
LESSON 9
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Working with Adobe After Effects
2
In the Properties palette, click the Video field, and then press Delete.
The Menu Editor window turns black, and the Video field contains the word “nothing.”
3
Drag the Video pick whip from the Properties palette to the Zephyr_background.avi
file in the Project window.
4
Choose File > Render Motion Menus.
Though you updated the After Effects file, Adobe Encore DVD didn’t recognize the
changes. Therefore, the Render Motion Menus command was dimmed. To render motion
menus again, so that the file appears correctly in the preview, you deleted the Video link
and re-created it.
5
Choose File > Preview.
6
Move the mouse over the buttons to see the subpictures appear.
7
Close the Project Preview window.
8
Save the project.
Creating links to assets
Now you’ll link the buttons in the menu to timelines. First, import the videos and create
the timelines.
1
Choose File > Import as Asset, and import the
Kite.avi
and
Sail.avi
files.
2
Select the AVI files in the Project window, and choose Timeline > New Timeline.
3
Click the Menus tab in the Project window, and select the Zephyr menu.
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