Lynda.com Encore CS5 Essential Training

Author: Chad Perkins
Duration (hr:min): 04:03
Released on: 4/30/2010
Exercise files: Yes
Software works on: Mac and Windows

In Encore CS5 Essential Training, author Chad Perkins gives an extensive overview of Encore CS5, Adobe's powerful application for authoring DVDs, Blu-ray Discs, and Flash-based video for the web. This course covers adding audio and subtitle tracks, creating image slideshows, and using Encore as a presentation tool. Also explained are the Blu-ray enhancements in CS5, and advanced techniques such as creating games and hidden content for disc menus. Exercise files are included with the course.

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

Content:

1. Introduction - 04:43

    Welcome - 0:57 - 4.9 MB
    What is Encore? - 1:33 - 5.1 MB
    Using the exercise files - 1:15 - 1.4 MB
    Reconnecting unlinked media - 0:58 - 1.0 MB

2. Project: Building a Simple DVD - 16:10

    Project overview - 1:12 - 2.1 MB
    Importing content - 1:55 - 2.0 MB
    Using included content - 2:02 - 2.1 MB
    Adding a menu to a project - 2:42 - 2.8 MB
    What are timelines? - 2:03 - 2.2 MB
    Creating links and navigation - 3:13 - 3.9 MB
    Exporting - 3:03 - 4.4 MB

3. Introductory Technical Concepts - 21:28

    Understanding disc formats - 3:07 - 2.6 MB
    About television standards - 1:40 - 1.5 MB
    What is transcoding? - 4:47 - 4.7 MB
    Exporting video for Encore - 2:39 - 2.8 MB
    Bits vs. bytes - 2:03 - 1.9 MB
    The importance of bit budgeting - 1:46 - 2.0 MB
    About pixel aspect ratios - 2:52 - 3.0 MB
    About overscan and safe areas - 2:34 - 2.7 MB

4. Creating Projects - 13:05

    Creating a new project - 2:57 - 3.5 MB
    Touring the interface - 4:44 - 6.4 MB
    Importing assets as Encore objects - 1:35 - 1.8 MB
    Using the Project panel - 3:49 - 4.2 MB

5. Creating Menus - 16:47

    Understanding menus - 0:40 - 0.6 MB
    Creating menus with the Library panel - 4:37 - 4.7 MB
    Editing menus - 3:41 - 4.7 MB
    The Menu Viewer vs. the Menus panel - 1:20 - 2.1 MB
    Creating motion menus - 4:16 - 5.8 MB
    About submenus - 2:13 - 2.2 MB

6. Creating Buttons - 20:34

    The anatomy of a button - 3:42 - 4.0 MB
    Creating buttons - 1:55 - 2.1 MB
    Editing buttons - 1:24 - 1.5 MB
    Viewing and adjusting button routing - 3:27 - 3.6 MB
    Creating video buttons - 3:19 - 3.5 MB
    Understanding subpicture states - 1:45 - 1.8 MB
    Changing subpicture colors - 5:02 - 5.4 MB

7. Working with the Timeline - 13:35

    Using the Monitor - 0:55 - 1.4 MB
    Creating chapter markers - 3:18 - 5.2 MB
    Setting poster frames - 3:38 - 5.1 MB
    Creating chapter points automatically - 1:47 - 2.0 MB
    Editing video in the timeline - 2:35 - 3.9 MB
    The Timeline Viewer vs. the Timeline panel - 1:22 - 1.4 MB

8. Creating Links and Navigation - 08:09

    Creating navigation with the Flowchart - 2:45 - 3.2 MB
    Setting a "first play" object - 1:12 - 1.2 MB
    Auto-selecting button names from links - 1:20 - 1.5 MB
    Creating user permissions for a disc - 2:52 - 3.4 MB

9. Object Basics - 11:13

    Creating and adjusting text - 4:05 - 4.4 MB
    Applying styles - 2:27 - 2.7 MB
    Automatically arranging objects - 1:08 - 1.3 MB
    Transforming objects - 3:33 - 4.8 MB

10. Creating Slideshows - 17:30

    Introducing slideshows - 4:45 - 5.5 MB
    Adjusting slideshow properties - 3:26 - 4.0 MB
    Adding motion and transitions - 4:26 - 5.7 MB
    Syncing slideshows to audio - 3:20 - 4.8 MB
    Slideshows and bit budgeting - 1:33 - 1.7 MB

11. Using Playlists - 06:43

    What is a playlist? - 3:45 - 4.1 MB
    Using chapter playlists - 2:58 - 3.9 MB

12. Using Audio and Subtitles - 17:25

    Using audio in Encore - 1:47 - 1.9 MB
    Adding audio to a menu - 1:01 - 1.0 MB
    Allowing users to change languages - 6:27 - 9.0 MB
    Creating subtitles - 2:08 - 2.6 MB
    Importing and exporting subtitles - 2:47 - 3.0 MB
    Changing subtitle color - 3:15 - 3.8 MB

13. Advanced Authoring Concepts - 17:28

    The power of end action overrides - 2:52 - 4.9 MB
    Using replacement layers - 2:04 - 2.2 MB
    Looping motion menus - 3:07 - 3.8 MB
    Replacing a menu - 1:54 - 2.1 MB
    Creating a chapter index - 2:32 - 2.8 MB
    Using photos as subpictures - 4:59 - 5.4 MB

14. Advanced Creative Tricks - 12:41

    Creating "Easter eggs" - 2:13 - 2.9 MB
    Making games - 2:13 - 2.5 MB
    Using menu transitions - 1:49 - 2.3 MB
    Using subpictures as art - 3:22 - 3.5 MB
    Creating a video menu - 3:04 - 3.5 MB

15. Using Encore as a Presentation Tool - 05:17

    Why use Encore as a presentation tool? - 0:37 - 0.5 MB
    Creating slideshows with manual advance - 1:35 - 1.8 MB
    Creating captions on slides - 1:29 - 1.7 MB
    Adding data content to discs - 1:36 - 1.7 MB

16. Creating Menus from Scratch in Photoshop - 11:37

    Making menus in Photoshop - 1:42 - 1.9 MB
    The button set codes - 1:41 - 2.0 MB
    The subpicture highlight codes - 1:18 - 1.7 MB
    The replacement layer code - 2:34 - 3.2 MB
    The video button code - 1:42 - 2.1 MB
    The submenu navigation codes - 1:38 - 2.1 MB
    Using pre-built menus as templates - 1:02 - 1.5 MB

17. About Blu-ray Discs and HD Video - 07:33

    Introducing Blu-ray discs - 2:55 - 2.9 MB
    Creating Blu-ray pop-up menus - 2:59 - 3.2 MB
    Previewing pop-up menus over a timeline - 1:39 - 1.8 MB

18. Testing and Exporting - 11:05

    Encore's automatic letterbox - 2:27 - 2.1 MB
    Checking your project for errors - 2:18 - 2.7 MB
    Outputting to disc - 2:40 - 2.9 MB
    Creating Flash web sites - 3:40 - 4.6 MB

19. Important Technical Issues - 05:36

    Duplication vs. replication - 2:08 - 1.8 MB
    About copy protection - 1:06 - 1.1 MB
    About region encoding - 1:09 - 1.2 MB
    Fixing the audio_TS problem - 1:13 - 1.2 MB

20. Integrating with Other Adobe Applications - 04:54

    Importing sequences from Premiere Pro - 1:42 - 2.0 MB
    Creating motion menus in After Effects - 1:49 - 2.2 MB
    Making buttons and subpictures in After Effects - 1:23 - 1.7 MB

Conclusion - 00:24

    Goodbye - 0:24 - 0.4 MB