Planning Your Dvd - Adobe ENCORE DVD Manual

8 Close the Project Preview window and the Lesson_01_end Project window.

Planning your DVD

Now you'll create the same DVD project you just previewed. You will import video and
audio files as assets, and a layered Photoshop file as a menu. Following the organization
shown in the diagram below, you will create links from buttons to chapter points in the
video timeline, and then set behaviors for those links.
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The Introduction timeline (A) plays when the DVD is inserted, and then the Main menu (B) opens. When the first
button is activated, the Video_1 timeline (C) plays from beginning to end, and then the Main menu reappears.
When the second button is activated, the Video_1 timeline plays from the Chapter 2 marker (D) to the end, and
then the Main menu reappears. When the third button is activated, the Video_1 timeline plays from the Chapter
3 marker (E) to the end, and then the Main menu reappears.
About flow charts
Regardless of the complexity of the project, it is helpful to work through the flow of your project and
determine how the elements should link together before you begin creating it. Some DVD authors use
flow charts, and some use spreadsheets. However you choose to plan your project, it is valuable to
draft possible navigation scenarios and anticipate problems before you start. Sketching each of the
elements and drawing the links between them can help you clarify how you want your project to be
viewed.
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A
D
You might find it helpful to organize your project with simple flow charts.
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