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Encore CS4 Training DVD

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Introduction

Welcome
Is there a trial version of Encore?
Using the example files

1. Getting Familiar with Encore

Using this chapter
Using content included with Encore
Adding a menu to a project
Importing assets
Understanding timelines
Creating links and navigation
Introduction to exporting

2. Introductory Technical Concepts

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

3. Project Basics

Knowing your audience
Creating a new project
A quick look at the interface
Rules for importing
Importing assets as Encore objects
Previewing assets in the Project panel
Organizing the Project panel
Using the Properties panel
Getting familiar with the Library panel
Using the Resource Central panel

4. Menu Basics

Understanding menus
Creating a menu
Editing menus
The Menu Viewer vs. the Menu panel
Creating motion menus
About submenus

5. Button Basics

The anatomy of a button
Using the black and white arrows with buttons
Viewing and adjusting button routing
Using buttons with video preview
What is a subpicture?
About subpicture states
Changing subpicture colors
Creating subpictures from text

6. Timeline Basics

What is a 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
Exporting a frame as a file

8. Text and Object Basics

Creating and using guides
Creating and adjusting text
Adding drop shadows to text and other objects
Adding styles to text and other objects
Automatically arranging objects
Transforming objects

9. Using Audio and Subtitles

Using audio in Encore
Understanding 5.1 surround sound
Adding audio while a menu plays
Allowing users to change the disc language
Creating subtitle tracks
Using imported subtitles
Exporting subtitles as a text file
Creating subtitles with multiple colors

10. Creating Slideshows

Introducing slideshows
Adjusting slideshow properties
Adding transitions to slides
Adding motion to slides
Syncing slideshows to audio
Slideshows and bit budgeting

11. Using Playlists

What is a playlist?
Using chapter playlists

12. Advanced Authoring Concepts

The power of end-action overrides
Using replacement layers
Looping menus
Replacing a menu
Creating a chapter index
Using photos and video as subpictures

13. Advanced Creative Tricks

Creating "Easter eggs"
Making games
Using menu transitions
Using subpictures as art
Creating a video menu

14. Using Encore as a Presentation Tool

Why use Encore as a presentation tool?
Using subtitles with slideshows
Creating slideshows with manual advance
Adding data content to discs

15. Creating Menus from Scratch in Photoshop

About this chapter
Introduction to the Photoshop layer codes
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

16. Creating Flash Movies with Encore

About Flash and Encore
Creating buttons that link to websites
Exporting a SWF file
Changing the SWF output size
Using HTML templates as backgrounds
Importing other HTML templates
Using FLV vs. F4V video
Checking a Flash project for errors
Creating a SWF file with streaming video

17. Integrating with Other Adobe Applications

Using Adobe Bridge to browse for assets
Importing sequences from Premiere Pro via Dynamic Link
Updating markers from Dynamic Link video
Using Speech Search in Premiere to help create subtitles
Creating motion menus in After Effects
Making buttons and subpictures in After Effects

18. About Blu-ray Discs and HD Video

What are Blu-ray discs?
Setting up Blu-ray projects
About the Blu-ray codecs
Creating Blu-ray popup menus
Previewing pop-up menus over a timeline

19. Testing and Exporting

Encore's Automatic Letterbox
Previewing your disc
Rendering for previews
Checking your project for errors
Fixing broken projects using the cache
About copy protection
About region encoding
About output options
Duplication vs. replication
Fixing the audio_TS problem

20. Project: Putting It All Together

Setting up a project
Creating a menu in Photoshop
Importing and organizing content
Creating a slideshow
Linking objects
Testing and exporting a project

Conclusion

Goodbye

Adobe Encore CS4 Training DVD Info

Title Information.

Encore CS4 Essential Training covers not only the basic workflow for creating DVDs, but also the important technical concepts and advanced features that can lead to real mastery of this powerful application. Chad Perkins demonstrates how to import and organize assets; assemble them into a timeline; and provide navigation via menus, buttons, and links. He discusses output alternatives such as Flash and Blu-ray, and integration with other CS4 applications like Photoshop, Premiere Pro, and After Effects. A series of projects is used to reinforce the techniques and concepts. Exercise files accompany the course. . Close »

Instructor : Chad Perkins

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Publisher:

lynda.com, Inc.

Duration:

6.5 hours - 143 lessons

Platform:

PC or Mac

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$99.95

£65.47

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