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Working with DVD markers
Once you have finished editing your movie, you can add DVD markers to mark movies,
chapters, scenes, and stop points in the DVD. Adobe Premiere Elements creates the DVD
menus based on the DVD markers.
Note: Do not confuse DVD markers with clip markers and timeline markers. Although they all
mark locations within the clip or movie, Adobe Premiere Elements uses DVD markers to link
buttons on DVD menus. Clip markers and timeline markers help you position and trim clips.
Understanding which DVD markers to use
The type of DVD markers you add to the Timeline window depends on how you want your
viewers to access the video. In general, use these guidelines:
• Use Main Menu Markers (and Stop Markers) to divide the video into separate movies.
Button on the main menu link to Main Menu Markers.
• Use Scene Markers (without Stop Markers) when you want the movie to play from start to
finish, and also want your viewer to be able to jump ahead to specific scenes. Scene
buttons link to Scene Markers and appear on scene submenus one after another (not
grouped by movie).
• Use Stop Markers to designate the end of a movie. When the DVD player reaches a Stop
Marker, it returns back to the Main Menu. Once you add a Stop Marker to the Timeline
window, a DVD player will no longer play the movie from start to finish. Therefore, you
generally add Stop Markers only if you’ve divided your video into separate movies, and
don’t need to play the clips in the Timeline window from beginning to end.
Note: You can use both Main Menu Markers and Scene Markers in a movie. However, you must
remember that once the DVD player encounters a Stop Marker, it returns to the Main Menu, not
the menu from which it was called.
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Relationship between DVD markers and the menu templates
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Media Start
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Stop Marker
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Main Menu Marker
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Scene Marker
