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Adobe Encore Very Disappointing A Sub Par Program
Having authored a few DVDs, I can say that based on my experience Encore is sub par to DVD Studio Pro. Files seem to get corrupted or disconnected very easily or without cause. Adobe Help is a big waste of time. When working I need quick explanation/solution and references not a long drawn out course on all the menu items in Encore. Seems I have to wade through a small course to find the info I need for a quick correction.
The last thing that really put me off to Encore, was after authoring a 30 chapter DVD I reopened it to finish working on it and all the menu files came up corrupted. These were menus I loaded from the standard HD menu files in Encore, not some menu I created. The logic in Encore seems so obtuse, DVD Studio Pro had some issues but Adobe seems to have 100 times more. No wonder Adobe had it on sale last year. What a disappointment.
“Memories of today, Recorded for tomorrow.”
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Its know as a buggy program
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You would think Adobe would work out the bugs ASAP. Apple had its problems and you had to wait for the upgrade but it was never as random as Encore. No wonder the Pro Studios never took Encore on or Premiere Pro for that matter, as THE editing system. To bad Apple went for the $$$$ and abandoned us.
“Memories of today, Recorded for tomorrow.”
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For what it’s worth DVDSP will always be around so I wouldn’t advise anyone to switch to Encore just because Apples dropped support for FCP
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Now, after Building and burning a DVD, I have to have Task Manager shut Encore down as it freezes up. Go figure. If Adobe wants more of my $$$$ for CS 6 they will have to fix these bugs. I am pay for systems that work. Maybe Adobe could buy Final Cut Studio from Apple.
“Memories of today, Recorded for tomorrow.”
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Now if I could only get DVDSP to work on a Win system and not have to pay for a Mac. Rumor has it Apple may dump the Mac Workstations as well.
“Memories of today, Recorded for tomorrow.”
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What version are you using? I just finished a three video SD DVD with about 40 chapters between the three videos using CS6, went fine. Ive had horrendous problems with a blu-ray in CS4.
Dajen Productions, Santa Barbara, CA
MacPro Two 2.8GHz Quad Core – AJA Kona LHe
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HI Dave,
I am using Encore 5 it was part of my Premiere Pro CS 5.5. I guess it is Encore 5.5 . Like you, my DVDs have 20 plus chapters. The DVD gets burned but the program gets locked up. I click OK on the window that tells you the disk is ready. I have been using DVD-RWs. This didn’t happen at first. I was wondering if I moved any cache files to the wrong location or if my creation process causes a problem. I load the standard HD menu templates. I set one up as the Main page just for titles. The other I create a template from an existing Menu in Encore. I create the number of Chapters each page will need and some presets. For example, I needed 6 chapters per page and a total of 6 menus. I created the original then duplicated them in Encore and opened them u0p by double clicking each one. From there I authored each chapter setting the link and Button Return action.
Would any of this cause the program to freeze up?
“Memories of today, Recorded for tomorrow.”
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Martin,
You should try the demo of CS 6.
It’s a 64-bit re-write of Encore.
It works WAY better now than any previous version which are/were useless.
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I would except for a wide range of CS6 problems I am reading about. Why spend more $$$$ if there are still bugs.
“Memories of today, Recorded for tomorrow.”
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[Martin Verona] “Why spend more $$$$ if there are still bugs.”
truth be told a lot of those “bugs” are users with low cpu power/no gpu accelarator,
to make CS 6 sing the way it was meant to.On my particular setup, it’s been great.
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