Setting Navigation And Properties - Adobe 22030000 - Encore DVD User Manual

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When linking to a timeline, you also specify one of its chapter points. The chapter point

Timeline and chapter

indicates the starting location within the timeline. Hollywood DVDs typically include a scene index menu that uses

a single timeline for the entire movie with chapter points for each scene.

A playlist is a group of timelines, slide shows, and chapter playlists that play sequentially. When linking to a

Playlist

playlist, you can also choose an end action.

A chapter playlist is a collection of chapters within a single timeline. When linking to a chapter

Chapter playlist

playlist, you can also specify an end action.

When linking to a slide show, you also choose one of its chapters (individual slides).

Slideshow

When specifying a button link, you can also specify a link transition. Link transitions are actually

Link transition

short-duration assets that play when a button link is invoked, before the linked asset plays. In Hollywood discs, for

example, when you click a button on the main menu to access a submenu, often the main menu "dissolves" into the

submenu. This dissolve is achieved by playing a video asset that contains the transition frames. Typically, the

transition frames are created in an application such as Adobe After Effects CS3 or Adobe Premiere Pro CS3, where

they're rendered as movie files.

Setting navigation and properties

Specify a link

Encore offers many ways to create and manage links. The Properties panel provides complete control over linking,

letting you use menus or the pick whip to choose link destinations. You can also work with links in the element

viewers and Flowchart panels. Generally, most users work with the Properties panel in conjunction with other panels

(often the Flowchart), using either the pick whip or menu selection as desired.

Choose Navigation Design from the Workspace menu to open the Adobe-designed workspace customized for

navigation.

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