Adobe ENCORE DVD Manual page 39

36 LESSON 2
Creating Menus in Adobe Encore DVD
1 Right-click in the Project window, and select Import as Asset.
2 Navigate to the Lesson 02 folder. Then hold down the Ctrl key while you select
Gradients.psd, Valves.avi, Slides.avi, and Cleaning.avi.
You can use the Shift key to select contiguous files. Click Cleaning.avi, then press the Shift
key and click Valves.avi. The files between them are also selected.
3 Click Open.
The files you selected appear in the Project window.
4 Enlarge the Menu Editor window until you can see the edges of the menu. (A gray
background appears behind the black menu.)
5 Drag the Gradients.psd file from the Project window into the Menu Editor window.
With the selection tool, position the new layer to fill the menu.
The Gradients.psd file is a Photoshop file with a single layer. As you move the
Gradients.psd file over the menu, it retains its transparency, so you can see the default
menu and the text you created behind it. Adobe Encore DVD honors transparency in
Photoshop files because Adobe Encore DVD and Photoshop use the same graphics
engine.
6 Open the Layers palette by choosing Windows > Layers or clicking the Layers tab in the
palette set.
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