Creating a menu using predesigned buttons and backgrounds


    Adobe Encore DVD includes many predesigned buttons and backgrounds that will help you create attractive menus quickly and easily. The buttons and backgrounds are located on the Library palette. Each button includes subpictures that define how the button will look when selected (highlighted) or activated. To make them easier to adjust, the buttons are in layer sets together with the subpictures.

    Note: The application DVD includes a large selection of additional buttons and backgrounds. You can add some or all of these to your Library palette or import them as assets into individual projects.

To create a menu using a predefined background from the Library palette:

  1. Click the Library tab to activate it (or choose Window > Library).
  2. At the bottom of the Library palette, click the Show Buttons The Toggle Buttons Display and the Show Images buttons Toggle display of Assets icon to hide the buttons and images and display only the menu templates and backgrounds.
  3. Select the background you want to use, and click the New Menu button New Menu button at the bottom of the palette. Adobe Encore DVD displays the new menu in the Menu Editor window.

To use buttons from the Library palette:

  1. Open the menu to which you want to add buttons.
  2. Click the Library tab to activate it (or choose Window > Library).
  3. At the bottom of the Library palette, click the Show Menus button Show Menus button and the Show Images button Toggle display of Assets icon to hide the menus, backgrounds, and images and display only the buttons.
  4. Select the desired button in the Library palette, and either click the Place button Place button or drag the preview image of the button from the palette to the Menu Editor window. Repeat until you have placed all the buttons you need.
  5. TipIf you click the Place button repeatedly, Adobe Encore DVD aligns the buttons along the left edge of the title safe guide. You can then select all the buttons and move them as a group.

  6. Resize and position the buttons as needed. (See Manipulating menu objects.)