Encore menus Pre-defined Open Encore

Revise (catsDVDV2Home)  Example too complete  Delete the chapters  Delete the menus  Save as CatsMenus  File>Import as timeline  Browse to the catsmp4

Adding additional chapters (Want to end up with 5)  We have one from last module Set your yellow playback head to where you want the second chapter: (watch the Monitor window as you move the playhead)  Click the Monitor tab

Add another chapter  Right-click and choose Add Chapter Point

Another chapter  Select the chapter indicator again (the white marker)  Name it appropriately (I used Black Cat )…yours will have different chapter names

Keep adding  Add three additional chapters(end up with about 5 chapters):  Move the playhead to the next desired location. Then:  Right click the gold play head  Choose Add Chapter Point  Select the new white marker, which turns red  Name the chapter in the Properties panel

My ending timeline

Menus and submenus  A main menu …(Encore just calls it a menu ) screen/page and  One or more submenu screens, with buttons that link to chapters, etc.  We will select menu and submenu screens from the Encore Library.

DVD Structure  what links do you see often see on the first screen ( Main menu?)  The Submenu page is usually a series of links to what?  A scene is viewed by clicking a button on the submenu page; the video then plays from there to the end

Library  Choose a Menu/Submenu from the Library  Discuss what to exclude…pal etc.  You can modify or create your own from scratch  The pre-built menus are in the Window>Library tab: The GENERAL (maybe “Common”) set is selected below

Typical Library + structure Want a main and a sub menu NOT HD NOT PAL NOT Wide Screen

Window>Library  Items are grouped  GENERAL, NTSC etc.

Choose a MENU and submenu  Example:

My Project panel after choosing

Main Menu Delete what don’t need

Sub Menu

Double-click Menus tab  Choose main menu to open it in Monitor  Change Corporate to CATS ( text tool)

First Play:Revise  What do we usually see when disc inserted?  So, change First Play to :whip” to ?

Button Routing (On main menu)  Let’s specify two Main Menu-related actions- what to do when:  The PLAY button on main menu is clicked…go to chapter named “Play”  The Scene Selection button is clicked (Go to the submenu screen

Wire the Play movie button Goes where when clicked?

Look at Properties>Button>Play  Link now does what?

Want  Play the movie

Conclusion  Using either method: when the PLAY button is clicked, play the movie by going to the “ Play ” chapter

Preview so far  File>Preview, or Right-click>Preview from here>  Scenes next

Scene Selection clicked  Show Scenes  Select the Scenes button  In the Link dropdown ( Properties>Button ) choose the submenu, (Or use whip to the submenu in the Project window)

Result

Wire submenu buttons  Double-click submenu in Project window

Button problem: Need 5 buttons:  We need 5 buttons, but only have four:  Copy/Paste one of the four  Rearrange the buttons

Wire the buttons  Select each of the five buttons, then use the Link dropdown (or the whip...easier ) and specify/select which chapter to go to when that button is clicked.  Rename the buttons using the button panel

My result

Link main menu to ?

Don’t need  and ->  Because we have a single submenu, the next and previous buttons aren’t needed, so delete them

Specify what to do when the movie ends  When the movie ends, let’s loop back to the Main Menu screen  That is, make the End Action property link back to the Main Menu

Select timeline: Select the timeline (The dark black area) Timeline panel opens to reveal the timeline panel and properties

Wire end action to main menu

Motion Menus  Click the submenu in the Project window  There should now be a Motion tab inside the Menu tab  Click the Animate Buttons check box

Render the buttons Preview and build Have Fun