The Focal Easy Guide to Adobe Encore DVD 2.0

256 Pages·2006·5.31 MB·English

by  Jeff Bellune

THE FOCAL EASY GUIDE TO
®
A D O B E
™
E N C O R E
D V D 2 . 0
The Focal Easy Guide Series
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The Focal Easy Guide to Photoshop CS2,Brad Hinkel
The Focal Easy Guide to After Effects,Curtis Sponsler
The Focal Easy Guide to Adobe Encore DVD 2.0,Jeff Bellune
THE FOCAL EASY GUIDE TO
®
ADOBE
™
ENCORE
DVD 2.0
JEFF BELLUNE
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Bellune, Jeff.
The Focal easy guide to Adobe Encore DVD 2.0/by Jeff Bellune.– 1st ed.
p.cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-240-52004-9 (pbk.: alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-240-52004-1 (pbk.: alk. paper)
1. DVDs. 2. Interactive multimedia–Authoring programs.
3. Adobe Encore DVD (Computer file) I. Title.
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006.6'96–dc22 2006003220
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Contents
Introduction xiii
First Look
1
Hardware 2
Loading the Program 3
Preferences Setup
5
Launching Encore for the First Time 6
General 8
Menus 10
Timelines 11
Preview 12
Encoding 13
Audio/Video Out 14
The Interface
17
Frames and Panels 18
Viewers 19
Workspaces 19
Arranging Workspaces 22
Creating Custom Workspaces 32
Keyboard Shortcuts 33
The Toolbar 34
The Project Panel 35
The Menus Panel 35
The Timelines Panel 35
The Disc Panel 37
The Monitor Panel 38
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CONTENTS
The Flowchart Panel 38
The Menu Viewer 38
The Properties Panel 40
The Character Panel 40
The Timeline Viewer 40
The Slideshow Viewer 41
The Library Panel 41
The Styles Panel 42
The Layers Panel 43
The Adobe Help Center 43
The Project: Planning
45
Listing Assets 46
Using a Flowchart 46
Workflow 48
The Project: Importing Assets
51
Rules for Imported Assets 52
Importing Assets 55
The Import as Asset Command 55
The Import as Timeline Command 56
The Import as Slideshow Command 57
The Import as Menu Command 60
A Second Look at the Project Panel 61
Locating and Replacing Assets 62
The Project: Transcoding
65
Transcode Settings 68
Transcoding Assets Within Encore 72
Transcoding Assets Before Import 73
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CONTENTS
The Project: Timeline Creation
75
The Timeline Editing Workspace 76
Creating a Timeline 76
The Timeline Viewer 78
Navigating in the Timeline Viewer 78
The Monitor Panel 80
Adding Chapter Markers 82
Setting a Poster Frame 83
Transcoded Assets and Chapter Markers 85
Navigation Using Chapter Markers 86
Adding Audio Tracks 86
Adding Subtitles 87
Changing the Appearance of Subtitle Text 91
Joining Assets in a Single Timeline 94
The Slideshow Design Workspace 95
Adding Still Images and Audio to a Slideshow 96
The Slideshow Viewer 97
Scaling Slideshow Images 97
Widescreen Slideshows 98
Creating Your Slideshow 99
Arranging the Slides 100
Adding Effects and Transitions to the Slideshow 101
Adding Subtitles to the Slideshow 102
The Project: Menu Design and Creation
105
Encore Menus As Photoshop Files 106
The Menu Design Workspace 107
Getting Started 107
Manipulating Menu Objects 111
The Safe Area 113
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