Design Peachpit Press/Scott Design 1 Getting Started Adobe® EncoreTM DVD gives you the tools you need to let you effortlessly create and burn customized DVDs. You can design menus and buttons in Adobe Encore DVD, or use menus and buttons you create in Adobe® Photoshop®. The navigational tools in Adobe Encore DVD give you total control over the viewers' experience of your DVD. Whether you're a corporate communications professional or an aspiring videographer, you'll enjoy the versatility, ease of use, and power of Adobe Encore DVD software. About Classroom in a Book Adobe Encore DVD Classroom in a Book® is part of the official training series for Adobe graphics and publishing software developed with the help of experts at Adobe Systems. The lessons are designed to let you learn at your own pace. Although each lesson provides step-by-step instructions for creating a specific project, there's room for exploration and experimentation. You can follow the book from start to finish or do only the lessons that correspond to your interests and needs. Prerequisites Before beginning to use Adobe Encore DVD Classroom in a Book, you should have a working knowledge of your computer and the Windows operating system. Make sure that you know how to use the mouse and standard menus and commands and that you know how to open, save, and close files. If you need to review these techniques, see the printed or online documentation included with your Windows operating system. It is also helpful, but not necessary, to have experience with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe® Premiere®, and Adobe® After Effects®. To complete some of the projects, you will need to have Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro, or Adobe After Effects installed on your system. Note: You can use either Adobe Photoshop 7.0 or Adobe Photoshop CS with Adobe Encore DVD. Where necessary, instructions for each version of Photoshop are written separately. Peachpit Press/Scott Design 2 Getting Started Installing the Adobe Encore DVD program Before you begin using Adobe Encore DVD Classroom in a Book, make sure that your system is set up correctly and that you've installed the required software and hardware. You must purchase the Adobe Encore DVD software separately. For system requirements and complete instructions on installing the software, see the documentation included with your Adobe Encore DVD application DVD. You must install the application from the Adobe Encore DVD application DVD onto your hard disk; you cannot run the program directly from the DVD-ROM. Follow the onscreen instructions. Make sure the serial number for your Adobe Encore DVD software is accessible before installing the application; you can find the serial number on the back of the DVD case. Starting Adobe Encore DVD You start Adobe Encore DVD just as you would any software application. In Windows, choose Start > Programs > Adobe Encore DVD 1.0. Installing the fonts you'll use in Classroom in a Book projects The fonts used in the lessons in this book are included on the Adobe Encore DVD application DVD. Ensure that the fonts are available before you begin working with the lessons. If the fonts are not installed on your system, install them from the Adobe Encore DVD DVD-ROM, following the on-screen instructions. Copying the Classroom in a Book files The Adobe Encore DVD Classroom in a Book DVD includes folders containing all the electronic files for the lessons. Each lesson has its own folder, and you must copy the folders to your hard drive to do the lessons. To save room on your drive, you can install only the folder for each lesson as you need it, and remove the folder when you're done. To install the Classroom in a Book files: 1 Insert the Adobe Encore DVD Classroom in a Book DVD into your DVD-ROM drive. 2 Create a folder named Encore_CIB on your hard drive. 3 Copy the lessons you want to your hard drive: Peachpit Press/Scott Design ADOBE ENCORE DVD 3 Classroom in a Book · To copy all the lessons, drag the Lessons folder from the DVD into the Encore_CIB folder. · To copy a single lesson, drag the individual lesson folder from the DVD into the Encore_CIB folder. · If you copied all the lessons to your hard drive, double-click the unlock.bat file in the Encore_CIB/Lessons folder. Note: As you work through each lesson, you may overwrite the original files. To restore the original files, recopy the corresponding lesson folder from the Classroom in a Book DVD to the Encore_CIB folder on your hard drive. Additional resources Adobe Encore DVD Classroom in a Book is not intended to replace documentation that comes with the Adobe Encore DVD program. Only the commands and options used in the lessons are explained in this book. For comprehensive information about program features, refer to these resources: · The Adobe Encore DVD User Guide, which is included with the Adobe Encore DVD software, contains a complete description of all features in the software. · Online Help, an online version of the user guide, is accessible by choosing Help > Contents from the Adobe Encore DVD title bar. · The Adobe Web site (www.adobe.com) can be viewed by choosing Help > Adobe Online if you have a connection to the World Wide Web. Adobe Certification The Adobe Training and Certification Programs are designed to help Adobe customers improve and promote their product-proficiency skills. The Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) program is designed to recognize the high-level skills of expert users. Adobe Certified Training Providers (ACTP) use only Adobe Certified Experts to teach Adobe software classes. Available in either ACTP classrooms or on-site, the ACE program is the best way to master Adobe products. For Adobe Certified Training Programs information, visit the Partnering with Adobe Web site at http://partners.adobe.com. Peachpit Press/Scott Design 1 Creating a Simple DVD A DVD project includes video files, audio files, and menus. With Adobe Encore DVD, you can easily put the pieces together to create a simple DVD. In this lesson, you'll learn about the core tools in Adobe Encore DVD as you create a project from start to finish. Peachpit Press/Scott Design 8 LESSON 1 Creating a Simple DVD This lesson introduces the Adobe Encore DVD workspace and basic concepts. In it, you will learn how to do the following: · Create a new project. · Import files as assets. · Import a layered Adobe Photoshop file as a menu. · Create chapter points. · Link buttons on a menu to chapter points. · Set start and end behaviors. · Set menu and title behaviors. · Preview a DVD project. · Burn a DVD. Getting started In this lesson, you'll create an Adobe Encore DVD project from start to finish. You'll create a new project, import the assets and menu for the project, create links and behaviors, preview the DVD, and burn the DVD. Make sure you know the location of the file you need for Lesson 1. 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 01 folder. Select Lesson_01_end.ncor, and then click Open. Peachpit Press/Scott Design ADOBE ENCORE DVD 9 Classroom in a Book The Adobe Encore DVD workspace opens. By default, only some of the windows shown below are open. The Project window contains the source files used in the finished DVD project. Notice that there are several different types of files in the project. In Adobe Encore DVD, you can work with many types of audio, video, and still image files. A E B F C D Adobe Encore DVD workspace (not all windows and palettes appear at all times) A. Toolbox B. Project window with Menus tab displayed C. Timeline window D. Palette window E. Menu Editor window for selected menu F. Properties palette 4 Choose File > Preview. Peachpit Press/Scott Design 10 LESSON 1 Creating a Simple DVD The Project Preview window opens, and a video plays for a few seconds. Then a DVD menu appears. You can use the Project Preview window to preview a viewer's experience of a DVD project--including navigation, links, and other behaviors--before you burn a disc. K A L M B CD E FG H I J Project Preview window A. Render Current Motion Menu B. Display Area Zoom C. Cycle Through Audio Tracks D. Cycle Through Subtitle Tracks E. Status Area F. Remote Control Title Button G. Remote Control Menu Button H. Arrow and Enter Keys I. Execute End Action J. Go to Entered Chapter K. Playback Controls L. Exit Here M. Exit and Return 5 Move the cursor over the buttons next to the chapter names. As you move the cursor over a button, a white border appears around it. 6 Click the Part 1 button. A video plays for approximately a minute. There are three distinct parts--or chapters-- in the video; the menu links to each of them. When the video has finished playing, the menu reappears. The Project Preview window has controls that represent those found on a television DVD player's remote control. 7 Click the up and down arrows until the Part 3 button is highlighted. Then click the Part 3 button. The third part of the video plays. When it is finished, the menu reappears. Peachpit Press/Scott Design ADOBE ENCORE DVD 11 Classroom in a Book 8 Close the Project Preview window and the Lesson_01_end Project window. Planning your DVD Now you'll create the same DVD project you just previewed. You will import video and audio files as assets, and a layered Photoshop file as a menu. Following the organization shown in the diagram below, you will create links from buttons to chapter points in the video timeline, and then set behaviors for those links. B A C D E The Introduction timeline (A) plays when the DVD is inserted, and then the Main menu (B) opens. When the first button is activated, the Video_1 timeline (C) plays from beginning to end, and then the Main menu reappears. When the second button is activated, the Video_1 timeline plays from the Chapter 2 marker (D) to the end, and then the Main menu reappears. When the third button is activated, the Video_1 timeline plays from the Chapter 3 marker (E) to the end, and then the Main menu reappears. You might find it helpful to organize your project with simple flow charts. About flow charts Regardless of the complexity of the project, it is helpful to work through the flow of your project and determine how the elements should link together before you begin creating it. Some DVD authors use flow charts, and some use spreadsheets. However you choose to plan your project, it is valuable to draft possible navigation scenarios and anticipate problems before you start. Sketching each of the elements and drawing the links between them can help you clarify how you want your project to be viewed. Peachpit Press/Scott Design 12 LESSON 1 Creating a Simple DVD Importing files as assets You can use a variety of video, audio, and still image files in Adobe Encore DVD. You can import files into an Adobe Encore DVD project as either assets or menus. Assets are the files that make up the content of the DVD; menus display options to give viewers access to that content. First, you'll create a new Adobe Encore DVD project. 1 Choose File > New Project. Click OK to accept NTSC as the television standard. A new Project window appears. Now you'll import assets into the Project window. 2 Choose File > Import as Asset. 3 In the Import as Asset dialog box, navigate to the Lesson 01 folder on your hard drive. Then hold down the Ctrl key while you select Intro.m2v, Intro.wav, and Video_01.avi. (Holding down the Ctrl key lets you select multiple files at once.) 4 Click Open. The files you selected appear in the Project window. 5 Resize the Project window or move the scroll bar at the bottom of the window to view information about the files you imported. By default, the Project window displays the name, file type, size, path, and transcode settings for each file. 6 Choose File > Save As to save the project. Name it Lesson_01.ncor. Creating a timeline In Adobe Encore DVD, you assemble video, audio, and subtitle assets into timelines, where you can identify different sections of the video using chapter points. Each timeline contains a single video track. Start the project by creating a timeline for the Intro video. Peachpit Press/Scott Design ADOBE ENCORE DVD 13 Classroom in a Book 1 Choose Timeline > New Timeline. An untitled Timeline window appears, and the Monitor window opens. Notice that the untitled timeline is also listed in the Project window. A B C D E F G H The Timeline window A. Current-time indicator B. I-Frames C. Chapter point D. Timeline tabs E. Timeline F. Source G. Tracks H. Zoom slider You'll need to name the timeline. The Properties palette displays the attributes for the item currently selected. If the Properties palette isn't open, choose Window > Properties. 2 In the Name field of the Properties palette, type Introduction. (If you see attributes for something other than the timeline, click in the Timeline window to make the timeline active.) Peachpit Press/Scott Design 14 LESSON 1 Creating a Simple DVD 3 Select the Intro.m2v file in the Project window, and drag it onto the video track in the Timeline window. 4 Select the Intro.wav file in the Project window, and drag it onto the Audio 1 track in the Timeline window. Peachpit Press/Scott Design ADOBE ENCORE DVD 15 Classroom in a Book You can view the current timeline in the Monitor window. Unlike the Project Preview window, the Monitor window displays only the video and audio tracks in the timeline; it does not display the DVD behavior. The Monitor window opens when you create a timeline. 5 Click the Play button ( ) in the Monitor window. The introductory video plays for about eight seconds, and then ends. 6 Save the project. Adding chapter points Chapter points identify locations in the video track to which you want to link buttons or other navigational behaviors. You can add chapter points in the Timeline window. In this project, you want to create links to three different chapter points in the Video_01 clip, so you need to add chapter points to the clip. First, you will create a new timeline for the Video_01.avi clip. 1 In the Project window, select the Video_01.avi file, and then click the Create a New Timeline button ( ) at the bottom of the Project window. Adobe Encore DVD creates a new timeline named Video_01, and places the Video_01.avi file in the video and audio tracks. Peachpit Press/Scott Design