Importing graphics as menus


    Menus are an essential element in your DVD content because they provide the viewer with access to the content contained on the DVD. You can either use the templates included with Adobe Encore DVD or your imported assets to build your menus within the program, or you can assemble your menus in Adobe Photoshop and import them into Adobe Encore DVD.

    Adobe Encore DVD interacts closely with Adobe Photoshop. If you follow a specific layer-naming convention for the menus you create in Photoshop, Adobe Encore DVD recognizes those layers as specific menu elements, such as buttons and subpictures. (See Understanding layer name prefixes for Photoshop menus.) Also, because Adobe Encore DVD creates all menus as PSD (Photoshop) files, you can easily update your menus in Photoshop, directly from Adobe Encore DVD. Photoshop files imported as menus appear both in the Project tab and in the Menu tab and, upon import, are automatically opened in the Menu Editor window. (See Understanding the menu editing workspace.)

To import a PSD file as a menu:

  1. Make sure that the Project window is active and do one of the following:
    • Choose File > Import as Menu.
    • Double-click any empty area in the Project tab.
  2. Navigate to the PSD file you want to import and select it. You can select more than one file.
  3. Click Open.
  4. TipYou can also import a PSD file as a menu by holding down Alt as you drag the file from Windows Explorer to the Project tab.