Chapter 8: Timelines; Timeline Basics - Adobe ENCORE 2 Manual

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Chapter 8: Timelines

Timeline basics

About timelines
DVDs can contain multiple features, such as movies or slide shows. For example, a wedding DVD might have
separate videos of the bride and groom getting ready, the ceremony, and highlights of the reception, along with a slide
show of wedding photos. You arrange the necessary assets of each feature—video clips or still images, the main audio,
and possibly supplemental audio and subtitles—into timelines, graphic representations of a feature over time.
Depending on its complexity, your project may consist of a single timeline or several timelines. You can place
multiple video clips, audio clips, and still images in a single timeline, or you can place these items in separate
timelines. Each timeline contains tracks for the assets of a feature. Video, audio, and subtitles all appear on separate
tracks. You can create a slide show by adding still images to a timeline, but the Slideshow Viewer offers more options.
(See "About slide shows" on page 146.)
This timeline includes a video track, two audio tracks, and two subtitle tracks.
You can link to a timeline from a menu. The timeline shows you the duration of each asset and its placement in time
relative to the other assets. You can mark specific locations in the feature by using chapter points, and position
subtitles to match the video or still images.
See also
"To create timelines" on page 136
"To import an asset" on page 65
"About audio tracks and subtitles" on page 152
About the Timeline Viewer
The Timeline Viewer can include each timeline you create. You can select a timeline from the tab at the top of the
Timeline Viewer. Each timeline includes a time ruler, a video track, and optional tracks for audio and subtitles. The
time scale used in the ruler depends on the editing timebase of the project: either 29.97 fps for NTSC media or 25
fps for PAL media. You place the assets and subtitles on the tracks below the ruler.