How to Do Everything with Adobe Encore DVD - Paperback

by Doug Sahlin (Author)

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Written in an easy-to-follow format perfect for this new product, this resource teaches even inexperienced users how to create and burn professional, high-quality DVDs in no time. Intended for videographers, video productions companies, and digital video enthusiasts of all levels, this great guide gives readers help with all the basics, as well as sophisticated DVD features such as subtitles, alternate audio tracks, and motion menus.

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Create a full-fledged video DVD production on your computer with help from this step-by-step resource. Explore the workflow for an Encore project, including understanding DVD-compliant audio and video formats. Take advantage of tight integration with Adobe Photoshop to create custom DVD menus. Create sophisticated DVDs for all entertainment genres from low budget thrillers to sophisticated high-end animated productions. Create DVDs that educate or promote a product. Regardless of your prior experience with authoring DVD discs, you'll be creating professional, high-quality DVDs in no time with the help of this complete and easy-to-read book.

• Import DVD-compliant audio and video clips
• Modify the Encore workspace to suit your preferences
• Use Encore library presets and create custom DVD discs
• Master Encore's pallets and tools
• Learn how to author a DVD using MPEG and AVI video
• Set up and execute a DVD project
• Prepare assets prior to importing them into Encore
• Transcode audio assets as Dolby Digital sound
• Add subtitles and specify alternate audio tracks

About the author: Doug Sahlin is an author, graphic designer, and Web site developer living in Central Florida. He has written twelve books on design including several on Adobe products.

Author Biography

Doug Sahlin (Lakeland, Florida) is an author, graphic designer, and Web site designer living in Central Florida. He is the author of twelve books on graphic design including How To Do Everything with Adobe Acrobat 6.0. Sahlin's articles and product reviews have appeared in national publications such as Computer Graphics World, 3D Magazine, Video Systems, and Corel Magazine. His tutorials have been featured at numerous Web sites devoted to graphic design.