
Adobe Encore DVD 2.0
DVDâs are the fastest-growing consumer electronics product in history. However, taking advantage of the remarkable popularity of the DVD format requires mastery of the technical process of DVD creation. This is where this course comes in. VTC Author James Gonzalez provides all the information youâll need to quickly create full-featured, Hollywood style DVDs using Encore DVD 2.0, Adobeâs leading DVD authoring tool. Encore has been designed from the ground up to be simple to use and to greatly streamline DVD production while still providing excellent control over your work. In this course you will learn how to author DVDs containing videos, full motion menus with audio, animated buttons, scene selectors, multiple language tracks, closed captions, subtitles and much, much more. To get started simply click on one of the lessons below.
Course content
Introduction to Encore DVD 27 lessons
The Encore DVD 2 Workspace14 lessons
- Exploring the Interface6:201 credit or ad
- Set Encore DVD Preferences5:161 credit or ad
- Customizing the Workspace2:581 credit or ad
- The Project Panel6:501 credit or ad
- Timeline Viewer pt. 13:581 credit or ad
- Timeline Viewer pt. 25:301 credit or ad
- The Layers Panel5:351 credit or ad
- The Library Panel pt. 13:361 credit or ad
- The Library Panel pt. 24:131 credit or ad
- The Styles Panel4:541 credit or ad
- The Menu Viewer4:411 credit or ad
- The Monitor Panel3:511 credit or ad
- The Slide Show Viewer3:351 credit or ad
- Flowchart Panel4:201 credit or ad
Planning a Project9 lessons
- Planning a Project4:081 credit or ad
- Bit Budgeting4:121 credit or ad
- More on Bit Budgeting5:011 credit or ad
- Organizing the Project Panel5:451 credit or ad
- Prepare Video and Audio Assets5:111 credit or ad
- Preparing Source Graphics4:211 credit or ad
- Determining Disc Capacity4:231 credit or ad
- Creating a New Project5:511 credit or ad
- Importing Menus4:041 credit or ad
Create Project Timelines8 lessons
- Creating Timelines5:281 credit or ad
- Managing Timelines5:061 credit or ad
- Working with Audio Tracks5:451 credit or ad
- Navigating the Timeline6:551 credit or ad
- Creating Chapter Points6:591 credit or ad
- Creating Poster Frames5:391 credit or ad
- Trimming Clips6:071 credit or ad
- Editing Clips in Premiere Pro or After Effects4:541 credit or ad
Creating Slideshows7 lessons
Creating and Editing Menus8 lessons
- Menu Basics3:351 credit or ad
- Using Pre-existing Library Menus5:401 credit or ad
- Menu Basics5:051 credit or ad
- Building Menus with Library Elements6:551 credit or ad
- Editing Menus4:221 credit or ad
- Working with Text6:581 credit or ad
- Using Styles3:541 credit or ad
- Using Photoshop to Create Menus5:021 credit or ad
Advanced Menus14 lessons
- About Motion Menus2:161 credit or ad
- Adding Video to a Menu Background5:331 credit or ad
- Adding Audio to a Menu3:491 credit or ad
- Setting Audio and Video Loop Times4:571 credit or ad
- Animating Buttons pt. 16:201 credit or ad
- Animating Buttons pt. 21:481 credit or ad
- Creating Video Thumbnails in Photoshop pt. 15:341 credit or ad
- Creating Video Thumbnails in Photoshop pt. 23:281 credit or ad
- Guidelines for Creating Video Thumbnails4:201 credit or ad
- Working with Button Subpictures6:581 credit or ad
- Creating Button Subpictures in Photoshop6:261 credit or ad
- Working with Menu Color Sets4:191 credit or ad
- Pasting Image as Subpictures3:021 credit or ad
- Guidelines for Creating Subpictures4:271 credit or ad
Linking11 lessons
- Link Types pt. 12:231 credit or ad
- Link Types pt. 24:171 credit or ad
- Linking Methods Setting an End Action4:471 credit or ad
- Disk-wide Link Settings pt. 15:381 credit or ad
- Disk-wide Link Settings pt. 22:281 credit or ad
- Setting End Actions2:301 credit or ad
- Setting Override Actions4:521 credit or ad
- Customizing User Operations4:591 credit or ad
- Adding Links to Subtitle and Audio Tracks5:131 credit or ad
- Button Routing4:191 credit or ad
- Checking and Fixing Links5:041 credit or ad
Subtitles8 lessons
- About Subtitle Tracks3:221 credit or ad
- Creating Subtitles Manually6:041 credit or ad
- Importing Image-Based Subtitle Files5:291 credit or ad
- Working with Image-based Subtitles4:221 credit or ad
- Importing Text-Based Subtitle Files4:541 credit or ad
- Editing Subtitles6:221 credit or ad
- Working with Subtitle Colors5:181 credit or ad
- Adding Closed Captions3:101 credit or ad