Adobe ENCORE 2 User manual

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Contents
Chapter 1: Getting started
Installation and registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Adobe Help Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Using Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Tips, training, and other resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
New features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Chapter 2: Workflow and workspace
Workflow and workspace basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Customizing the workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Predefined workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Chapter 3: Planning the project
Planning the DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Balancing file size and quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Bit budgeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Transcoding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Chapter 4: Adobe Bridge and Stock Photos
The basics of Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Files and folders in Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Running automated tasks with Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Metadata in Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Adobe Stock Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Comp images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Buying stock photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Stock Photos Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Chapter 5: Creating projects and importing assets
Working with projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Aspect ratios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Importing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Adobe Dynamic Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
XMP metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Working in the Project panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Chapter 6: Menus
Menu basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Creating menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Adding objects to menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Editing menu objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Transforming menu objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

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Predefined styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Using guides in menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Adding text to menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Chapter 7: Menus: Beyond the basics
Motion menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Video thumbnail buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Menu display time and looping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Menu templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Replacement layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Chapter indexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Using Photoshop to create menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Using After Effects to enhance menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Creating button subpictures in Adobe Encore DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Creating subpictures outside Adobe Encore DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Menu color sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Setting remote control buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Creating styles for menu elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Chapter 8: Timelines
Timeline basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Adding assets to timelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Moving around in the timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Chapter points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Editing assets in timelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Chapter 9: Slide shows
Slide show basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Formatting slide shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Chapter 10: Working with multiple audio and subtitle tracks
Audio and subtitle basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Audio clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Subtitle basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Importing subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Creating and editing script files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Subtitle colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Setting navigation to select audio and subtitle tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Closed captions basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Chapter 11: Creating and managing links
Understanding navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Setting navigation and properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Working with playlists and chapter playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Managing links and modifying elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Working in the Flowchart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
User operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

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Chapter 12: Testing and building DVDs
Testing DVD projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Security and additional content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Building the finished project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Chapter 13: Keyboard shortcuts
Using keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

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Chapter 1: Getting started
Installation and registration
To install
1Close any Adobe®applications that are open.
2Insert the product disc into your computer’s DVD drive.
3Double-click the disc icon, and then follow the on-screen instructions.
After installing the product for the first time on a computer, you will be prompted to activate your copy of the
product. (See “To activate” on page 1.)
For more detailed instructions for installing or uninstalling the product, see the ReadMe file on the product disc.
To activate
Activation is a simple, anonymous process that you must complete within 30 days of installing the product.
Activation allows you to continue using the product, and it helps prevent casual copying of the product onto more
computersthanthelicenseagreementallows.Afteryouhaveinstalledtheproductforthefirsttimeonacomputer,
the Activation dialog box opens, prompting you to activate your copy of the product.
1If the Activation dialog box is not already open, start the product and choose Help > Activate.
2Follow the on-screen instructions.
Important: If you want to install the product on a different computer, you must first transfer the activation to that
computer. To transfer an activation, choose Help > Transfer Activation.
To learn more about activation, visit the Adobe website at www.adobe.com/activation/main.html.
To register
Register your Adobe product to receive complimentary support on installation and product defects and notifications
about product updates.
Registering your product also gives you access to the wealth of tips, tricks, and tutorials in Resource Center and
access to Adobe Studio Exchange, an online community where users download and share thousands of free actions,
plug-ins, and other content for use with Adobe products.
Note: An active Internet connection is required for registration.
The Registration dialog box may open after activation, prompting you to register your copy of the product.
1If the Registration dialog box is not already open, start the product and choose Help > Registration.
2Follow the on-screen instructions.
See also
“Resource Center” on page 6

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Adobe Help Center
About Adobe Help Center
Adobe®Help Center is a free, downloadable application that includes three primary features.
Product Help Provides Help for Adobe desktop products installed on your system. (If no Adobe desktop products
are installed, topics for them aren’t available.) Help topics are updated periodically and can be downloaded through
Adobe Help Center preferences. For the products you’ve installed, Product Help also provides dynamic listings of
the top support issues and the most recent support documents published on Adobe.com.
Expert Support Provides information about Adobe Expert Support plans and lets you store details about plans
you’ve purchased. If you have an active support plan, you can also use the Expert Support section to submit web
cases—questions sent to Adobe support professionals over the web. To access links in the Expert Support section,
you must have an active Internet connection.
More Resources Provides easy access to the extensive resources on Adobe.com, including support pages, user
forums, tips and tutorials, and training. You can also use this area to store contact information for friends, colleagues,
or support professionals, or even websites you turn to for inspiration or troubleshooting information.
See also
“Using Help” on page 3
“To search Help topics” on page 4
“To navigate Help” on page 4
“To view support documents” on page 3
To check for updates
Adobe periodically provides updates to software and to topics in Adobe Help Center. You can easily obtain these
updates through Adobe Help Center. An active Internet connection is required.
1Click the Preferences button in the top-right corner.
2In the Preferences dialog box, click Check For Updates. If updates are available, follow the on-screen directions to
download and save them.
You can also check for updates from within many Adobe applications by choosing Help > Updates.
To set Adobe Help Center preferences
1Click the Preferences button in the top-right corner.
2Set any of the following options, and click OK.
Region Specifies your geographical location. Changing this option may affect which services are available to you.
Language Specifies the language in which Expert Support content is displayed.
Display Renewal Reminders For Expert Support Contracts Displays reminder screens when your Expert Support
plan has almost expired. Deselect this option if you’d like to turn off these reminders.
Enable Auto Login For Web Case Submission Allows you to submit support questions over the web. This option is
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User Interface Language Specifies the language in which Adobe Help Center interface text is displayed.
Check For Updates Searches for new updates to software and Help topics as they become available from Adobe. This
option also lets you specify notification options and choose which applications to update.
Network Administrators Displays options for network administration.
To view support documents
From within Adobe Help Center, you can get up-to-the-minute listings of the top support issues and the most recent
documents added to the support knowledgebase. Each time you start Adobe Help Center, it uses RSS (Really Simple
Syndication) technology to gather this information from the Adobe website and update the listings dynamically.
1In Adobe Help Center, click Product Help and select a product from the For menu.
2Click the Contents tab in the navigation pane, and do either of the following:
•Click Recent Documents to display a summary of the most recent documents for the selected product.
•Click Top Issues to display a summary of the top issues documents for the selected product.
3To view a document in full on the Adobe website, click its link. (An active Internet connection is required.)
To display More Resources
The More Resources section in Adobe Help Center provides easy access to some of the content and services available
from the Adobe website, including support, training, tutorials, and forums.
❖To display this section, click More Resources.
To add contact information in More Resources
1Click More Resources, and then click Personal Contacts.
2Do any of the following:
•To add a contact, click New, type the contact information you want to save, and click OK.
•To edit a contact, click a contact in the list, click Edit, make changes to the information, and click OK.
•To delete a contact, click a contact in the list, and then click Delete. To confirm the deletion, click Yes.
Using Help
Using Help
The complete documentation for using your Adobe product is available in Help, a browser-based system you can
access through Adobe Help Center. Help topics are updated periodically, so you can always be sure to have the most
recent information available. For details, see “To check for updates” on page 2.
Important: Adobe Help systems include all of the information in the printed user guides, plus additional information
not included in print. A PDF version of the complete Help content, optimized for printing, is also provided on the CD or
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“To navigate Help” on page 4
“To search Help topics” on page 4
To navigate Help
❖Do any of the following:
•To view Help for a product, choose the product name from the For menu.
•To expand or collapse a section, click the blue triangle to the left of the section name.
•To display a topic, click its title.
See also
“To use bookmarks” on page 5
To search Help topics
Search using words or phrases to quickly find topics. You can search Help for one product or for all Adobe products
you’ve installed. If you find a topic that you may want to view again, bookmark it for quick retrieval.
1In Adobe Help Center, click Product Help, and choose a product from the For menu.
2Type one or more words in the Search For box, and choose an option from the In menu:
This Product Searches Help for the selected product.
All Products Searches Help for all Adobe products you have installed.
3Click Search. Topics matching the search words appear in the navigation pane, grouped by product and listed in
order of relevance.
4To view a topic, click its title.
5To return to the navigation pane, do one of the following:
•Click the Home button.
•Click the Back button.
•Click Next Topic or Previous Topic.
See also
“To print a topic from Help” on page 5
“To use bookmarks” on page 5
Search tips
The search feature in Adobe Help Center works by searching the entire Help text for topics that contain any of the
words typed in the Search For box. These tips can help you improve your search results in Help:
•If you search using a phrase, such as “shape tool,” put quotation marks around the phrase. The search returns only
those topics containing all words in the phrase.
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•If a search term doesn’t yield results, try using a synonym, such as “web” instead of “Internet.”
To print a topic from Help
1Select the topic you want to print, and click the Print button.
2Choose the printer you’d like to use, and then click Print.
To change the view
By default, Adobe Help Center opens in Full view. Full view gives you access to the Product Help, Expert Support,
and More Resources sections. Switch to Compact view when you want to see only the selected Help topic and you
want to keep the Help window on top of your product workspace.
❖Click the view icon to switch between Full and Compact views.
To use bookmarks
You can bookmark especially helpful topics for easy access, just as you bookmark pages in a web browser, and reread
them at another time.
•To view bookmarks, click the Bookmarks tab in the navigation pane.
•To create a bookmark, select the topic you want to mark, and click the Bookmark button . When the New
Bookmark dialog box appears, type a new name in the text box if desired, and then click OK.
•To delete a bookmark, select it in the Bookmarks pane, and click the Delete button. Click Yes to confirm the
deletion.
•To rename a bookmark, select it in the Bookmarks pane, and then click the Rename Bookmark button . In the
dialog box, type a new name for the bookmark and then click OK.
•To move a bookmark, select it in the Bookmarks pane, and then click the Move Up button or the Move Down
button .
Tips, training, and other resources
Learning resources
Adobe provides a wide range of resources to help you learn and use Adobe products.
•“Total Training Video Workshop DVD” on page 6: Professional training videos from experts.
•“Resource Center” on page 6: Videos, tips and tricks, and other learning material on Adobe products.
•“Other resources” on page 7: Training, books, user forums, product certification, and more.
•Support: Complimentary and paid technical support options from Adobe.
•“Extras and other downloads” on page 7: Other software and content.
See also
“About Adobe Help Center” on page 2
“Using Help” on page 3

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Total Training Video Workshop DVD
Presented by experts in their fields, Total Training videos provide overviews, demonstrations of key new features,
and many useful tips and techniques for beginning and advanced users. Look for accompanying step-by-step
instructions to selected Total Training videos in monthly updates to Resource Center.
In addition to the Total Training Video Workshop DVD included with your software, short Total Training web
videos on a variety of products and topics are also available in Resource Center, and complete Total Training
courseware can be purchased online from the Adobe Store.
See also
“Resource Center” on page 6
Resource Center
Resource Center provides a wealth of tips, tricks, tutorials, and instructional content in video, PDF, and HTML
formats, authored by experts from Adobe and its publishing partners. You can search the entire collection or sort by
product, topic, date, and type of content; new content is added monthly. Resource Center is available in English,
French, German, and Japanese. Find it from the home page of the Adobe website.
Tips and tutorials in Resource Center
Forfreecontentandadd-ons,visitAdobeStudioExchange,anonlinecommunitywhereusersdownloadandshare
thousands of free actions, plug-ins, and other content for use with Adobe products. To visit Adobe Studio Exchange,
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See also
“Total Training Video Workshop DVD” on page 6
“Other resources” on page 7
Other resources
Additional sources of information and help are available for Adobe products.
•Visit the Training area of the Adobe website for access to Adobe Press books; online, video, and instructor-led
training resources; Adobe software certification programs; and more.
•Visit the Adobe user forums, where users share tips, ask questions, and find out how others are getting the most
out of their software. User forums are available in English, French, German, and Japanese from the main Support
page of your local Adobe website.
•Visit the Support area of the Adobe website for additional information about free and paid technical support
options. Top issues are listed by product on the Adobe U.S. and Adobe Japan websites.
•ClickMoreResourcesinAdobeHelpCentertoaccessmanyoftheresourcesontheAdobewebsiteandtocreate
your own list of frequently visited user groups and websites and valuable contacts.
•For complete developer documentation and resources, visit the Developers area of the Adobe website at
http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/main.html. For additional backgrounders and instructional content,
visit Resource Center.
Extras and other downloads
Your product includes Adobe Stock Photos, an integrated service available within Adobe Bridge that lets you search,
view, try, and buy royalty-free stock photography from leading stock libraries. Because of the tight integration
between Stock Photos and Adobe products, you can download images directly into your projects.
TheDownloadsareaoftheAdobewebsiteincludesfreeupdates,tryouts,andotherusefulsoftware.Inaddition,the
Plug-ins section of the Adobe Store provides access to thousands of plug-ins from third-party developers, helping
you automate tasks, customize workflows, create specialized professional effects, and more.
Adobe periodically provides downloadable updates to topics in Adobe Help Center and to Adobe Help Center
software itself.
See also
“About Adobe Bridge” on page 34
“About Adobe Stock Photos” on page 50
“Resource Center” on page 6
“Other resources” on page 7
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New features
What’s new
Slideshow Editor Build and rearrange slide shows using the new Slideshow Editor. Define shows as browsable or
autoplay, with optional narration or background music for autoplay shows. Define global and override settings for
slide durations, slide end actions, pan-and-zoom effects, transitions, and subtitles. (See “About slide shows” on
page 146.)
Flowchart Define and view your DVD’s navigation using a visual flowchart representation of all points and links.
(See “About the Flowchart” on page 179.)
Automated chapter menus Create multipage submenus automatically from chapters or slide shows in your project.
(See “About chapter indexes” on page 112.)
Multiple clips on single timeline track Save time with easy assembly of multiple video and audio clips on a timeline.
There’s no need for a separate video editing application to achieve seamless playback of multiple clips.
Royalty-free templates and menu art Jump-start DVD menu creation using any of the royalty-free templates,
motion menus, and other artwork files included in Adobe Encore®DVD 2.0. (See “To create a menu using the Library
panel” on page 81.)
DTS audio support Increase your options for the creation of surround-sound DVDs with newly added support for
DTS audio.
Closed caption support Import line 21 files to add closed captions to DVDs. Applies to NTSC titles only. (See “About
closed captions” on page 169.)
Add chapter points at intervals Use a single command to add chapter points at fixed intervals, enabling viewers to
skip quickly through content. (See “To add chapter points at intervals” on page 140.)
Workspace panels that dock and group Organize your desktop quickly with workspace panels that dock and group.
Move divider lines between panels to adjust your layout quickly with no need to resize multiple windows. (See “About
the Adobe workspace” on page 15.)
Adobe Bridge Browse, organize, and preview content files, and then drag what you need right from Adobe Bridge.
Search by or edit file information (XMP metadata) such as keywords, language, and format. (See “About Adobe
Bridge” on page 34.)
XMP metadata support Use XMP metadata to identify assets quickly or to automate tasks. View and edit XMP
metadata from within the Project panel in Adobe Encore DVD, or use metadata keywords to search for files in Adobe
Bridge. (See “About XMP metadata” on page 71.)
Chapter playlists Use playlists to create different play orders without duplicating content. The disc space you save by
using playlists may let you use lower compression and produce higher-quality video. (See “About playlists” on
page 175.)
Menu replacement layers Specify locations for graphic objects in a menu template by using replacement layers.
Objects dropped on a replacement layer scale to fit the size designated in the layer. (See “About replacement layers”
on page 111.)
Rotate tool Rotate objects in the Menu panel with fine control by using the new Rotate tool. (See “To rotate menu
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Chapter 2: Workflow and workspace
Workflow and workspace basics
Workflow overview
Adobe Encore DVD lets you create many different kinds of DVDs. Whether the content is a feature film, a wedding,
a training course, or an art collection, the basic steps of creating a DVD are the same.
Although the order of the tasks can vary somewhat from project to project, DVD authoring with Adobe Encore DVD
involves the following basic tasks:
Visit Resource Center on the Adobe website to view a tutorial detailing how to quickly create a DVD.
Encore DVD workflow
1. Plan project 2. Import 3a. Create DVD elements 3b. Create menus 4. Specify navigation 5. Transcode 6. Preview 7. Burn
Plan the project
Regardless of the project's complexity, it is helpful to plan the content and flow of your DVD. Whether you sketch
each of the elements, create a flowchart, or use a spreadsheet to map the path through the content, drafting a
navigation scenario can help you clarify your ideas and anticipate problems before you start. For more information,
see “About planning” on page 22.
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Simple sketch of intended navigation scheme
Import assets
Prepare your source material (assets) for the DVD, and import them into Adobe Encore DVD. The assets include
any video, still images, audio, and subtitles for your project. Before you import your content into Adobe Encore
DVD, combine video clips, add transitions, or create special effects in a video-editing or compositing application,
such as Adobe Premiere®Pro or Adobe After Effects®. You can compile the audio in an audio-editing application, such
as Adobe Audition®. For more information, see “To import an asset” on page 65.
Imported assets displayed in Project panel
Create DVD elements and add assets
A DVD includes several elements types such as timelines and slide shows. You add assets to these elements to include
the assets in the project. Depending upon an asset’s type, you can add it to timelines, slide shows, playlists, and
chapter playlists. For more information, see “About timelines” on page 133, “About slide shows” on page 146, “About
playlists” on page 175, and “About chapter playlists” on page 177.
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Project panel containing audio asset (A) and video asset (B) being added to timeline element
Create menus
The menus give the viewer access to the DVD content. You can create menus directly in Adobe Encore DVD,
customize predesigned menus included with the application, or create and edit menus in Adobe Photoshop®. For
more information, see “About menus” on page 75.
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Specify navigation
Menus provide the main way for viewers to navigate through the DVD’s content. In addition to menus, you also use
other types of navigation settings, such as end actions and overrides, to guide the viewer. Encore gives you several
methods for setting the navigation—you can drag between the elements and buttons in the Menu Viewer, use the
Properties panel, or work with navigation in the Flowchart. For a typical project, you’ll set navigation with all of these
methods, choosing whichever is most convenient at the time. For more information, see “Project navigation and
links” on page 170.
Setting links by selecting button (B) in Menu Viewer (A) and specifying links in Properties panel (C)
Make video and audio DVD-compatible (transcoding)
If you imported video and audio files that aren’t DVD-compatible, Adobe Encore DVD transcodes the files before
you burn the DVD. You can let Adobe Encore DVD determine the best settings for transcoding or select the options
you feel are best for your project. For more information, see “About transcoding” on page 28.
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Right-clicking asset (B) in Project panel (A) and choosing preset from Transcode Settings submenu (C)
Preview the project
You should preview and check a project throughout the authoring process, especially before you burn the DVD.
Previewing lets you experience the project as a viewer would, using the remote control to move through it. The
Check Project feature verifies technical details and informs you of any problems, such as broken links or invalid end
actions. For more information, see “To preview a project” on page 187, and “To check a project” on page 189.
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Controls in Preview panel simulating remote control
Burn the DVD
You can build or burn, the DVD directly from Adobe Encore DVD. Or, if you plan to use a replication facility, you
can write to a DLT drive, prepare a folder, or create a DVD image to give to the replicator. For more information, see
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Build DVD panel with output settings
About the Adobe workspace
Adobe video and audio applications provide a consistent, customizable workspace. Although each application has its
own set of panels (such as Tools, Properties, Timeline, and so on), you move and group panels on your computer
screen in the same way across products.
The main window of a program is the application window. The various panels are organized in this window in an
arrangement called a workspace. The default workspace contains groups of panels as well as panels that stand alone.
You customize a workspace by arranging the panels, usually by dragging them, in the layout that best suits your style
of working. You can create and save several custom workspaces for different tasks—for example, one for editing and
one for previewing.
You can drag panels to new locations, move panels into or out of a group, place panels alongside each other, and
undock a panel so that it floats in a new window above the application window. As you rearrange panels, the other
panels resize automatically to fit the window.
YoucanusefloatingwindowstocreateaworkspacemorelikethoseinpreviousversionsofAdobeapplications,orto
place panels on multiple monitors.