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ADOBE ENCORE DVD
Classroom in a Book
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Choose File > Save.
Use the Adobe Encore DVD naming conventions when you create Photoshop layers and layer sets to ensure
that Adobe Encore DVD recognizes buttons, subpictures, and thumbnails in the imported menu.
Add subpictures to buttons
In Lesson 2, you converted a layer into a subpicture, and Adobe Encore DVD changed the
layer’s name to follow a specific naming convention. You can create subpictures in
Photoshop by following that same naming convention when you name layers. When you
then import the file as a menu, Adobe Encore DVD automatically recognizes the
subpictures.
A subpicture changes the appearance of a button when the viewer mouses over or
activates it.
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Select the Giraffe image layer in the Layers palette, and then choose Layer > Duplicate
Layer.
Menu Item
Photoshop Element
Layer Name Prefix
Example
Button name
Layer set containing
button components
(+)
(+) Daisy button 1
Button text
Text layers within the
layer set
None required
Daisy button
Button image
Image layers within
the layer set
None required
Daisy image
Subpicture
Single-color image
layers. Each layer
represents one color
of the three-color sub-
picture.
(=1) (=2) (=3)
(=1)Text highlight
(=2) Daisy outline
(=3) Check mark
Video thumbnail
An image layer within
the layer set that
serves as a
placeholder for video.
(%)
(%) Daisy thumbnail
Other design
elements or text (such
as logo or menu title)
Individual layer
None required
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