[John Cuevas]

I think most likely the problem wasn’t that upper/lower was wrong, but that you were exporting at 486. DV is 480. I know that if I create a graphic for the Avid at 480 and import it, the fields will be reversed as it scales it into the 486 comp.

Try exporting at 480 lower field first, probably will solve your problem.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
http://www.ckandco.net

[John Cuevas]

Is this on the actual burned DVD or just the preview? In preview, it often goes to black when switching, but on the DVD it won’t.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
http://www.ckandco.net

[John Cuevas]

If animatte doesn’t offer the flexiblity, I would move outside of Avid and create the mattes in AE.

[John Cuevas]

Can’t be sure without seeing it, but that sounds like interlace flicker? Are you sure that all your settings were correct when you brought them into encore? Not sure if Nepal is upper or lower field first, but that could be the problem.

Cheers
Johnny Cuevas
Editor/CK&Co

[John Cuevas]

Thanks Joe,

I guess I have something else to look into if I’m going to keep the title of DVD master in our post-house…

[John Cuevas]

You would create 3 different buttons, each linking to the timeline, but linking to a different subtitle track. The single timeline would contain all your subtitle tracks. Then in the properties panel you would choose “specify other” and set the desired links.

I don’t want to be overly rude but this is all covered in the manual under subtitles and button linking.

Johnny

[John Cuevas]

GPRM????

You are one up on me Joe, what are those? I’m completely not familiar with the term.

[John Cuevas]

When I create motion menus with buttons that fly into place, I create 2 menus generally. The first play menu where everything flys into place. The first menus end action is the second menu. I use seemless bkg’s so that it loops seemlessly. All of my timelines are directed towards this 2nd menu.

I figure once I have flown my buttons in once that’s enough. This way also allows for me to have my music stay seemless, as I create my menus to music length.

Without creating a first play movie that cuts into a menu, the loop point is the only way to delay button activation

Johnny Cuevas
Editor, CK&Co

[John Cuevas]

This is done on a set top player, not a DVDRom, played off the computer? I can think of way of doing it director, but not encore.

[John Cuevas]

Set the loop point to 10 seconds.