1. Chapter 1 Introducing Adobe Encore

   1. The Encore Window

   2. Starting a DVD Project

   3. Creating the Main Menu

   4. Encore Behind the Scenes

   5. Previewing the DVD

   6. Building DVD Folders

   7. Burning Your DVD

   8. Quick DVD

2. Chapter 2 Deconstructing DVDs

   1. Talking the Talk

   2. DVD Physical Disc Formats

   3. DVD Application Data Formats

   4. DVD Product Features

   5. DVD Data Files

   6. Playing DVDs

   7. Deconstructing DVDs

3. Chapter 3 Assets and Projects

   1. What Assets Can I Import?

   2. Understanding Projects

   3. The Library Palette

4. Chapter 4 Timelines

   1. Introducing Timelines

   2. Creating Timelines in Encore

   3. Creating Still Image Tracks and Slide Shows for Timelines

   4. Subtitling Tracks

5. Chapter 5 Encore Menu Design

   1. Creating Menus

   2. Encore Menu Editing

   3. Adding Menu Text

   4. Creating Menu Buttons

   5. Menu Button Routing and Numbering

   6. Using Styles

6. Chapter 6 Working with Photoshop and Other Applications

   1. Importing Photoshop Menus

   2. Transferring Menus to Photoshop and Back

   3. Editing Buttons in Photoshop

   4. Editing Photoshop Menus

   5. Creating Menus in Photoshop

   6. Creating Encore Elements and Styles

   7. Encore and After Effects

   8. Encore and Premiere Pro

   9. Encore and Other Applications

7. Chapter 7 Links and DVD Navigation

   1. Making Links

   2. Chaining Links

   3. Drag-and-Drop Navigation

   4. Viewing Elements and Links

   5. Linking with Properties

   6. Setting Navigation Properties

   7. Previewing and Checking Links

8. Chapter 8 Transcoding and Building Discs

   1. Automatic Transcoding

   2. Transcoding Assets

   3. Building Projects

   4. Building and Burning DVDs

9. Chapter 9 Designing Great DVDs

   1. Designing Menus

   2. Designing Timelines

   3. Designing Navigation

   4. Great DVDs

1. Colophon

Our look is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects. Philip Dangler was the production eidtor and copyeditor for Adobe Encore DVD: In the Studio. Audrey Doyle was the proofreader. Patti Capaldi, David Futato, and Philip Dangler did the typesetting and page makeup. Claire Cloutier and Emily Quill provided quality control. Reg Aubry wrote the index.

Emma Colby designed the cover of this book using Adobe Photoshop 5.5 and QuarkXPress 4.1, and produced the cover layout with QuarkXPress 4.1 using Linotype Birka and Adobe Myriad Condensed fonts.

David Futato designed and implemented the interior layout using Adobe InDesign CS. This book was converted from Microsoft Word to InDesign by Julie Hawks. The text and heading fonts are Linotype Birka and Adobe Myriad Condensed; the sidebar font is Adobe Syntax; and the code font is TheSans Mono Condensed from LucasFont. The illustrations and screenshots that appear in the book were produced by Robert Romano and Jessamyn Read using Macromedia Freehand MX and Adobe Photoshop 7.