Lynda.COM Encore CS5 Essential Training

Chad Perkins

Software works on:

Mac and Windows

Topics include:

• Understanding television standards, transcoding, and pixel aspect ratios
• Building multipage menus
• Creating motion menus
• Adding and linking buttons in menus
• Inserting chapter markers
• Defining user permissions for a disc
• Adding text
• Using audio in Encore
• Looping menus
• Transitioning between menus
• Outputting to the web with Flash
• Integrating with Premiere Pro and After Effects

1. Introduction
Welcome           00:57
What is Encore?           01:33
Using the exercise files           01:15
Reconnecting unlinked media           00:58
16:10 2. Project: Building a Simple DVD
Project overview           01:12
Importing content           01:55
Using included content           02:02
Adding a menu to a project           02:42
What are timelines?           02:03
Creating links and navigation           03:13
Exporting           03:03
21:28 3. Introductory Technical Concepts
Understanding disc formats           03:07
About television standards           01:40
What is transcoding?           04:47
Exporting video for Encore           02:39
Bits vs. bytes           02:03
The importance of bit budgeting           01:46
About pixel aspect ratios           02:52
About overscan and safe areas           02:34
13:05 4. Creating Projects
Creating a new project           02:57
Touring the interface           04:44
Importing assets as Encore objects           01:35
Using the Project panel           03:49
16:47 5. Creating Menus
Understanding menus           00:40
Creating menus with the Library panel           04:37
Editing menus           03:41
The Menu Viewer vs. the Menus panel           01:20
Creating motion menus           04:16
About submenus           02:13
20:34 6. Creating Buttons
The anatomy of a button           03:42
Creating buttons           01:55
Editing buttons           01:24
Viewing and adjusting button routing           03:27
Creating video buttons           03:19
Understanding subpicture states           01:45
Changing subpicture colors           05:02
13:35 7. Working with the Timeline
Using the Monitor           00:55
Creating chapter markers           03:18
Setting poster frames           03:38
Creating chapter points automatically           01:47
Editing video in the timeline           02:35
The Timeline Viewer vs. the Timeline panel           01:22
08:09 8. Creating Links and Navigation
Creating navigation with the Flowchart           02:45
Setting a "first play" object           01:12
Auto-selecting button names from links           01:20
Creating user permissions for a disc           02:52
11:13 9. Object Basics
Creating and adjusting text           04:05
Applying styles           02:27
Automatically arranging objects           01:08
Transforming objects           03:33
17:30 10. Creating Slideshows
Introducing slideshows           04:45
Adjusting slideshow properties           03:26
Adding motion and transitions           04:26
Syncing slideshows to audio           03:20
Slideshows and bit budgeting           01:33
06:43 11. Using Playlists
What is a playlist?           03:45
Using chapter playlists           02:58
17:25 12. Using Audio and Subtitles
Using audio in Encore           01:47
Adding audio to a menu           01:01
Allowing users to change languages           06:27
Creating subtitles           02:08
Importing and exporting subtitles           02:47
Changing subtitle color           03:15
17:28 13. Advanced Authoring Concepts
The power of end action overrides           02:52
Using replacement layers           02:04
Looping motion menus           03:07
Replacing a menu           01:54
Creating a chapter index           02:32
Using photos as subpictures           04:59
12:41 14. Advanced Creative Tricks
Creating "Easter eggs"           02:13
Making games           02:13
Using menu transitions           01:49
Using subpictures as art           03:22
Creating a video menu           03:04
05:17 15. Using Encore as a Presentation Tool
Why use Encore as a presentation tool?           00:37
Creating slideshows with manual advance           01:35
Creating captions on slides           01:29
Adding data content to discs           01:36
11:37 16. Creating Menus from Scratch in Photoshop
Making menus in Photoshop           01:42
The button set codes           01:41
The subpicture highlight codes           01:18
The replacement layer code           02:34
The video button code           01:42
The submenu navigation codes           01:38
Using pre-built menus as templates           01:02
07:33 17. About Blu-ray Discs and HD Video
Introducing Blu-ray discs           02:55
Creating Blu-ray pop-up menus           02:59
Previewing pop-up menus over a timeline           01:39
11:05 18. Testing and Exporting
Encore's automatic letterbox           02:27
Checking your project for errors           02:18
Outputting to disc           02:40
Creating Flash web sites           03:40
05:36 19. Important Technical Issues
Duplication vs. replication           02:08
About copy protection           01:06
About region encoding           01:09
Fixing the audio_TS problem           01:13
04:54 20. Integrating with Other Adobe Applications
Importing sequences from Premiere Pro           01:42
Creating motion menus in After Effects           01:49
Making buttons and subpictures in After Effects           01:23
00:24 Conclusion
Goodbye           00:24