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Adobe Encore DVD interacts closely with Adobe Photoshop. If you follow a specific layer-naming convention for
the menus you create in Photoshop, Adobe Encore DVD recognizes those layers as specific menu elements, such as
buttons and subpictures. (See "Understanding layer name prefixes for Photoshop menus" on page 115.) Also,
because Adobe Encore DVD creates all menus as PSD (Photoshop) files, you update your menus in Photoshop,
directly from Adobe Encore DVD. Photoshop files imported as menus appear both in the Project panel and in the
Menu panel and, upon import, automatically open in the Menu Editor.
Choose File > Import As > Menu.
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2 Navigate to the PSD file or files you want to import, select them, and click Open.
When dragging the file from windows Explorer to the Project tab, it imported a PSD file as a menu. However, when
clicking holding down Alt as drag the file, a PSD file is not imported as a menu.
Importing from Adobe Premiere Pro
You can import movie files exported from Adobe Premiere Pro into Adobe Encore DVD. In Adobe Premiere Pro,
export the file you want to use in one of the following formats:
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MPEG-2 files, which include a project link by default.
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AVI files using the export movie command. When you export, make sure that you choose Project from the
Embedding Options menu.
If you follow a few rules when exporting from Adobe Premiere Pro, you can use the Edit Original command within
Adobe Encore DVD to open and edit the original file. For more information, see "To edit clips in Adobe Premiere
Pro and Adobe After Effects" on page 143.
Note: When importing files, Adobe Encore DVD can create chapter points from numbered markers. To use the markers,
Adobe Encore DVD requires that they contain text in the Chapter field. It names each chapter point using this text. For
information on numbered markers, see Adobe Premiere Pro Help. Adobe Encore DVD does not currently recognize the
DVD markers in Premiere Pro files. You must use chapter markers in Adobe Premiere Pro if you want them to become
chapter points in Adobe Encore DVD.
Importing from Adobe After Effects
You can import a file from Adobe After Effects either as a discrete movie file, or as an Adobe Dynamic Link. The
Adobe Dynamic Link option provides the most workflow-friendly import. It lets you import an After Effects compo-
sition without rendering it. Using Adobe Dynamic Link, you can switch between Adobe Encore DVD and After
Effects as needed to update either project until you build the DVD.
Note: Adobe Dynamic Link is available only if Adobe Production Studio is installed.
If you need to import a discrete movie from After Effects, export an AVI or MPEG file using the Composition >
Make Movie command. When the Render Queue opens, click Output Module and select Project Link from the
Embed menu. See After Effects Help for more information on exporting movie files.
Note: When importing files, Adobe Encore DVD can create chapter points from layer markers. To import the markers,
Adobe Encore DVD requires that they contain text in the Chapter field. It names each chapter point using this text. For
information on layer markers, see After Effects Help.
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