Topic-Level Outline
Days: 1
Prerequisites: Windows
XP: Basic, Adobe Photoshop CS2: Basic or equivalent experience
Unit 1: Getting started
Topic A: The Encore environment
A-1: Exploring the Encore interface
A-2: Exploring the Timeline Viewer and the Monitor panel
A-3: Exploring the Menu Viewer
A-4: Exploring the Layers panel
A-5: Organizing assets
A-6: Changing workspaces
A-7: Previewing a project
Topic B: The Adobe Help Center
B-1: Using Help
Unit 2: Assets and timelines
Topic A: Setting up a new project
A-1: Planning a DVD
A-2: Creating a project
A-3: Importing assets
Topic B: Creating timelines
B-2: Adding chapter points to a timeline
B-3: Adding multiple video clips to a timeline
B-4: Manipulating clips
Topic C: Working with subtitles
C-1: Adding a subtitle
C-2: Adjusting the timeline color set
Unit 3: Basic menus
Topic A: Preset menus
A-1: Creating a preset menu
Topic B: Custom menus
B-1: Adding items to the library
B-2: Creating a custom menu
B-3: Adding text
B-4: Selecting and manipulating objects
B-5: Using styles
Topic C: Subpictures
C-1: Creating subpictures
C-2: Adjusting menu color sets
Topic D: Link menu buttons
D-1: Linking a menu button to a timeline
D-2: Previewing a menu
Unit 4: Motion menus
Topic A: Video backgrounds
A-1: Adding a video background
A-2: Rendering a video background
Topic B: Thumbnail buttons
B-1: Creating thumbnail buttons
B-2: Applying Group 2 highlight colors
B-3: Adjusting a menu in Photoshop
B-4: Creating video thumbnail buttons
B-5: Linking the Scene Selections menu to the Main Menu
Unit 5: Slideshows
Topic A: Basic slideshows
A-1: Creating a slideshow
A-2: Adding audio to a slideshow
A-3: Adding transitions
A-4: Adding pan and zoom effects
Topic B: Interactive slideshows
B-1: Creating a slideshow menu
B-2: Using replacement layers
B-3: Replacing library items
B-4: Linking slideshow menus
B-5: Creating text subpictures
Unit 6: Generating a DVD
Topic A: Preparing a DVD
A-1: Checking navigation
A-2: Checking a project
A-3: Setting disc properties and remote control links
A-4: Viewing transcoding settings
Topic B: Burning a DVD
B-1: Burning a DVD