Jeff Bellune
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Process each image in Photoshop. Make the background layer the bg that you want behind the slides. Transform each image to the size you want that will let the bg show through. Save each layered file as a new image and use the new images in Encore.
-Jeff
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You mean you cannot upgrade to Encore CS3 without paying full retail price? That sounds odd and should be investigated.
Is each chapter a separate timeline? If so, check the override settings for the menu buttons that call the various chapters. Figure out how they differ and then correct them as necessary.
-Jeff
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At this point, the easiest thing to do is to duplicate the menu that works (scene select 1) and then edit it as necessary to make it function as scene select 2.
The black bars for the video background are probably the result of mismatched pixel aspect ratios. NTSC DVD is 720×480 with a PAR of 0.9. If your source video doesn’t match that, then you will have problems.
-Jeff
The Focal Easy Guide to Adobe Encore DVD 2.0
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How big is the button graphic?
How many other buttons are on the menu?
Is it only the one button that has the problem?
What part of the button is getting cut off – the graphic or the highlight or all of the button layers?
Are there other layers on the menu that could be overlapping the button?
Are there other buttons that could be overlapping the button?-Jeff
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What do you mean by “doesn’t work”?
What *exactly* happens when you try? Does it go to the wrong place? Does it go to the right place but at the wrong time? Does it play through and not do anything at all?
-Jeff
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Okay, I got the menu and I have good news and bad news.
The good news is that I added the menu to a new project, threw in a couple of makeshift timelines, linked everything up and burned a disc. It plays and navigates perfectly in my Sony set-top player.
Unfortunately, the fact that I was successful is also bad news, because it deepens the mystery of why you weren’t successful.
Some things to consider:
1. In PS, don’t bother with pretty graphic images or layer effects for the highlight layer – they just end up being 2-bit solid images anyway. Your button highlight layers have a nice rounded rectangle graphic and a drop shadow – don’t do that.
2. On my Windows XP system, the graphic and drop shadow translated to an aliased gray blob with the same shape as the rounded rectangle graphic. Encore translated the fancy highlight layer that you created in PS into that gray blob, which is exactly what Encore is supposed to do.
3. Is that the look you were trying to get for the button highlights? If so, then try going back to PS and making the highlight layers into the gray blob *before* you import the menu into Encore. Who knows? There may be some difficulty with the translation of the fancy layers to the blob layers on the Mac side of things.
4. Are you using Encore to burn the disc? If not, what software are you using? (Assuming you created a disc image or a set of DVD folders in Encore and then used another program to burn the disc.)
5. What brand of blank media are you using? Rated burn speed versus actual burn speed?
Changing any or all of these conditions may help. Or it may not. Let us know.
-Jeff
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If it won’t violate privacy or copyright, can you post a screen shot of the Menu viewer with the problem menu loaded, and the “Show Button Routing” switch selected?
Otherwise, if you email me the .psd file that you used for the menu, I could take a look at it here. FTP is also an option if the file is > 10 MB.
My address is jeff(Shift+2)bellunevideo(the period key)com
-Jeff
The Focal Easy Guide to Adobe Encore DVD 2.0
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Any chance the button bounding boxes (hit areas) overlap? Your symptoms are indicative of overlapping buttons.
-Jeff
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1. What you mean by the “back” button? Is it an Encore program button or a button on your menu? What happens if you click on other buttons on the menu?
2. Have you tried deleting the menu from the Project panel? What happens?
-Jeff
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[Saygilar Sunarim] “I had the same problem with my standalone copy of Encore CS3 after Sep. 1 when Adobe secretly sent that patch down to disable all pirated copies of CS3 related products.”
Since Adobe does not sell a standalone copy of Encore CS3, I can only assume you have a pirated or otherwise improperly obtained copy.
The Cow will not tolerate discussions about pirating software or otherwise circumventing software licensing.