1. Encore menus Pre-defined Open Encore

2. Revise (catsDVDV2Home)  Example too complete  Delete the chapters  Delete the menus  Save as CatsMenus  File>Import as timeline  Browse to the catsmp4

3. Adding additional chapters (Want to end up with 5)  We have one from last module Set your yellow playback head to where you want the second chapter: (watch the Monitor window as you move the playhead)  Click the Monitor tab

4. Add another chapter  Right-click and choose Add Chapter Point

5. Another chapter  Select the chapter indicator again (the white marker)  Name it appropriately (I used Black Cat )…yours will have different chapter names

6. Keep adding  Add three additional chapters(end up with about 5 chapters):  Move the playhead to the next desired location. Then:  Right click the gold play head  Choose Add Chapter Point  Select the new white marker, which turns red  Name the chapter in the Properties panel

7. My ending timeline

8. Menus and submenus  A main menu …(Encore just calls it a menu ) screen/page and  One or more submenu screens, with buttons that link to chapters, etc.  We will select menu and submenu screens from the Encore Library.

9. DVD Structure  what links do you see often see on the first screen ( Main menu?)  The Submenu page is usually a series of links to what?  A scene is viewed by clicking a button on the submenu page; the video then plays from there to the end

10. Library  Choose a Menu/Submenu from the Library  Discuss what to exclude…pal etc.  You can modify or create your own from scratch  The pre-built menus are in the Window>Library tab: The GENERAL (maybe “Common”) set is selected below

11. Typical Library + structure Want a main and a sub menu NOT HD NOT PAL NOT Wide Screen

12. Window>Library  Items are grouped  GENERAL, NTSC etc.

13. Choose a MENU and submenu  Example:

14. My Project panel after choosing

15. Main Menu Delete what don’t need

16. Sub Menu

17. Double-click Menus tab  Choose main menu to open it in Monitor  Change Corporate to CATS ( text tool)

18. First Play:Revise  What do we usually see when disc inserted?  So, change First Play to :whip” to ?

19. Button Routing (On main menu)  Let’s specify two Main Menu-related actions- what to do when:  The PLAY button on main menu is clicked…go to chapter named “Play”  The Scene Selection button is clicked (Go to the submenu screen

20. Wire the Play movie button Goes where when clicked?

21. Look at Properties>Button>Play  Link now does what?

22. Want  Play the movie

23. Conclusion  Using either method: when the PLAY button is clicked, play the movie by going to the “ Play ” chapter

24. Preview so far  File>Preview, or Right-click>Preview from here>  Scenes next

25. Scene Selection clicked  Show Scenes  Select the Scenes button  In the Link dropdown ( Properties>Button ) choose the submenu, (Or use whip to the submenu in the Project window)

26. Result

27. Wire submenu buttons  Double-click submenu in Project window

28. Button problem: Need 5 buttons:  We need 5 buttons, but only have four:  Copy/Paste one of the four  Rearrange the buttons

29. Wire the buttons  Select each of the five buttons, then use the Link dropdown (or the whip...easier ) and specify/select which chapter to go to when that button is clicked.  Rename the buttons using the button panel

30. My result

31. Link main menu to ?

32. Don’t need  and ->  Because we have a single submenu, the next and previous buttons aren’t needed, so delete them

33. Specify what to do when the movie ends  When the movie ends, let’s loop back to the Main Menu screen  That is, make the End Action property link back to the Main Menu

34. Select timeline: Select the timeline (The dark black area) Timeline panel opens to reveal the timeline panel and properties

35. Wire end action to main menu

36. Motion Menus  Click the submenu in the Project window  There should now be a Motion tab inside the Menu tab  Click the Animate Buttons check box

37. Render the buttons Preview and build Have Fun