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Include any video or audio in the menu background that you want to use in the menu template.
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Select the menu in the Project panel.
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4 Choose Menu > Save Menu As Template.
To make it easy to transfer the menu template to a different computer, select Self-Contained. (See "Using menu
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templates on multiple computers" on page 110.)
6 Specify the file name and location of the menu template, and then click Save.
When you save a menu as a template, two files are created: the template (EM) file and a Photoshop (PSD) file that
contains the menu layer information. In addition, video and audio assets are created if the menu includes a motion
background.
Using menu templates on multiple computers
When creating a menu template, you can select the Self-Contained option, which determines how the menu template
is saved in the folder structure on disk. If you select this option, Adobe Encore DVD creates a folder in the same
location as the menu template (EM) file with the same name as the EM file. This folder includes the Photoshop (PSD)
file and any assets used in the menu background, making the menu template easy to transfer to a different computer.
If you don't select Self-Contained, Adobe Encore DVD saves the PSD file in the same folder as the EM file, but the
assets are not included. You can move a regular menu template to a different location on the same computer, but
moving it to another computer doesn't work well if the linked assets aren't also on the target computer in the same
location.
To add custom menus to the Library panel
Open an existing menu, or use Photoshop to create a menu and then import the Photoshop file as a menu.
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2 Drag the menu from the Project panel to the Library panel.
3 Select whether you want to add the menu as a standard menu or as a menu template. If you specify menu template,
select Self-Contained if you want to easily transfer the menu template to a different computer.
Standard menus appear in the Library panel as PSD files, and menu templates appear as EM files.
See also
"Library panel" on page 78
"To add items or sets to the Library" on page 67
To save a menu as a file
1 Open the menu, or select it in the Project panel.
Choose Menu > Save Menu As File. Specify the file name and location, and then click Save.
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The menu is saved as a Photoshop (PSD) file.
See also
"To create an After Effects composition from a menu" on page 119
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