Joe Bowden
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Unlike After Effects and Premiere, which automatically use the newest version of an element (so long as it has the same name) Encore does not. If you make any changes in Photoshop, you must delete the original from Encore and import the new one.
True Greg, but if you are working this way you are missing one of the key features of Encore.
When you import a PSD file as a menu, Encore makes a copy of it in the project folder. From here on out, you can edit the menu in Photoshop at any time using Edit > Edit In Photoshop, save it, and then it automatically updates in Encore.
The advantages of this scheme are 1) a ‘safe’ copy of the PSD file is made to be worked on within the project that is editable at any point within Photoshop – you can always re-import the original menu file at any point and start with a clean slate and 2) if you Edit In Photoshop, then decide you don’t like it, you can undo the changes from within Encore- this is not possible within Photoshop if the file is no longer opened. This schem also helps to make projects more portable for collaborative authoring, since the menus are all contained within the project folder- just send the project file and folder.
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Additionally Encore 1.5 doesn’t allow for a select all and then scale down of all elements as noted in the manual. It generates an error when I attempted it.
It doesn’t when I do it. Maybe you’re seeing a system-specific problem? Or perhaps there’s something in your menu that Encore doesn’t like? Maybe you could post a menu which fails? I’d be happy to check it on my system.
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No, it’s not you, but it does also happen in Encore 1.0.1.
It’s the ‘Optimize Stills’ setting in Premiere Pro (it’s in the AVI Options dialog). Stills encoded with this setting on throw off many video applications, including Encore. If you uncheck it, then re-export, you should find your problem has been solved.
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Hi Melvin,
Encore DVD doesn’t export to tape, as its focus is DVD authoring and not general video editing.
I would suggest you try to resolve the export to tape problems you are seeing in one of the Premiere Pro forums, or by calling Adobe Tech Support.
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Now, set the end action of the first chapter point to the timeline with your first still in it.
This would not be possible, since chapter points are ‘in-only’: there are no chapter point end actions.
You could do what the original poster asked by making each ‘chapter’ its own timeline, but that would necessarily introduce a brief pause between timelines. That may or may not be an acceptable trade off.
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This is not a bug, but a feature that only some DVD players offer.
Some DVD players (such as my Pioneer) will perform a title search when you press the Next button at the end of a timeline, which will take you to the next title (timeline) on the DVD . Others (such as my Sony) will not. The Pioneer’s feature, as nice as it might be, is not the standard for DVD players, and Encore’s Preview mode reflects that.
There is a way to get what you want, which I believe David has outlined for you in the other reply.
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When you create but have not yet saved an Encore project, all the work you do is stored on the Temp directory as chosen by Windows XP- this is usually on your C: drive.
You can get around any problems with using the Temp directory by saving your project to a drive which has more space, such as D: in your case.
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That would not be possible with Encore, at least not yet.
That sounds like a fairly complicated level of interactivity, as you wouldn’t want the pause to occur unless the viewer was listening to the commentary, correct? You may be able to do this with another DVD authoring application such as Scenarist (or another application which allows you to set/read GPRM and SPRM values), but ask yourself (and your director): have you ever seen a feature like this on a Hollywood DVD? Most of commentary tracks are linear commentary that simply runs along with the movie.