Encore CS5 Essentials

1. Introduction
Welcome
What is Encore?
Using the exercise files
Reconnecting unlinked media

2. Project: Building a Simple DVD
Project overview
Importing content
Using included content
Adding a menu to a project
What are timelines?
Creating links and navigation
Exporting

3. Introductory Technical Concepts
Understanding disc formats
About television standards
What is transcoding?
Exporting video for Encore
Bits vs. bytes
The importance of bit budgeting
About pixel aspect ratios
About overscan and safe areas

4. Creating Projects
Creating a new project
Touring the interface
Importing assets as Encore objects
Using the Project panel

5. Creating Menus
Understanding menus
Creating menus with the Library panel
Editing menus
The Menu Viewer vs. the Menus panel
Creating motion menus
About submenus

6. Creating Buttons
The anatomy of a button
Creating buttons
Editing buttons
Viewing and adjusting button routing
Creating video buttons
Understanding subpicture states
Changing subpicture colors

7. Working with the Timeline
Using the Monitor
Creating chapter markers
Setting poster frames
Creating chapter points automatically
Editing video in the timeline
The Timeline Viewer vs. the Timeline panel

8. Creating Links and Navigation
Creating navigation with the Flowchart
Setting a "first play" object
Auto-selecting button names from links
Creating user permissions for a disc

9. Object Basics
Creating and adjusting text
Applying styles
Automatically arranging objects
Transforming objects

10. Creating Slideshows
Introducing slideshows
Adjusting slideshow properties
Adding motion and transitions
Syncing slideshows to audio
Slideshows and bit budgeting

11. Using Playlists
What is a playlist?
Using chapter playlists

12. Using Audio and Subtitles
Using audio in Encore
Adding audio to a menu
Allowing users to change languages
Creating subtitles
Importing and exporting subtitles
Changing subtitle color

13. Advanced Authoring Concepts
The power of end action overrides
Using replacement layers
Looping motion menus
Replacing a menu
Creating a chapter index
Using photos as subpictures

14. Advanced Creative Tricks
Creating "Easter eggs"
Making games
Using menu transitions
Using subpictures as art
Creating a video menu

15. Using Encore as a Presentation Tool
Why use Encore as a presentation tool?
Creating slideshows with manual advance
Creating captions on slides
Adding data content to discs

16. Creating Menus from Scratch in Photoshop
Making menus in Photoshop
The button set codes
The subpicture highlight codes
The replacement layer code
The video button code
The submenu navigation codes
Using pre-built menus as templates

17. About Blu-ray Discs and HD Video
Introducing Blu-ray discs
Creating Blu-ray pop-up menus
Previewing pop-up menus over a timeline

18. Testing and Exporting
Encore's automatic letterbox
Checking your project for errors
Outputting to disc
Creating Flash web sites

19. Important Technical Issues
Duplication vs. replication
About copy protection
About region encoding
Fixing the audio_TS problem

20. Integrating with Other Adobe Applications
Importing sequences from Premiere Pro
Creating motion menus in After Effects
Making buttons and subpictures in After Effects

Conclusion
Goodbye