Adobe Encore DVD: In the Studio

Creating Encore Elements and Styles

Because Encore provides a powerful built-in Menu Editor, you do not need to use Photoshop to create menus from scratch. Instead, you can use Photoshop to create a collection of predesigned menu and button templates, additional graphics elements, and even styles. Then use the Encore Menu Editor to assemble and edit the final menus from these templates and elements from scratch.

Graphics elements

As described earlier, Encore can import seven different types of elements into the Library palette. You can create these elements in Photoshop to use in your own project. Each is a Photoshop file, but with different types of layers and names.

Menus

A Photoshop file that may include multiple layers and layer sets for the background, graphics and text elements, and buttons.

Buttons

A Photoshop file with a single layer set, with the layer set identified as a button by the (+) prefix on the layer name. Buttons may also contain layers identified as subpicture highlights (i.e., with (=1) prefixed to the name) and a video thumbnail (with (%) prefixed to the name).

Layer Sets

A Photoshop file containing exactly one layer set (not named as a button) and no background layer.

Text

A Photoshop file containing exactly one text layer and no background layer.

Shape

A Photoshop file containing exactly one vector layer and no background layer.

Backgrounds

A Photoshop file containing only a background layer.

Images

Graphics and photo stills that can be used for menu backgrounds (if full-screen) ...