ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS 7.0
User Guide
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Creating Adobe Encore DVD buttons
About Adobe Encore DVD buttons
You can use Adobe After Effects to quickly create buttons and button layers for importing into Adobe Encore DVD.
Adobe Encore DVD uses a naming standard to define a button and the role of individual layers as subpicture
highlights and video thumbnails. When you select a group of layers to create as an Encore DVD button, Adobe After
Effects precomposes the layers and names the precomposition according to the naming standards for buttons. You
can assign individual layers within the precomposition as highlight layers or video thumbnails. Once a button is
created, you can save it for use in Adobe Encore DVD.
To create an Adobe Encore DVD button
1
In the Timeline panel, select the layers to be used in the button.
2
Choose Layer > Adobe Encore DVD > Create Button.
3
Enter a name for the button.
4
Use the menus to assign up to three highlight layers and one video thumbnail layer, and then click OK.
A new composition is created with the button name. In keeping with the Adobe Encore DVD naming standards, the
prefix (+) is added to the name of the composition to indicate that it is a button. Highlight layers receive the prefix
(=1), (=2), or (=3), and video thumbnails receive the prefix (%).
To assign a subpicture highlight and video thumbnail to a layer
1
Select the desired layer.
2
Choose a highlight option from the Layer > Adobe Encore DVD submenu. The layer name receives the appro-
priate Adobe Encore DVD prefix.
To export a button for use in Adobe Encore DVD
1
Open the composition that is your button, and navigate to the desired frame.
2
Choose Composition > Save Frame As > Photoshop Layers.
3
Enter a name and location, and click OK.
Important:
If you rename the button, be sure to retain the (+) prefix. The prefix ensures that Adobe Encore DVD recog-
nizes the file as a button.
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