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VISUAL QUICKSTART GUIDE ENCORE DVD 1.5 FOR WINDOWS Steve Tomich 0 Peachpit Press Visual QuickStart Guide Adobe Encore DVD 1.5 for Windows Steve Tomich Peach pit Press 1249 Eighth Street Berkeley, CA 94710 5101524-2178 8001283-9444 5101524-2221 (fax) Find us on the World Wide Web at: www.peachpit.com To report errors, please send a note to [email protected] Peachpit Press is a &vision of Pearson Education Copyright O 2005 by Steve Tomich Editor: Suzie Lowey Production Coordinator: Andrei Pastemak Copy Editor: Tracy Brown Collins Compositor: Kelli Kame1 Indexer: FireCrystal Communications Cover Design: The Visual Group Cover Production: George Mattingly 1G MD Notice of Rights All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, elec- tronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the pub- lisher. For information on getting permission for reprints and excerpts, contact [email protected]. Notice of Liability The information in this book is distributed on an 'Xs Is" basis, without warranty. While evexy precaution has been taken in the preparation of the book, neither the author nor Peachpit Press shall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the instructions contained in this book or by the computer software and hardware products described in it. Trademarks Visual QuickStart Guide is a registered trademark of Peachpit Press, a division of Pearson Education. Adobe, Adobe Encore DVD, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Premiere are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this book and Peachpit Press was aware of a trademark claim, the designations appear as requested by the owner of the trademark All other product names and serv- ices identified throughout this book are used in editorial fashion only and for the benefit of such companies with no intention of infringement of the trademark No such use, or the use of any trade name, is intended to convey endorsement or other affiliation with this book ISBN 0-321-29392-4 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed and bound in the United States of America Acknowledgments I'd like to thank all the people who contributed to this book From Adobe, Daniel Brown and Joe Bowden deserve thanks for some well-timed emails which helped a lot. Daniel also gets credit for the cocktail napkin quote. Thanks to the folks at Snader and Associates, especially Joe Pettit for the generous loan of the camera. Tony Arata's timely assistance was a huge help, as well. Thanks to everyone at Peachpit who had a hand in this book: Suzie Lowey, for editing it. Tracy Collins, for copyediting. Andrei Pasternak for overseeing the production. Marjorie Baer, for inviting me back for round two. Special thanks to my family: My wife Jo, and my boys Chris and Nick, for their patience and grace, even during deadlines. This page left blank Introduction ix Chapter 1: Welcome to Encore DVD 3 Creating a DVD .............................. 4 DVD Basics .................................. 6 .................... The Encore DVD Interface 8 About the Project Window .................... 9 About the Properties Palette .................. 13 .................. About the "Palette Window" 14 .......................... About the Toolbox 17 About the Menu Editor ...................... 18 About the Preview Window ..................2 1 About Workspaces .......................... 22 Chapter 2: Getting Started 25 Making a Plan ............................... 26 Preparing Source Audio ...................... 27 Preparing Source Graphics ................... 28 ...................... Preparing Source Video 30 ................... Determining Disc Capacity 33 Starting a Project ............................ 35 Importing Assets ............................ 40 ............................ Importing Menus 41 Organizing Your Content ..................... 42 Chapter 3: Working with Timelines 47 Creating Timelines .......................... 48 Working with Audio Tracks ..................5 4 Placing Assets on Timeline Tracks ............5 6 ........................ Managing Timelines 60 Navigating in Timelines ...................... 63 Using the Timeline's Trim Tool ................ 65 Viewing Timelines in the Monitor Window ....6 8 Monitor Window Aspect Ratio Adjustments ... 69 ................ Working with Chapter Points 74 Creating Slideshows .........................7 9 Table of Contents Chapter 4: Working with Menus 87 Menu Basics ................................8 8 Working with the Library Palette .............9 8 Building a Menu with Objects and Layers .....1 07 Working with Text ..........................1 25 Working with the Styles Palette ..............1 28 Working with Buttons and Layer Sets ........ 131 Worlung with Subpictures ...................1 38 Working with Color Sets ....................1 42 Chapter 5: Linking 149 About Linlung ............................. 150 Setting a First Play .......................... 153 Setting an End Action ......................1 56 Linking Buttons ...........................1 58 Drag-and-Drop Linlung .....................1 59 ................ Linlung Using Pop-up Menus 160 ................. Linking Using the Pickwhip 161 Setting Overrides .......................... 164 Creating Playlists ........................... 166 Changing Multiple Links .................... 171 Chapter 6: Previewing and Finishing 173 About the Preview Window .................1 74 Previewing a Project ........................ 176 Setting the Preview Preferences ............. -177 Setting User Operations Controls ............ 178 Setting the Title Button Link ................ 180 Setting the Menu Button Link ...............1 81 Setting Button Routing Preferences .......... 182 Customizing Button Routing ................1 85 ............ Using the Auto Activate Function 187 About Transcoding ......................... 189 Transcoding Assets .........................1 90 ............. Worlung with Transcode Presets 195 Using Pre- and Post-Encoding Tasks ......... 202 ......................... Checking a Project 208 Fixing Links ................................2 11 Preparing for Final Output ..................2 14 Adding DVD-ROM Content .................2 16 ........................ Malung a DVD Disc 218 Making a DVD Folder .......................2 21 Making a DVD Image ....................... 223 Malung a DVD Master ...................... 224 Table of Contents Chapter 7: Integrating Photoshop 229 About Photoshop Integration ................2 30 ......... Using the Edit in Photoshop Feature 231 Creating Buttons in Photoshop ..............2 34 Creating Subpictures in Photoshop ........... 235 Working with the Automatic Color Set .......2 37 .............. Using Masks with Subpictures 239 Creating a Pop-On Effect ...................2 41 Creating Thumbnails in Photoshop ..........2 43 Using Masks with Thumbnails ............... 246 Setting a Poster Frame ..................... 248 Creating Custom Styles in Photoshop ........ 250 ............ Modifying Assets with Photoshop 255 . . Chapter 8: Integrating Premiere Pro and After Effects 259 .............. Working with Adobe Premiere 260 Working with After Effects ..................2 63 ........ After Effects and Encore DVD Menus 267 Chapter 9: Using Motion Menus 273 About Motion Menus .......................2 74 Ui- .................... Adding Video to a Menu 275 Adding Audio to a Menu ....................2 78 ............ Looping Video and Audio Assets 279 ............. Using Buttons in Motion Menus 282 Rendering a Motion Menu .................. 283 Chapter lo: Subtitles and Sound Tracks 285 About Subtitles ............................ 286 ................. Setting Subtitle Preferences 287 Choosing Subtitle Color Sets ................2 88 Adding Subtitle Tracks ...................... 290 Creating and Importing Subtitles ............ 291 Moving Subtitles on a Track .................2 95 ......................... - Importing Subtitles 297 Trimming Subtitles .........................3 00 Modifying Subtitles ........................3 02 ........................ Previewing Subtitles 304 Setting the Default DVD Navigation ......... 306 ............ Adding Subtitle and Audio Links 308 vii Table of Contents Appendix: More on Bit Budgeting 311 Converting to Megabits .....................3 12 Calculating Your Content ...................3 12 More Options .............................3 15 Index 317 viii Just as with recorded music, where the CD format overtook vinyl in a very short time, DVDs have replaced videotape as the medium of choice for distribution, from Hollywood movies to high-school video yearbooks. The high quality of both picture and sound, along with the additional features of DVD- interactive menus, alternate content, multiple languages-open up huge opportunities for creativity. s What this means for you is that you can do a whole lot with a DVD; you just need the 2 right tools. Which is where Adobe Encore DVD for Windows comes in. What is Encore DVD? Encore DVD is a DVD-authoring software application developed by Adobe Systems. If you've been out shopping at all, you already know that a wide spectrum of DVD-authoring tools are available, from very expensive hardware-based systems to very inexpensive desktop software designed for the casual user. Encore DVD fits in the middle of this spectrum. It is designed for professional users who want to combine DVD-authoring capabilities with design tools to control the creative process right down to the "burn disc" command.